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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1891-04-01, Page 6Tars Huron - Naps -Record ILO fk. Yean--in-26 itt AdVange, - Wednesday April ]'sir 1$91 "AN IMPORTANT CATCH." THE CLEVER, RUSE OF THREE SHREWD SWINDLERS. Opposite the Bank of England and about five minuted walk from the Mansion House, the residence of the Lord Mayor of London, there was iu Leadenhall etreet, in 1879, the shop of a wealthy watch- maker. One dreary November morn a man entered hid shop whose loud dress and louder rnauuer iurpreased the jeweler didagreeably. Ile looked at the swaggering fellow, sized him up iu a jiffy, and tippiug hie clerks the wink to be extra careful, stepped for- ward and said iu his sharpest tone : "Well sir 1" The fellow was not a bit abashed, "Aw," lie said,iu an unmistakable low cockuey voice, "ye 'ave beeu very 'ighly recommended to me— fact is, I went to get about a thous - an' puus' worth of watches from you. I am going to the \Vest Indies by to -morrow's steamer, and .I .want to make this little hiuvestureut ou me own haccount. Now, remem- ber, we good friend," he added, laughingly, "toy name is cash—cash, ye know. So I want no fancy prices, but every thing brat class anti bottom lutes." The jeweler, keeping a sharp lookout all the while, showed hint his veu'ious styles, and iu a very short time the fellow selected about £1,000 worth of• watches, "Just £992, 15s," said the jewel- er. "Very vel}, 'ere's a thousand putts. Just wra? up the swag and gi' ole the change, will ye 1" •'You tnust excuse me," said the jeweler after fumbling a little while at his safe, "but I can't change this note. Just sit down a few minutes and I'll send the boy over to the bank. IIere, John, take this to the bank." And then in an undertone ho added : ".Jest find out if the bill is goad. Don't cash it, I have plenty of change here." The strang- er calmly seated himself and quiet- ly conversed with the jeweler. In a few minutes the boy return ,d. "The note is perfectly good," he said softly to his etnployer. The merchant was puzzled. Was it pos- sible that he could be mistaken ? However, there was nothing else to be done. So he handed the man his 'change and the package of watches. He was about to enquire by what steamer his customer was going to leave, when the door open• ed and another more loudly di -eased individual walked in. He looked at the first fellow, and without minding the jeweler, who watched him narrowly, he slapped hila a thundering, .vhack ou the sbot'Iders and cried out : "Iloilo, Jack, what in goodness aro you doing 'ere ?" Hullo, Joe ! where do you come from ? I bought some watches 'ere!" "The dickens ye did ! I am 'ere just on the sante herrand. .And what did you buy watches for !" "I am going to the ',West In- dies." "By the holy poker, so am I ! What steamer ?" "The Jamaica." "Deuce take it all, so am I.. Well, now, me good fellow, just stay here till 1'tn done. I don't want to car- ry the same stuff you do., Just 'elp me select." "Of course I will. 'Ow much are you going to hinvest V' "Well, about a thousan' puns'." Tho jeweler by this time had become thoroughly awake. He felt sure the coup was uow coming and he dou- bted his watchfulness. With due care he displayed his goods, and the two fella es had soon selected anoth- er one thousand po,:nds sterling worth of watches. Like number one a one t.lwuslud pound sterling note was offered in payment for number two. This time the jeweler felt sure tnet the note was a for- gBry. "I have just told your friend," said he, "that I haven't change enough in my safe. It is annoytug, but if you'll kindly wait a moment I'll send the boy over to the bank with the note. Just make your- selves comfortable, gentlemen ; the boy will be hick in an instant." In a few minutes the boy returned. and again he muttered : "The note is perfectly good." The jeweler was more astounded than ever. After all he had been mistaken in these two suspicious - looking characters and his sharpness was at fault. He could scarcely be- lieve it, His well•known shrewd- ness, his knowledge of human na- ture, needed correction. Incompre- hensible I , He handed the man hie change and package and was still conversing with the two when end - dimly the door was pushed open — - tttld-414 igF kinay..polioeman bounced. - in. He laid his strong hands on .both men. '`'Jack Halleron," he said, "and Joe Winterbottom, I arrest you in the- l#(nte Of tiae quash, l Steady dory,; my men and ug, lues, ii you Please. The_gatllft le up l have. plenty- of J eipoat04. 80 just let the put these little ofnawenta an your wriets, and the quicker you are about it the better all around." The jeweler chuckled. After all he bad been right, and these fellowe were sharpers. Ile nodded his head complacently as ha looked on. The fellows were remarkably good-natur- ed, though crest -fallen. They did not otter the slightest resist- ance. "Mighty hard luck, Joe," said John Halloran, "and just when we was off for the West Indies, too. Well, say, officer, you ain't a -going to drag us through the streets like this, are ye V' "Not by a jugful," answered the policeman. "Know you and your gang too well. Ye shall have all the style ye want, boys. I have a growler just out side the door, and ye shall be driven to the Mansion House. And now, sir," he said, turning to the jeweler, "what have these fellows been doing here?" "Bought one thousand pounds sterling worth of watches each of them,and paid me with a one thous- and pound sterling note." "Ilold on ! Hold on !" cried the officer, pulling out hie pocketbook and hastily opening it. "Number fourteen thousand three hundred and three, ain't it 1" "Yee, yea," nodded the jew- eler. "And number seventy-three thousand eight hundred and nine 1" 'To be sure," chuckled the mer- chant. Both stolen from the Earl of Aber- deen You'll remember that big burglary a few weeks ago, sir? It was the talk of all London, and them's the fellows that did it." Tite jeweler's eyes danced with vanity and gratified pride. }le would come iu as a witness in that cele- brated case. All London would talk about him and his sharpness. "Well, I'll tell you what I will do, sir," continued the officer. "Just hand me them two one•thousand• pound sterling notes, and let your young man go out with me and the watches to the cab. We shall need all Chia as corpus delicti, as the bar- risters say, sir. And you, yourself, must come in half an hour to the Lord Mayor's office ; we shall re• quire your testimony, sir. Here," scribbling a few words, "here is the name of the case, sir, and that's me own name and number. Don't fail to come. This is a very important catch and will reflect credit on you, sir." The men were marched down- stairs by the policeman, the clerk with the two packages bringing up the rear. The men were bundled into the cab. The policeman seated himself opposite to then!, taking the watches on his lap, and all three were driven off ostensibly to the Mansion House. Half an hour later the jeweler presented himself full of pride at the Lord Mayor's office, but the two rogues and the pretended policeman failed to ma- terialize.—Jewelers' Weekly. CANADIAN NEWS NOTES. —Mr. Watson's official majority in Marquette, Man., is 12. _Win, Rattan of Brantford was killed at Paris station by a freight train. —THE grip is epidemic in au acute form at Pittsburg, 4.000 cases have been reported. — At Dorchester an elderly lady named Mrs. Bone was struck by an express train and instantly killed. —Proceedings in the recount in King's County, N. B., where Hon. Mr. Foster was elected, has been dropped. — At Walkerton Assizes Donald McLeod of Kincardine Township was sentenced to four -teen years for barn -burning. — Timothy Ilealy was mobbed by Parnollitosin Cork and may lose his sight as the result of a blow which shattered his eye -glasses. —A Brandon paper says :—Mr. W. Rathwell, of Hayfield, a coun- cilor of Oakland Municipality, left on Friday for Arthur, Ontario, where he goes to buy a carload of horses. —At a meeting of the Liberal - Conservative working committees of London it was decided to protest tho election of C. J. Hyman (Lib- eral) on the ground of corrup- tion. —At the Guelph asuizea John Connolly, a well to-do farmer of the township of Peel, was condemned to pay for the separate maintenance of his wife because, on account of his meanness, she could not live with him. —Brandon Mail :—"A. D. Bryce, contractor, of this city, who is a married man with a family, was ar- rested on Thursday last on a charge of raping a nine-year-old girl of Mr. F. Revel. The case had a prelimin- ..aJY, hAaring,bafore..Magiatrate,Todd.. on Friday morning, and the prison- er was sent up for taial." —At meeting in Portage, Man., congtituenay bead: at EIti diver 'last, rlreelc .there Were lively. eeenee. W. J. Cooper,; who wee, speaking against Von, N Martin, got into an alercation with one of Martin's supporters, named RSmith. Cooper slaped Siuith'a face, whereupon the latter threw a pail of water over Cooper, . —James ea Davie, of Renfrew coun- ty, hap been suffering from a cancer in the tongue. The progress of the disease caused the tongue to swell and protrude from the mouth, and the cancer had nearly eaten through Davie asked for a doctor to cut his tongue, and intimated that if it was not done he would cut it hin,self. A doctor was sent for, but, before his arrival, Davis became impatient and, taking a knife, out it off him- self at the part where it was nearly eaten through by cancer. —In northern Montana some 2000 railway laborers have been thrown out of work ou account of the heavy • snow storms. Seeing starvation stat ing thein in the face, a large number started to traverse the deep snow to Summit, 100 utiles further west, and many perished from cold and exposure. The record so far is seven deaths from freezing while large numbers had legs and arms severely frozen. It is also certain that a great many have pere ished of whom no traces have been found. HAGYARD'S PECTORAL BALSAM. Hagyard'a Pectoral Bslaam gives re- lief in coughs, colds, hoarseness whoop- inu cnugh, croup, nsrhme, or brunchite. It is ,hei•nost pleasaut and perfect throat and Inng hesier in the world for child- ren or adults. Price 25e. —Major. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, speaking of the receut Sioux wars says there will he many more. The same causes which produced this one will bring about others. The General is not apprehensive of trou ble in the spring. IMPORTANT ANI) TRUE. No better evidence of the fact that Burdock Blood Bitters is a certain reme- dy fur blood disorders can be asked than that of Mr. Geo. V. Thomas, druggist. of Hul1.,P. Q, whose wife was cured of a emcee by 13 B. B. The family dout•,r is certain th•st tae disease was cancer and that it is now cured. —James Kane, a Belleville host- ler killed his wife by stabbing her through the heart with a carving knife. UNSIGHTLY PIMPLES, BLOTCH- ES, TAN, and all itching humors of the skin are removed by using Dr. Low's Sulphur Snap. —A number of Ontario farmers and their families, who settled in South Dakota some eight years ago, passed through Winnipeg last week on their way to Yorkton, Assiniboia territory, with six carloads of stock. One hundred families of these Cau• adieus are expected from Dakota in three weeks bound fur Yorkton, A SPRAIN Ott BRUISE Should be wrapped with a linen cloth wet with Clark's Lightning Liniment. The pain will leave ioatently, and the swell ing rapidly eubride. Nothing known to medical science will afford such speedy relief and cure, and there ie no other remedy that givse the sufferer aueh quick 8atisfaotton Where once used -always used. Order from veer druggist. There is only one Clark's Lightning Liuiment ; price fifty cents. Clark Chemical Co., Toronto, New York. —M syor Porter, it is stated, voted twice in Belleville in the reeeut e'ectioa An information was sworn out against him and he appeared before two magie- traitee, pleaded guilty and was fined $20 and coats. CONSTIPATION CLAIMS many vic- tims. Ward off this dread disease by the use of Small Sugar -Coated Burdock Pills when needed. —Hugh Foster, aged thirty-eight, of Islington, was committed for trial on the charge of bigamy. Foster was married on Oct. 1, 1878, at the residence. of Frank Reid, Trafalgar township, to Maria Smith, who is still living. Rev. Samuel C. Phipps, Methodist minister, of Wes- ton, deposed th it on the al 'instant he married the prisoner to Annie C. Clark- son, the prisot er described in the license as a "bachelor" and Miss Clarkson as a "spinster." Witneae has know, Miss Clarkson, who hi a pretty young woman of thirty, for twenty five years. Prison- er was prominent in religious and temper- ance cir, los before removing to Isl- ington. FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS Will be given for a case of Catarrh which cannot be cured permanently by Clark's Catarrh Cure. Step right up to the offi ea and prove your 0880 and get the reward. Thousands have tried this remedy but no one hue claimed the re- ward, because it cures in every ease. If you have a cold or are troubled with catarrh, ask your druggist for Clark's Catarrh 'Jure, price 50 cents, and see what a pleasant relief it will be instant• Iv. If you are asked to take something elee, send to us direct, and we will send ynu a bottle by mail cn receipt t f price. Clark Chemical Co., Toronto, New York. ---Mrs Nelson Ilouse, of War- wick, while attending to her house- hold duties the other day was strick- en with apoplexy and died within a short time, She left a husband, four daughters and two sons. Up to the stroke Mre. House enjoyed good health. SPEAKING OF'IIPS. A Tip is a tpeoial or valuable informa- tion such se this, that Hagyard's Yellow -Oil is'a' prompt tend-'effetir+irellfeT fh croup, colde, , hoarseness, sore throat, rheumatism, neuralgia, 'Trains or sore - nese of any kind. Known as reliable over 30 years. • CHRONIC COUGH 'Nowt yet. 1t you do Hot 1t sgay pecome ono, eufoPttve. For 4b;nsumption, Berofina, e neral PobiiIII/ slid IYW.ti$O .IZtaeusc•a, there is aMPilling 1149 SCOTT'S ULSION Of Pure Cod Liver Oil and HYPOPHOSPHITES Of Jaime swag tSpam. It le almost as palatable as milk. Far better than other so-called Emulsions. A wonderful flesh producer. SCOTT'S EMULSION is put tip in a salmon color wrapper. De sure and get the genuine. Sold by all Deaiees at 60c. and $1.00. SCOTT et BOWNE, Belleville. —The grand ju'y, at Halifax, yester- day rendered a true bill fur conspiracy ageiost Rhos and and '.ticKay, the liquor infercnere. R',ee and McKay were hired by the L.w .tr,d Order Lague to visit the yerious onlunus tur the purpose of inform- ing against flee ,weere anti titr egh their agercy cnnvictiows were eeeured at the police court. DR. LOW'S WORM SYRUP has re- moved tape worms from 15 to 30 feet long. It also destroys all other kinds of worms. ADVICE TO MOTHERS.—Are you die- turbed.at night and broken of your rest by a sick child suffering and crying with pain of Cutting Teeth? It' so send at once and get a bottle of "Mrs Wiuelow's Soothing Syrup" for Children Teething. Its value is incalculable. It will relieve the poor itltlesnffcrer immediately. De- pend upon it, mothers; there IS no mis- take about it. It cures Dysentery and Diarrhoea, reg elates the Stomnch and Bowels, cuvis Wind Colic, softens the Gums, reduces Inflamma'ion, end gives tone gnu energy to the whole system. "Mrs Winslow's Soothing :syrup" for children teething is pleasant to the taste and is the prescription of one of the oldest and best female physicians and nurses in the United States, and is for sale by all druggists throughout' the world. Price 25c. a bottle. Be sure andask for. "Mrs, Winslow'sSootbing Syrup," anditgke no ther kind. —The 5ceraandStripee were hoisted on Liberty pole, Hnfleln, ear,y on the morn- ing ni Sr. Pstri,:ka dry, on an under Tes- tier' by 1',,1tee Commissioners. It caused dissatisfaction arnong the Irish p•itriote, and au attempt wan mare to tear it down. IN PLAIN ENGLISH ! Unquestionably considered of incalcul- able consequence iu correcting all oun- stitutioual contaminations, is Dr. Pierco'e Gulden Medical Discovery. Cao con- scientiously commend it to oareful con- sideration, confident of its competency iu all enttrollable chrnuio complaiote. The "Golden Medical Drecoverv" is the result of n,ueh reoaerch and wide experience, by a preenie.d physician of world -renown ; ice formula eu,bra;rs the most potent restoratives of the ve,t;etable kingdom. It ie especially recommended for all blood diser• Iers—dyspep,ia, liver and kidney c enptaints, serufuls, salt - rheum, catarrh mud consunrpti,.n—in its early etagea—•ineru•ing relief and Curr in all Cassa ! —John L ty, of Br•uu,,, re, his heeu sent to prier n on the charge of co.nmirt- ing assault on Maggie Connor on the 1lth inet. 13 nth are shut eighteen yemre of age, A GREAT BLESSING. Sire— I have taken throe bottles of Bur- dock Blood Bitters and find it a good medicine f.,r constipatiou end poor appe- tite. I will continue taking it as it ie a great blessing and I feel a great change in my health eince tak ing it. MRS. .1, V. GREEN 5 Syder.h.tut Sue et. Imronto, Oat. —A disastrous fire occurred at St. Mary's lase Monday morning resulting in the entire deetructir u of theKnox Presby- teri sn church. T,te fire was first uotic- ed at abuut 7 o'clock iu the furoacee room in the basement. An alarm was imediately sounded, and etearn and hand tire companies reepended promptly. By an uufertunate coincidence through the negligence of those in charge, both meg- fees refused to work. liuodrede of anx- ious spectators stood by powerless to cheek the steady progress of the flames, and the magnificent edifice was totally destroyed before their eyes, without a drop of water thrown up in it. The fir e orginated from the furnace, and must have beer" smouldering nearly all the night.' The oereteker left the church appireotly all right about 10 o'clock Sun- day eveniup. The builtiug ie insured in the 1Vostern for $5,000, and the lose ie estimated at about $15,000. WE CLAIM THE EARTH. We claim the earth is ruu- d, and we know it's true. We also claim that Hag - yards' Yellow Oil curse rpraine, bruises, burn=, colds, croup, eore throat, rhuuma- tiem, ueureIgta, and all painful or in- flernmatory diseases, and we know thio is true. Yellow Oil is a true family remedy for latneuess or eureuess in man or beast. —A Gleiohen,Manitob •,'le.petch says : —Seeding is now going on in this viol, - ity iu full blast. Mr. Telford has ounr- menced treading on Guao's farm. THE MOST AGREEABLE restora- tive , tonic and mild stimulant is Mtl- t•urn'e Beef, °Iron and Wine. —Harniton Spectator: -“Mr. Mowat's new Sheriff of Oxford is an ex -liquor Bel - ler, whose business was ruined by the Scott Act. Mr. Mowat evidently be- lieves in compenastion. SIT DOWN AND THINK. Sit down and think let, that dyspepsia is caused b wron etirt Q,%ti a atolnaeh;, 211fialTreleaTc Brood"Bitters ie designed to correct and regulate the stomach: 3rd, that it always cures dyspepsia and ousts lora than a cent a dose. Can yod afford to be dyspeptic? .t ,.. 1`a E /� ^�� p �rF•� � as �,Ct � •�'�t�4�!1, �.�.�1+ Given Away with Baking Powder, Best QTen Yet o V- See the l-iam'some Organ, uow on exhibition. N. RQBSO . CLINTON. sTRIttEs THE R3t)'t, e Gi�'.THE•' �'•-o1SEA�' Is used both Internally as d externally. It sots qurolti,y, affording, tmoet Instant relief from the sever 1st pain. DIRECTLY TO THE SPOT. I�iST1IhlTAj+1&OUS Ijq ITS ACTIOa. For CRAMPS, CHILLS, COLIC, DIARRHCEA, DYSENTERY, CHOLERA MORBUS, and all BOWEL COMPLAINTS, NO REMEDY EQUALS THE PAIN -KILLER. - In Canadian Cholera and Bowel Complaints its effect is magical. It c'.tres In a very short time. THE BEST FAMILY REMEDY FOR BURNS, BRUISES, SPRAINS, RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA and TOOTHACHE. SOLO EVERYWHERE AT 260. A BOTTLE. Imo' Beware of Counterfeits and imitations. 189C) _Lzsi.ND 1891_ Christmas & New Year Goods Just arrived, the finest qualities of 0 RAISINS Black Basket, Royal Clusters, Lon- a don Layer, Sultanas Valencies. CURRACURRANTS Pgtras and I PEELS Lemon, Orange and NTS Filiatras. Citron, and FIGS. NUTSnate and Shelled Almo Almonds, filberts, Wall- FRESH CANNED Corn, Peas and a tTomatoes during; holidays,, a a TEN CENTS PER CAN. SUGARS, TEAS, COFF ,ES and SPICES—we lead as usual. CROCKERY and GLASSWARE at awayedown prices for Holiday I'rt cents. SEE CUR XMAS COUNTER.. J. W. IR IN, The •Notod Gross, Clinton DO YOU KEEP IT IN THE HOUSE? ALLEN'S LUNG =1ALSAM NO BETTER REMEDY FOR COUGHS, COLDS, CROUP, CONSUMPTION, &C. —Stratford Stitt:—The G. T. R C eerviio official tuadi,•8 dieeharged Con- eevative workmen hoceuse they attended Conservative C rnunittecs and laid .,0• work on the day r entice ! ! Not this only, but a Grit fir in in Srraef •rd arta ally ditcherged a lady employs and a parcel boy b•-cauee one waved her hand kerchief at and the other cheered Sir John Macdonald when he was passing through this streets r f Stratford. --At the Guelgh areizee last week Mre Glaris, widow of the late \Vnh Cl an k, who was killed on the (:rend 'Trunk railway near the 001111,11 etreet anstinV on the night of Aug. 30, 1890, rued Holliday Bees , brewers, for $1000 damages for the Injury which rhe Kiel her family sustain- ed by reason ref his d. -nth, el..iming that def. ndante supplied the deceased with litlunr on the nig ti on which he was kill- ed at their brewery ur Guelph in such an extent that when he Irfr their brewery he was rut• xioated end unahle to take care of hin,eeif. Tindall Holliday gave the only direct eviden.•c as to the liquor being supplied, and he avid that he only gave the decease 1 one or two or two cups of beer. The jury gave rho widow $750 dam. g. s. BE SURE YOU'RE RIGHT, tttcn go ahead ! if you have the Catarrh, every preparari•en that does not oure yon only irritates and incre:.see your wafer- ing. Begin right by using the simpleat and only remedy that is guarenteed— Clark's Catarrh Cure The soothing, healing it fluence is felt at mice, and e gratifying care alwae e Fallows its use. Pries 50 cent.. If the druggist tries to sell you something else, send the price to Clark's Chemical Co., Tor' nto, New York, and the rime ly will be sent to you by mail. All fleet tikes druggist.] keep Clark's Catarrh Cure. A '..rte deputation from the Agricut• tu,e and Arta Aesoeiatiun, representing 70 rewire ies end river 41.000 ftrma•a of :he province prest'utod a nien,rial 5 e tnc Wurster of Agriculture in Toronto, one day teat week, retpeuting the greet. giv- en to Agricultural se:ieria,. 'rhe depu- tation aekad the government to increase the grant to each cleetn,al district agri•' cultural society from $700 tt $100e and to order that not more than one-half of it should be subjeot,to divi.iou among 1uwu- ship and horticultural sootetics. The proportion at present divided is three fifths. The minieter promised to give the matter careful consideration. CONSUMPTION CURED An old pbsyioian, retired from practice having had placed in his hands by an -East Indian missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and perman- ent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, ,Astham and all throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after hav- ing tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will sent) free of charge, too all who desire it, this receipt, in German,FrenohorEgglieh - `°ttsrtis1t11'trlffisni3 f8rpreparingancd using. Sent by mail by adreseing with stamp, naming this paper, W. A. NoYrs, 820 Powers' Blook,; Roclees- fer, N. Y. 590—y. BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT. CORRESPONDENCE. We will at all times be pleased to receive items of news from our sub- scribers. We want a good corres- pondent in every locality, not already represented, to send us RELIABLE news. SL BSCNI! EES. Patrons who tlo not receive their paper regularly froth the carrier or tlermyh their local post offices will confer a favor by reporting at this office at once. Subscriptions ntay cpinmence at any time. ADVERTISERS. Advertisers will please bear in mind that all "changes" of advertisements, to ensure insertion, should be handed in not later than MONDAY NOON of each. week. CIRCULATION. 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