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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1903-08-06, Page 5Aqy .quantity ,of good Butter and ESPend all kinds of Grain, for which the highest price will be paid in cash. ,Butter in small or large quantities. 'The ,undersigned wants five hundred tubs of Butter and three thousand dozen Eggs each week. Mont L.LAM & CO. Paster Street a Blyth Look! 00 per cent Discount For a limited time we will place our Ladies' Fine Oxeerds on sale at 20 per ,cent off regular prices in order to reduce ,our large stook. Now is the season for Summer Shoes, We can sell you Ladies' or Gents' Can- vas shoes for only 111. A full stock of Telescopes, Valises, "Trunks and elnb bags—all sixes. See them before going on your holidays. Headquarters for Ladies' and Gents' 4Joderwear. Our stook of Groceries is always fresh end complete. Eggs and Butter taken in exchange. GOLDEN, . Blyth TOWN TOPICS. -Slyth council wants 75 cords gravel, ..-Miss Mullins., of Winnipeg, was t guest of Miss Grace Edmonds duri ths.past week. —Mr. A. Wettlanfer and his staff a at present loading three cars of bri that will be shipped to Tavistock, —Mr. John Metcalf and daughte Birth, of Loudon, were visitors at 0 eine of Mr. Frank Metcalf over Su day. — Mr. Wm,. Quinn, who has been ver ,Ell at his father's residence in East W of he ng re ck r, Ie O - y a- svanosh for some months peat, is a present very low. —Ray. Father McKeon, of London formerly of Blyth, will conduct gran mass at the dedication of St. Patrick' church, Raleigh, about September lst. — Farts laborers' excursions to point In Manitoba end Assiniboia will be ru hPthe Grand Trunk and Canadia acific railways on August 17th, 180 and 19th. — Mr. Harold Edmonds, of the Cana duan Bank. of Commerce staff, Ottawa .was avisitor at the home of Ids parents Bev. and Mrs ,J. Edmonds, from Satur day until Wednesday. —Counterfeit 25 -cent pieces are in ell' Aulation hearing the date 1000. They are an ,excellent imitation of the true .25.cent piece but are much lighter and have not the right ring. Some are in ,circulation in the village. —As a result of an experiment with tires flocks, aggregating 1250 hens, the A.ornell university station found the average cost of feeding a hen per year to be 99 conte. The average value of eggs at market ratan exceeded the cost of food by 11.31. The total yearly pro- duction per hen averaged 120.7 eggs and the average cost per dozen of eggs was 0,2 cents. —Mr. D. M. McBeath has purchased the handsome brick residence on West. moreiand street belonging to Capt. H. Torr Rance, of Clinton. Mr. McBeath Maid cash for the property and got it at a reasonable figure, He has purchased A substantial and convenient house and we are glad that he has met with such good business success since coming to Blyth that he is prepared to show his faith in the future of our pretty village in a substantial manner. —While there is scarcity of farm taborets in many parts of Ontario, con- ditions are not as bad as they are in gansas where a number of students on their way to accept positions further west were kidnapped by Kansas far- mers at one of the stations and forced to assist them in harvesting their crops. Then i4 Dakota some 200 tent men of Forepaw h & Hells Brothers' circus de- serted •a show and took to the fields. In this istriot, a goodly number of the il h Reboot students are studying agri. altars An a practical manner and ail who are anxious to work have no great Ilaoulty in getting a position. —The Goderich Sinal is informed that egotlations are well advanced for the rebase by the syndicate of capitalists who tee interested in the development f St. oseph of the rights given by the barter of the ,Gntario West Shore elec- t*railway between Hensall and St. oomph. Aa soon as the deal is completed he construction of the line from Hen- sall to the embryo city will bo commen- ted and pushed to completion. This is ntended to stye St. Joseph connection ith the London, Huron and Brace sec - ion of the Grand Trunk railway, and hen completed will be an important Sector in the plana of the St. Joseph remoter,. —In his lest issue, the Brussels Her - Id man refers to the pleasant call he reeeiped from Editor Sharpin, o the rte Vidette, on the evening pf the rlin-Brussels football match and Ol4s : " Editor Bradwin, of THE BLYTH STANDARD, was also in town on the me evening. Fortunately—or perhaps unfortunately —he did not deem it ad - visable to call on us. We would have ked to exohange.fraternal greetings." For the beneet of the Herald roan, we selght ally that Trip STANDARD editor ea not in Brussels on the evening in wThtion, nor tae he been in Brussels in the last two years. We would Pest to the Herald man that he itch his drinks and release the class informants that he now possesses, —Mrs. J. E. Coombs is visiting with friends at Jamestown for a few days. —A car of hay was shipped to Pater- son, New Jersey, yesterday by Mr. John Denholm, —Mr. Jared King, of Flint, Michigan, is spending a few holidays at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs, George King.—There were nearly 12,000 people present at the annual picnic of the Lon- don travellers' club, which was held at Port Stanley on Saturday. —Mr. and Mrs. James McMurchie accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. W. Bry'done, of Clinton, left on Monday for Atlantic City, New Jersey, where they will spent some time enjoying the ocean breezes. —Mr. Jaynes Leach moved his family and household furniture to Mitchell yesterday, Mr. Leach himself bas been living in Mitchell for some weeks. He has a good position there and likes the town as a place of residence. --A lawn social under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid society of St. Andrew's church will be held on the church grounds on Friday evening of this week. The program will consist of quartettes, duetts and solos by members of the church choir, assisted by Mies Bessie Bartlett, of Detroit. Popular musical selections will also be given by the Blyth mouth organ band and the Auburn brass band. Ire cream, fruit and confeotionery will be sold on the grounds. Lunch will be served, com- mencing at six p.m. The admission will bo 10 and 20 cents, —Huron presbytery met at Clinto one day last week. Among other ma tere taken up for deliberation was th call presented to Rev, J. S. Henderson, o Hensall, by the Presbyterian church o New Westinineter, B.C. Astrong dele dation from Carmel church, Hensall was present and presented their cas strongly urging upon the Presbytery t allow Mr. Henderson to remain. Atte discussion of the matter, Mr. Henderem n t- asked for a week in which to thoroughly consider the platter. The presbytery met on Tuesday of this week and re- ceive_d Mr. Henderson's answer. Ile has decided to go to New Westminster. —An interim schedule of regulations for high school examinations has bean adopted by the Education department, This, it was announced at the Educa- tion departineut, is an addition to the new regulations for the normal schools, The high school schedule is preparatory to final action in the new curriculum which was presented to the Ontario t educational association. It provides with respect to Latin that all marks over 5a) per cent may be added to the ti aggregate in other subjects. The coin- , mercint come(' diploma examinations are all abolished. Local hoards of edu- s cation are empowered to arrange their n own crmniercial course with reference n to local requirements, —The new cut-off between Lyndon and Brantford will he completed about _ the end of the year, and Brantford will then be placed on the main line of the ' Grand Trunk railway between Toronto and Chicago. The cheese of route by way of Brantford will mean the addition of 11 minutes on the time between To- ronto and Chicago, but the company (lopes to have its double track between Sarnia and Toronto completed by the end of the year, which will permit of this time being made, The double track on the main line between Toronto and Montreal will be completed in Novern- ber, which will mean a complete double track system for the Grand Trunk be. tween Chicago and Montreal. —A. statement made by Mr. W. A. Robb, of the Walkerton Telescope, bows how far even a small wood lot may bo made to Nerve in solving the heel problem. "Twenty years ago," said Mr. Robb, "my brother fenced in ten acres of bush on iris farm. That bueli has furnished fuel for his house ever since, and there is more timber on it now than there was when the fence was put up." On this the Weekly un comments thus: For the preservation of proper climatic conditions alone 20 r cent of the country should be in rest ; and, if proper conditions in this r pect were maintained, and the cattle kept out of the timber, every fanner in Ontario would have enough fuel and building timber for his own use, and a small surplus to spare. 0 d a Pu tl A w P a Go lio sa VI11 au ow of —The London free Press says that the most eensible and well trained of horses sometimes take unaccountable freaks. Sedate and reliable as their owners may think them, they sometimes develop a skittish, nervous course of conduct quite unexpectedly. The span which Mr. John Riggs drove back to this city from a country circuit of many miles on Thursday night furnish a case in point. The animals were tired, yet with the care and caution about his horses that Mr. Riggs is famous for while recognized as a bold driver, he led them into the yard behind hie store, through an angular and winding alley, with their heads turned into a corner of a shed. Any one would think that a cafe place for even the "wild horse of Tartary." But not so. For some Mex. plicable cause the tired animals turned back and regained the street, where they became frightened at some object, and ran away, one of them coming fu oontact with a trolley car oil Richmond street, resulting in his death. Bring Your Wheat Blyth Flour Mills, Highest Price Always Paid. FLOUR Pure Mauitoba $2.40 per cwt. Favorite, 81.90 per cwt. 81111 Feed and Chop on hand, Chopping 4c per bag, except Peas and Corn 5c. C. H. BEESE. —Messrs: McMillan & Co. shipped five tons of butter to Montreal on Mouday, --Mr. W. F. Moser attended the Lon- don travellers' club picnic at Port Stan- ley on Saturday last, —The Brussels Sunday schools will run their annual excursion to Kincar- dine on Tuesday, August 11th. --Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Coombs end Master Andrew attended the wedding of friends in Harriston last week. —Mrs. A. M. Babb and baby returned to their home in Teeswater 011 Monday. Mrs. Hugh McQuerrio accompanied them. —The annual report and statement of the Bank of Hamilton will be found in this issue. Our readers should read it, for it is an excellent report. Winghaur council are negotiating for the purchase of the electric light plant iu that town, end will shortly submit a bylaw to the ratepayers for their approval, —Messrs. Watson & Etniglr shipped a car of hogs to Colliugwood on Monday and two cars of export cattle to Toronto Junction on Tuesday, The export cat- tle were the best that have left Blyth for some tine, —Very Rev. Dean Innes, of London, died very suddenly last Wednesday evening at the residence of Mr. Admit Brown, of Hamilton. Dean Innes was on a visit to Mr. Brown, and expired almost without warning, The remains were taken to London for interment. —Rev. R. J. Moody, an old Blyth boy, propelled to a large And attentive congregation in Blyth Methodist church ou Sunday evening. The subject of his text was "As a man thinks in his own heart, so is he," The subject chosen was a good one and was well handled. The young people of the congregation were given special attention and advice throughout the sermon. --Mr. Nicholas Cuming has sold his farm, lot 1, con. 8, Morris, to his son John, who will take poseeseion next spring, The farm contains 119 acres and is one of the choicest farms in Mor- ris township. The sale price was $7300. Mr, John Owning is at present residing on a farm in Gnderich township. Mr. Nicholas Claming will stove to Blyth when he quits the farm and enjoy the fruits of an industrious and frugal life. Myth Connell. The regular monthly meeting of Blyth council was held in Induetry hall on Tuesday evening. The members pres- ent ware peeve Sime, Coun, Sloan, Coun. McNally and Coon, Milne, Minutes of last regular meeting were read and adopted. Moved by Coun, Sloan, seconded by Coun. McNally, that the following ac- counts be paid -1t. McCommins, g ag, $2 ; J, G. Moser, dog tags, $1.44; James Barr, salary for July, $25 • James Barr, meals for tramr, 50c; T. W. Scott, four months' salary as clerk, $10,87 ; T. W. Scott, index book for assessor, 30c ; T. W. Scott, postage. 85c; Jacob hill - ler, balance on street sprinkler, $1.50; THE A'rtNDAIt., printing and advertis- ing, $19.10.—Carried. Moved by Coun. Milne, seconded by Coun. Sloan, that we advertise for ten- ders for 75 cords of gravel for streets, more or less, as may be required. Ten- ders to be in on or before August 181h. —Carried, Council then adjourned. Mr. domes HI1l Dias suddenly. Our citizens were shocked and grieved when it became known early on Thurs- day morning that Mr. James Hill, builder and contractor, had passed over to the silent Inejority. About 0.80 on Thursday morning ho was found dead in bed. The previous evening he had been up town and was to all appearances in his usual goal health. He was un- married and boarded with his sister, Mrs. John Weymouth. When Mr, Hill failed to appear at breakfast at his usual bour, and also gave no response to the calls given for him, Mr. Weymouth went to his room to arouse him. As soon as Mr. Weymouth entered Mr, Hill's room he saw that something oras wrong end immediately went for Dr. Milne. When the doctor arrived lie pronounced Al r. Hill dead and that he had been dead eight hours. Heart fail- ure was the cense of death. Mr. Hill had never complained of feol- ing unwell and was always the picture of good health. He weut home between 8.80 and nine o'clock on Wednesday night and at 9.30 retired to bed; that was the lest seen of him alive. Deceased was the fifth son of the late Hugh Hill, and was born on the home- stead farm in Hullett, two miles and a half west of Londesboro, nearly 89 years ago. He learned the trade of a car- penter in early life and proved a good mechanic. About six years ago he carne to Blyth and took charge of the planing mill. In addition to running the plan- ing mill he conducted a general building and contracting business, and was very successful, doing a bueieess of $50,000 to 174,000 annually. He was of a quiet disposition, and a man of very few words, and one who was honest and upright Mall his business dealings. He will be much missed in Blyth and vi- cinity. His body was taken to the residence f his mother in Londesboro on Thurs- ay afternoon and the funeral took ace on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock Ebenezer cemetery in Hrdlett. De- ased was a member of Blyth :Masonic ge, the members of which took arge of the funeral. A large num- r of Masonic brethren were also pres- t from neighboring lodges. The fue- 1 was one of the largest ever seen in Ilett township. Rev. Dr• MacLean ducted the religious services at the use and grave,nstenosed being an ad- ent of St. Adrew's church, Blyth. Che aged mother, brothers and sisters lave the sincere sympathy of a large ole of friends. THE ell ABLE. HANAN.—In Nut Wawsnosh, oft August 1st, the wile of Olr. Hobert Huainan, of a eon. AEHLING.-10 Morris, on •rely slat, the wile of Mr. Edwin Kraauuug, of a eon. 0 d pl to ce lod eh be en era Hu con ho her cir 1350 KB THE 'TOMB. HILL.—In myth, on July 00th, W. James 8111, aged 40 yawn, 0 mcuty eu,. 17 days. t 4 4 t 4 4 A 'A ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A .h♦ "♦ '"♦ '•A 'Naori V1l'gtXe ♦ ''A McKinnon & Co. 331yth. Summer Goods MustGo,.. _.dooeo•o o- . er 4 Our Great Clearing Sale is creating quite a stir 4 among close cash buyers who know big bargains when they see them, This week we offer special drives in every department throughout the store. Our space will not allow us to quote all the reduc- tions in prices. We will be pleased to have you call and look through our immense stock, as we in- • tend to make this sale a record breaker. Below we • quote a few prices that may interest you. '4 • A traveller's samples of Whitewear, in Corset Covers, Night Gowns, Skirts, Drawers, Ete„ at one-gnarter off. Children's Navy Blue Serge Dresses, trimmed with white braid, good value at $1.50, for $1. Alen's Straw Hats, new shapes, worth 50o, for 25c. A traveller's samples of Misses' and Children's Fancy Caps and 'cams, at half price to clear. Ladies' Summer Corsets, made of strong net, worth 35c, for '25c. • Remnants of All -wool and Union Carpets, in 5 to 15 yard 4 lengths, at a big reduction in price to clear. 4 Lace Curtains, 2Ji, 3, 3i and 4 yards long, in fine limey effects, 4 at very low prices to clear. fancy Dress Muslins, worth 8c and 10c, your choice for 5e. Alen's Wool Pants, good value at $1.75, for 81.25, Men's Suits, in fancy tweed, worth $7, fur $4.95. Iloys' Suits, in all sizes and styles, 20 per cent off. Odd lines and sizes in hoots and Shoes, for men, women, misses and children, one-third off. 4 1 McKinnon & Co. 931yth. YeareirAZ !rZATXMt• t• r WALL PAPER Largest Stock. • Choicest "Designs. Closest Prices, These are the inducements we offer. Wall Paler is veru cheap this year, and you will be surprised how little it would cost yon to brighter' up yoar house, Call and see the snaps we have to offer in Window Shadee and Wall paper. FRANK METCALF • BLYTH 1 111111111111111111 u,l, r - - -•- Summery Things for Hot Weather Comfort The sten who want to look well on hot days should wear furnishings whb+h give complete contort, which lit so they dont rub or chafe in the hot sun and which are light enough to be a pleasure on a hot day. We have things 101' men which will be just right for hot weather wear, ♦/ease/eaeeeeea.ee.ee•eae/•g►••••e••t!1t•/ Sr H. Gidley - Blyth 0..