The Wingham Times, 1904-03-10, Page 1j
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AM TIMES.
VOL XXXIIL—NO, 1 (i74,
`VINGIIAM, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 19914,
A YEAR IN ADVANCE
We aim to
satisfy
every
customer.
Try us
for
your
next
Suit
or Overcoat.
Hornuth Eros.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Issued by FRANK PATERSON, No. 23 Victoria
street. Wingham, Ont. No wituessesrequired.
DOMINION BANK
WINCHAM
Capital paid up, $ 3,000 ,000
Reserve Fund and
Undivided profits $ 3,474,000 ced underrhistile
Read About
It
ABOUT THAT SYRUP
It's worth another thought
and a .talk.
This is without question tin
excellent article.
Wo think it is by quite a bit
the best Syrup we have ever
managed to get hold of.
That's why we are so anxious
for you to try it. •
PRICES PER CAN:
IOc, 50c & 90c.
Re A. Hulchisoo
GROCERIES AND CROCKERY
Goods delivered promptly. Phone 59
Who Wants a Farm ?
I have over 4,000 nnies of choice farm lands
for sale, in 50, 75, 100, 150 and 200 acres, lots in•
Kinloss, Greenock, Bruce, Kincardine, Huron
and Ashfield Townships. Good lands with
Aood buildings to bo sold cheap on easy terms.
lso a good sawmill for sale, almost for a song.
Also aood blacksmith shop (dwelling in con-
nection doing a good business, for sale cheap.
A hots doing good business for sale cheap.
Also a wagonshop. A general store with large
trade, live village. Also a large amount of
money to loan at 5 per cent. For further par-
ticulars apply to
T. A. MacKENZIE,
Insurance Agent. Holyrood.
I SELL REAL ESTATE, HO
MATTER WHERE IT IS.
To the man who wants to buy:
No natter where you are or in what part of
the country you want a property.1 can 'serve
you. It makes no difference whether you
want a 5100 lot or a 510,000 farm, or any other
kind of Real Estate, I cant to hear from you.
• Just thoproperty you want may be on my
list, in any event. I may find it and save
money for you, I em not ou1v in a position'
to most advantageously serve the matt who
wants to buy a hoose or farm, but I am in
the best possible position to serve the man
who wants to snake a pro&table investment.
To the man who wants to sell:
Now, while you have the matter in mind,
write and let me know what you have to sell,
and how much money you want for it. My
plan will interest you, oven if you have no idea
of ever placing the
property in my hands.
.
Write to -day giving description eft time and price of
property you want to sell.
C. J. MAGUIRE,
Real Estate and Business Transfer Agent
$mitt—Vanstone block, Wingham.
GENERAL LOCAL NEWS.
Campbell's Headache Wafers guaran-
teed to cure headache.
The New
At a meeting
Wingham Meth
Wednesday eve
commendation
in appointing
Let•der was ap
make a very
Farmers' Notes discounted,
Drafts sold on all points in Canada,
the United States and Europe.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT—Interest
allowed on deposits of $1• and upwards,
and added to principal 30th June and 81st
December each year.
D. T. HEPBU1 N, Manager.
R. Vanstone, Solicitor.
BANK OF HAMILTON
WIN&HAM.
Capital paid up, $2,000,000.00.
Reserve Fund, $1,700,000.00.
Total Assets, $22,000,000.
President— HON. W. GIPSON.
Vice -President and
General Manager —J. Tuasu L.L.
DIRECTORS
George Roach, John Proctor, A. B. Lee,
John S. Hendrie, Geo, Rutherford,
Assistant General Manager—H. S.,5'rEVEN.
Inspector—H, M. WATSON.
Savings Bank—Hours 10 to a; Saturday, 10
to 1. Deposits of 51 and upwards received. In-
terest allowed, and computed on the 30th No•
vember and 31st May each year and added to
principal.
Subaru c)eposita also received at e.t•rrent
ra.es of interest.
Braftd on ttre..t Britain and the 'United
States Bought and sold,
Travellers are notified that the Bank of Ham-
ilton, audits Branches issue Circular Rates
of
National Provincial Bank of England, Limited,
which can bo Cashed without charge or trou-
ble in any part of the world,
W CORBOt7.1,17, Agent
MO/11N'M011i E UO1alittIts, Solicitors,
'Choir Leader.
the Trustee Board of
dist 'Church held on
ug of last week, the re -
x the Music Committee
r. J. A. Morton Choir
oved. Mr. Morton will
fficient leader and the
be very much improv-
dership.
NOTICE.—The question is: How can
Robt. McIndoo loan his money so cheap
on notes and mortgages? Call and See.
ROBT. 1VICINDoo,
St. Lou
The Canadia
fixed the rate of
Fair. Tickets g
will be sold at a I.
double fare;good
and one-third, an
at single fare. Si
at intermediate p
to Detroit, and al
s Farr Rates.
passenger agents have
ares to the St. Louis
d for the whole season
te of 80 per cent. of the
for 30 days at a fare
good for fifteen days
pover will be allowed
ints from place of sale
o at Chicago.
SEED OATS.—The New Waverly is
now admitted to be the heaviest cropper
and best strawed Oat ever brought to
Canada. We have them at half seeds -
men's prices. Geo. E. KING.
Publishers
The blockade
rather interfered t
country weekly 1
almost impossible
Have Trouble.
n the railways has
ith the publishing of
apers, as it has been
:o get budgets of cor-
respondence. Tie TIII>S has fared
rather better th the publishers who
use ready printe pages supplied from
Toronto or Rami ton and we have all
along been able t give our readers the
full eight pages. ome of the papers us-
ing ready printed pages have supplied
their readers w ith lir pages, somc with
six pages, and th Harriston Tribune
came to haled this eek with only two
pages.
Wear Greer's Shoes and Rubbers.
Wingham e,
Two rinks of W
to Lucknow ou We
and won from Luc
WINGIIA3t
A. M. Crawford
W. H. Bele
H. H. Chisholm
F. Paterson Sk. 25
R. A, Douglass
W. Holmes
D, Ilokuws
V.Vannortnan Sk 14
trlers Won.
oghanti curlers went
nesday of last week
snow as follows:—
LUCI:No iy
Hunter
ti Johnston.
Jas. Bryan
1). Murdoch Sk.15
f. , Matheson
, McGarey
, McLeod
. Alleu Skip 11.
To RENT — Corner store in Button
Block later rental, Apply to W. F. Van -
Stone.
- Dred r Ne'arask.i.
Word was race vod in Wingham this
week of the deat 1 of Mr. E, F. Black,
in
Nebraska,w hell occurred a few weeks
ago. Mr. Blue: will be rettiembered by
older residents •f the town and for years
conducted a je ellery store in the pre-
mises now occ pied by the Dominion
Bank He left ere nearly twenty years
ago and was . -ry` successful in the
ranching busiu, ss in Nebraska. Mr.
Black visited ith • his old 'friends in
Wingham about two years ago.
' Sold Rest urant Business.
Mr. W. J. S.ott, Who has been for
some years eng: ged in the restaurant
business, last w::k sold out to Mr. Elmer
Moore and the n, w proprietor is now iu
possession. Mr. Scott intends leaving in
the course of a f days for Fort Frances
'and he will have he best wishes of many
Menus here for s ccess in his new home.
Mr. Moore is wel, known to our readers
having been a res dent of Wingham all
his life, and be 1 as our best wishes for
success in his ne • galling..
Having purchased W. J. .cott restaur-
ant business, I shall be r .aced to have a
call from till old eus .niers and many
new ones. 1 she 1 ep on hand a fresh
and up-to-date sl• cit of oysters, cigars,
fruits, candies, etc., etc.
ELVER MOORE.
icultural Society.
the Directors of the I
ricultural Society, held
oou, Mr. H. B. Elliott
ecretary-Treasurer for
e year, taking the place
bertson, who resigned,
s leaving the town. the
J. J. Moffatt, was ap-
o Toronto in connection
1 Model Farm Excursion,
cretary was tendered a
thanks for the very efii-
which he discharged the
o 'ce for the past seven
Turnberry Ag
At a meeting o
the Turnberry A
on Monday after
was appointed
the balance of t
of Mr. Wm. R
on account of h
President, Mr
pointed to go
with the alum
The retiring
hearty voce of
tient manner i
duties of the
years.
WINGHAM ISO ATED.
No Trains for over Week.—The
Wbrst Blizzard of' he Winter.
When the TIMES w• it to press ou
Wednesday evening of 1 st week it was
thought that the trains mild be runn-
ing as usual on Thai day, but the
weather than retied o herwise and
Wingharn was cut off fro 1 the outside
world, (as far as. railway a •commodation
was concerned) from Sa urday night,
February 27th, until Tues ay afternoon,
March 8th, a period of t n days. The
storm last Thursday was 1e worst ever
seen in the section. The first train to
reach here was from .ondon. The
G. T. R. authorities di all in their
power to have the road o , en, but there
being so Much ice on t e rails it was
impossible to work tl e plows. On
Sunday afternoon a la go number of
Wingham men were egg ged to shovel,
and a start was made on he Loudon line
early Sunday morning, , ud some three
miles were covered that ay. One Wed-
nesday morning the Wi.,,bam shovellers
met the men from Clint, n, a short dis-
tance beyond Blyth. T is men are now
at work cleaning the
W iugbam and Itmcul'cli
Wingham and Listow
will be open before the
Many Winghamites vis
the battle with snow ou
and have since express
the road was opened in
the snow was no deep
on the rails. There wa
at the, G. T. R. statio
train pulled in ou Tues
R. has fared worse that
The plc ,v working on
line had got two miles
Ilan when the plow and
gines left the track. TI
matted and was not r
track, and it took all de
the engine back into pos
The rotary plow workin
ville was disabled two
and had to be taken bac
is expected that thisroa
morrow. This is th,'firs
has been so long with
commodation since the i
built. A railroad ma
years experience says h
bard a winter as the
hope is now nearly a
blockade has put all lin
a stand -still and inerch
j short of the necessar
fuel question has als
;problem with limey of
buthave heard
w e not eft d
residents were suffer'
' Burns has received
coal and it has been cl
cnstonle • The • 11
track botweeu
e and between
1. These roads
'nd of the week.
ted the scene of
nudity afternoon
d surprise that
o short time, as
tdso much ice
great rejoicing
when the first
ay. The 0, P.
the G. T. R..
his end of the
eyoncl Glenan-
.ue of the en -
o plow was da -
placed on the
Monday to get
tion on the rails.
from Orange -
or three timesfor repairs. It
will be Apen to -
time Wingham
ut railway ne-
eds were first
of over forty
never saw 118
ne that we all
the end. The
s of business at
uts are runuiug
supplies. The
been a serious
ur townspeople, 0
hat anyf our
rg. Mr, J. D.
vo car loads of
vided among his
cads will have a
eeksiu overtaking
reight that is now
freight sheds. The
their daily papers
s that were a week
sleigh from Clinton
busy ime for somo
WANTED.— Butter, 17c; Dried Apples, ;