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For the Poor.
A Hie and News-
! ary Wart Completed.
Official Opening To-
morrow Afternoon.
Brief Bie ittaphy of those
Connected with its
Erection and Present
Management -
Tie -morrow aftareenn a the Hose of
Refuge wil offimay be declared open
by the (may Comma of Harm, and
:anon on hell. -
it is qn a prover that. Mom N
CORD Amulet give ®rt readers a correct
islet of what, the Balcreng lehelh litre
and alma inform the p rethe of the cline
anf yearly who have had charge of
the weak, and of the Matron and gen-
tlemen who well fateae leek after
the Hoene-
THE
ome -
THE COL NO li COMMITTEE.
alt EaLRvra
Na L—Herren Enter, though a
vorang leane as one of the best peened in
ma l canters in the county and
when he was selaeted an Chairman of
the Camara—the to carry ova to
Iarc fleawdk ratorma.
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a suareessfid completinn Ha s&
Bourse of Refugee. the week coda
rcpt have
come
=shordiders. That he has r-
the awetrosa lulus to the
entire anttiielffa direr of bait ems terkeus
end the tt- LLq Home he neer doable Mr-
Eiilr ant eine the fight of day in the
i1.
ItillitiME of Credal= on the lath of No-
vember., li 7, and is consequently 38
pens of age. He is of German origin
and sus the Hagfish and German
largsaye. He entered the municipal
mer➢ of the Township of Stephen
funaneen yours ago, and then eniy ofn
the t edicitattion of a large mine
ter of bead friends who thuoghtt he
weed$ he aiide to fiquidate a large iced
»ciipal debt of the "flow p of
Streedien of7i AO. After hie first
erllee don Mr. Hater laid down a plan of
>reidatiii g the large debt and so far
it has eszeoderd the copectation elf
entrype „ so that the debt, is now
only Shelia which will be paid off in
A his It years term of office
amount of
large drainage � ha hem carried
on eery sweissifolly, among them be-
teg the else wanks at (:rand
through the public and grammar
schools. He finally left for Goderich
to study law in a weldknown obi ice of
that town. Shortly after pissing as
solicitor and ham ter he became a
�p�rrt�ner in the firm now known as
' C Holt & lichees. Although
the subjert of this sketch was always
imtberested in municipal affairs -it
was not tall 19S9 that he could be pre -
railed on to eneer the municipal arena.
In that year he was elected to the
cpm nl fur St. George's ward, and two
years after to that of Deputy -Reeve, a
I position he has been re-elected to every
year since either by acclamation or by
Urge majorities During his
municipal se rice Mr. Holt has taken
an active put in forwarding our Indus-
trial recitinprises. and has been Chair-
man of the Finance, Water, Light and
other Cnmmitiees. Deputy -Reeve
in May, 18th in a bye -election was
elected Reeve. which office lie has
held since, closing his 4th year. In
the County Council he served on the
Equalization Committee in 180A was
Chairman of Education Committee in
1E93; was an Finance Committee in
1891 and Executive, Warden's and
House of Refuge Committees in 1895.
D. B. cooK.
No. 5—Mr. B. S. Cook has for about
seventeen years served the good old
Townshhi of Howick. In 1875 he was
elected Deputy -Reeve and served in
that capacity for eleven years, after
which he retired for two years. He
was defeated but once for the Deputy-
Reeveship. He was elected Reeve and
retired after three years ' service.
Absent a year, he was again elected
Reeve, which position he still holds.
For the past three years he has been
elected by acclamation. No public man
could be honored to a muph greater
extent. Mr. Cook has, however, deter-
mined to not again offer for re-election,
although be naturally feels warm
toward the electors for their generous
support in past years. As a member
of the Committee he alike faithfully
performed his duty toward the public.
A. T. M'DONALD.
No. 6—Mr. A. T. McDonald is Reeve
D. Canteen, Deputy -Reece of Clinton,
Wm. Coats, Inspector.
eats he came from Scotland to Ontario
in 18599 and after three years residence
in Blandford township, County of Ox-
ford, settled in the township of Rib-
bert, County of Perth. After a suc-
cessful period of farming he engaged in
the manufacture of salt in Goderich,
removing to Hensall in 1884, when he
again took up the salt business, large-
ly increasing and developing the trade,
Since 1887 he has also been engaged in
the grain business. In 1892 he com-
menced the manufacture of flax, which
he is rapidly extending. He was elect-
ed Deputy -Reeve of the township of
Hay in January, l::e:, and again in
1889 by acclmation. At the end of
that year he resigned. In January,
1892, he was elected Reeve and has
continued to fill that office up to the
present time. He has proven himself
a viluanle member of the House of
Ref age Committee.
DANIEL FRENCH.
Mr. French was chosen from a very
large number of applicants by the
County Council for the responsible
position of Manager of the House of
Refuge, and the practical manner in
which he has taken hold of the work
demonstrates that he will prove a
trustworthy and competent official.
HURON COUNTY HOUSE OF REFUGE COMMITTEE.
No. 1—Hurry E5lber, Chairman, Stephen ; 2—D. B. Kennedy, Clinton ; 3—Philip Holt, Goderich ; 4—W. H.
Kerr, Brunets ; a—B. S. Cook, Howick ; 6—A. T. McDonald, Hullett ; 7—Geo. McEwen, Hay.
Bend. Daniung his term of offire he has
only had three election cont, ; has
feet majority was 1 21q. the
third tad lash SIL In the (bounty
Colonel be has always taken a vee y
addle part in municipal matters, hav-
ing born appointed Chairman of a
number of important Cairiumitteea and
has acted in the capacsity as Chairmen
of the Building Coiremittse of the Hooses
of Refugee; which has naturaily involv-
ed a large amorous of trouble and care
downy the pet, saa,mer to seleet all
the fmrnidiing„s of the Institution as
weft as the erect ion of the Building
D. a W-SQnT_
No. g --Barn in the Clountty of Heidi -
mend in 1W, of Irishp emote, the
subject of this brief mention remained
on the farm homestead until he was
twenty yew of age_ He then betook
half to Brithb Columbia, and fol-
lowed mining for several years, where
be made and lost a greatdeld of money.
Thing of and reverses he
rdnrfed to Ontario and went luck to
farming for a :neer and finally engaged
m tlarc in (�lintnn and
n in 1897. In 1971 Ufa
Kennedy established a livery and sale
salable here and conducted this horsiness
snentsdefy for about; eighteen years
For ninehe bays been living teeth-
ed and �C iiia time has served in
the Town Council—three years as
( vie: fee items Deputy-Reeve-
and
eputy-Reeveand at present Reeve. Mr. Kennedy
its WPM known far and near and is attire
much
of by the members ef
tke ("toomtytCouncil as well as by all
dances of citizens at, home_
PIDELLP HOLT
No. 3.—Was hone in Yoikhire,
Eng-
land, is 184, which country be left
with hie patents a few years later for
his adopted in the Iowa of where he
7. A_ Ilo-e9a. C. g. Areit:Beet.
Holt is a haetaster of 19 years standing,
a member of several secret societies,
and a sub criiber to all our social amuse-
ments, such as curling, bowls, etc.
This member of the House of Refuge
Committee is married, Mrs. Holt be-
ing adaughter of the first rector of St.
George's, the late Archdeacon Elwood.
W. H. SEAM.
No. 4—One of the most active and
valued mends s of the Committee is
No. 4, editor and proprietor of the
Brussels Post and Reeve of that village.
Mr. Kerr was born at Fiesberton, Grey
Co., and is the eldest sou of Rev. J. L.
Kerr. He located hi Brussels in the
fall of 1871 , purchasing TOE Poli' in
Aug., 1880. For three years he sat at
the Municipal Board as Councillor and
of the prosperous township of Hullett.
A native of the Township. he was first
elected a councillor in 1872 and served
in that capacity until his defeat in 1876.
From 1876 until 1892, in several con-
tests, he sufferer' defeat, being then
elected Deputy Reeve by acclamation.
For three years he held this position
and was last January elected Reeve.
As a member of the Committee he has
performed good work.
GEORGE M'EWEN.
No. 7—George McEwen, Reeve of the
township of Hay, is a manufacturer
and grain merchant at Hensall. He
was born the 11th of May 1819, in Kil-
bride, Scotland. Along with his par -
�y�•
With the varied classes of people who
occupy the Home the position is not
an enviable one, hut with the assist-
ance of an accomplished wife every-
thing is r unning along smoothly. Mr.
French is a son of the late Isaac French,
East Whitby, Ontario County, and
was born in 1849. In his earlier days
he devoted his attention to the cultiva-
tion of fruits ar.d vegetables, and after
his marriage in Whitby in 1873 resided
there until 1877 and then removed to
Stephen Township, this county.
For thirteen years he farmed
successfully and six years since
retired to Exeter. For five years he
was a member of the Stephen Town-
App ai TODD, Satter end Owner
WHOLE NO, 890
ship Council and was deservedly popu-
lar with the eleetars,
MRS. FRENCH.
The popular Matron of the House of
Refuge is a daughter of the late John
Coleman, Jr., of Darlington Township,
Durham County. In 1873 she and Mr.
French were wed and in 1877 removed
to this county and settled on a farm in
Stephen Township, about five miles
from Exeter. The lady is of a very
kindly disposition and has already
gained the confidence of the inmates.
WILLIAM COATS,
Inspector.
The newly -appointed Inspector, born
in 1856, has been a resident of Clinton
from his youth and has been engaged
in the dry -goods and grocery business
with his father, Mr. Robt. Coats, for
many years. He is married to a
daughter of the late Mr. McPherson,
of Fingal. He first entered municipal
politics in 1884, beib elected a council-
lor for St. John's Ward. In 1885 he
was elected Deputy -Reeve and again
in 1886, but in May of the latter year
he resigned to accept. the Town Clerk-
ship. to position he has acceptably and
continuously filled up to the present
time. He was elected a County Audi-
tor in 1893, 1894 and 1895, and was last
June elected by the same Board Inspec-
tor of the House of Refuge and is in
every respect qualified for the position.
Mr. Coats is an applicant for the
important Dosition of Registrar of
0
Dr. Campbell, Physician.
Huron, rendered vacant by the death
of the late Mr. Dickson. He is an ex-
cellent accountant, expel t penman, and
reliable business man. The position
could not fall on more worthy shoul-
ders.
JOHN CAMPBELL, M. D., L. R. C. P.
John Campbell, M. D., McGill Uni-
versity, L. R. C. P., Edinburg, and
Coroner for Huron, Seaforth, is the
choice of the County Council and has
medical charge of the House of Refuge.
From an article on "Representative
Canadians," published in 1886, we are
enabled to give the following brief bio-
graphy :—Dr. Campbell was born in
the township of North -Sherbrooke,
County of Lanark, on the 10th day of
February, 1839. His father, Duncan
Campbell. was a native of Inverary,
Argyleshire, Scotland, and his mother,
Mary Munroe, was born in Glasgow,
but of Argyleshire stock. Duncan
8. 8. Cooper, Contractor.
Campbell and his wife came to Canada
in the spring of 1821, and settled in
North Sherbrooke. • " • • John
Canbpbelt attended the common school
in his native place, but was obliged
to work upon the farm at the same
time that he pursued his studies. He
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