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Wingham Times, 1890-01-17, Page 4E. WILGAMS, Fgc!a.`raT '-AND- DRUGGIST,. :✓a: P R TICKET AGENT.. AMC. N. W. TELEGRAPH CO. • Opp. Brunswick House, Wiugham, - Out. Cy 'Gal* alit rinic FRIDAY, J.A.NTTARY 17. 1890. EDITORL&L NOTBS. Sea Johri aracdoctald was seventy,. .freeSeats old on Saturday last. Ann, John Baxter has been appoint. ed • assistant police 'magistrate of Toronto. Tin Toronto retail grocers have decided to issue a monthly list of peo pie who fail to pay their. debts. Ternet)a:x was nomination day for the Rouser of Assembly throughout" New Brunswick.. The - Goverumont claim the return .of 14, elected by acclamation, out of 41 seats. Nor. 1 onnilvsel% . of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, has atccepted the position of Superinten- dent of dairy .. agrieulture, under the' Dominion Government, ;ae a salary of $3,000 per annum. . Be a recent order -iii Council of the C overinea't of Ontario, Mr. J. G. Hodgins,.L. L. D., has been appointed liistorioampher and librarian at the Educational Departmeut, and 1i1'r,. .A,lexra:tder Marling, L. L. B., hitherto eeretary of. the: department, has been • appointod Deputy Minister. IT as understood that Dr. Reynolds, of t'teHanel ton Asylum for the Insane, will be appointed superintendent of the naw ssyl:liaz Per tbeinsazlP,,lIlimico. Dr Reynolds will probably take charge ear: a tiu)a this month. The new asylum is• on the cottetge principle. There are tight Cottages, onnected witli a central building by subways, and each cottage will hold 50 patients, Paramount. Miss L. E. J'olinsterr, our teacher,. )aa left for Hensel!. Before leaving, '=•r+r pupils and friends presented her. evith a very handsome ring, acoom- ,renied with an address, expressive of het regret at het departure alit! good •'suis for, her, in the future.--i11r. le airy 1Bt oleon commenced his dutictt. a; teacher_ herethis week,--.Mrf#. A. revile is vis ting f mends in St, Mary's, -We ri c:re very much pleased to eeeive 0. iisit lust week from• our old a iuzids, ;.h' -arm;. Alien McKenzie and ::.Try McLeod, el Chicago, who .ave both secured lucrative positions r. trim .city and .are doing well. --Miss r;aa);a }Beaton has. gene to visit her : r r in ,lictm cit. --hrr. I:1.irry" Horton,. '.i'orentn; paid a flying visit to his zany frienals"here, just reanainineelong ...e arnti to wish ua"the coMpliments'of ,seeson.---Miss Christie Rose, of u,,li,b, was spending her helideys t • —Mr. W. LL, MacIutosh, of Knox 3tet);;a•, Torrantu, was warmly .welco;n- =)v a number of his old associates, o t event a few days with us . last ' —Mr. Peter lielcaueie is recover aeon the effects of his accident. will soon bc e,l)lo to use his. arra ,3'421 -- •;slice CU£.ra Mkal'iater is :s i,rri her eieter, Mrs. Geo. it-)bin. Alex, Reid, of Pu:alinrclz, 4,,2„,ng Tttr. John Reid, his cousin. a,: are. John Davie and Peter Mare. letve :enamel front their AMA- ' lo and report things hi the lulu. • ee elistriot :very dull, owing to the ...tie- of tomes—Mr. John Cook, of spent a few days with his :rs.r Merz; ...-A very pleasant New •.r roaming wee enjoyed by a nus i ,j tele young laeoit e here aryl dee. r, Mese Bella Ii1c1)rartaid eutee •y '.}tent iris ],rr usual .kludge', s :.�, x)tir wh ■r,cl 1,1r. 31aUiarwid ':e testae:diad tnt:ir I+,,+pitabty, ►arv, i sad within.;tn Ztlew Tsar Ur Barg at . lt,is• 1 wash LFill, a large number of friends the evotting previous to their departure for Chicago. Owing: to the . partioalarly happy :knack the .host has of entertaining no. One could do otherwise than enjoy themselves; --One of Lattgside's, altaut young gents finds - special attragtions for himself: there, in as touch that he borrowed a horse in the owner's absence and drove clown ate evening last week. Overtaking aotne lady pedestrains on the way, his kindly stature would pot allow them tet walk, so he in course of time had the seat so flail that there was ouly room for himself to stand up behind, but "what when in love will not a poor lover do," and being chivalrous in a super• dative degree, like a knight of the ol;leit school, he is certainly worthy of the amount of praise bestowed on iritis for his courtesy, and, herettftor the "ruaidens' smiles are alt for biol."— Mr, Jno Reid, who has been spending his holidays et home, has commenced kis duties as teacher at Westfield, \\!e wish him success.•—bliss'}esxtlie Murdoch, of• Wingliam, is visicing,her friends hero,—Mr. Robt :Murdoch and fancily are leaving their place of busi- ness in Lochalsh fora more promising Ane in Dungannon. We .wish our old friend every snooze. Jamestovv'n• • On Friday evening last; about one hundred and eighty of the young people of the neighborhood gathered at the residence of Me. J. R. Miller to give his bran new Itousa a warming, A very enjoyable time was spent,— Mr, Mr, W. Ooultice, of Sarnia, spent 7 of 'Year's 11irs Woodrow,. 1�e e s it New with the 2nd hue.- A public examination will be held in S, S. No. 10,on Friday, January 17th,—About a Month and a half ago • we mourned • over the sucldeu ,demise of our most esteemed friend, the debating society, • Mourn- ing that one so young sboul,l be cut off intim very promise of youth, and thinking that it would never again enliven our little coinrnunity but to it was not to be. It was not destined. that oblivion should claim it 'for her own so soon, and what seemed to us to be the awful gloom of death ivies in realty only the calm solitude of a trance which required only some slight impetus to scat life's current again coureing through it' .veins.. This impetuous was,given',just as it crossed the threshold of the Nevi- Yeas. -On the 2nd of January, a• Iarge erowd gathered in the school bailee, and before many minutes, new life: was breathed into the nostrils of the; hitherto dormant; society,. and ae, have every reason to believe, , that, instead of being a sickly, delicate, invalid, our society will, before spring have assumed vast proportions,. Cuirass.. The annual, general meeting of mnembersof the Culross Mutual Fire Insurance Company was laid in .the 'Town hall,•Tceswater, 11th• January, 1890 ; tin Kirkland in the chair. The minutes of last annual neeetnig having been read and •Adopted, the auditors, Alesses. McRae anti Watson, were requested to bring in their report which is as follows', "We have ex- amined the Treasurer's books *and accounts for .889 and have founa all in tt sati"sfaetory condition. We saw proper, vouchers for everytexpenditure. The ierennium notes hold by the Cony pally at audit `of 1889 amounted to $23,405 12 ; at audit of 1888 the amount, Was $22,184.60 ; the cash assets of the Company 'at audit of 1889 are $1,064.08 ; at audit of 1888 they were $889 40 ; tlie. number of policies in fopee' at audit of 1889 is 441; at audit of 1888. it was 865." It was then moved by .Mr, •Piekell, seconded by 'lir. Elliot„ that the Auditor's report, as just now read, be adopted -• -Carried. The election of tw.o Directors instead of Mr. '%irk. land sn'i Mir. McKague (who retire at this date by,rolatien) 'was' then gone' into. Nominations having been oalted. for, both gentlemen were re•eleeted by aeelaanatiou as Directors for the .en- suint; terns of three years, The annual mneetini; was than adjourned and a meeting of Directors, constituted, consisting of Alessre. j Arineerong, Little, Clark, Reid., Birk. land and AIcRegue. Alleallark unwed,' Mt. hail seeonclod, that Ria. Kirk - heed t)o President of this Board for 1800—Carried. Little---Ite1:taguc•-- Tltaat itlr. Clark be .vice-presi:lt;4t of this board for 1830—Carrie& Me 4 n ue—Clarki-That the fo(;owing geutlemea be appointed fire inspectors fer 1803, being�sai.w its hast year, viz, Moue. Charles Tura'', William Smith, John .'t#citae and Archibald Gurdein-C ertit:cl, , Arinetroug-•-Xteid —Tit rt, silex. Aclawruu be appointed Bo crcrtary1'rrs,,ritrer of thio Cuacaperty 1.44.1,99J,Anitie emit Wu/ ;:„ Aft; formerly—Oa,.rried, • AMeKague-T--Little .That all applications for insurance be now laid on the table for* inspee,. tion—Qarried, Armstrong —• Reid 'I.'het having (i; mined two applications and found therms •satisfactory, the presi- dent and secretary issue polieles— Carried, Armstrong --Little-- That the treasurer be instructed to pay auditors acoounte for auditing books and accounts of company for 1889— Carried. McNague--Iteid"--That the division of territory between Mr,Adam- strong and Mr. Haldenby, Agents, be at the line between lots 20 and 27, Culross—Carried. Reid- MoKague —That this board do now adjourn to meet again in. Teeswater town hall on the last Saturday of January, 1800, at 8 o'clock p. lis. BYt1. 1 Mr, Ted Watson has taken a big contract to ship cattle to the old country. He is et present in the States making purchases.—Messrs. Fred W. Tanner and D. McKellar are at present down with the la grippe.. Snow is rialto') needed in this vicinity. —The heavy gile,of Saturday last did considerable damage in this district, }basses and trees and other • property beim; more or lass ' inured. --Alexa n• der Taylor left on. Mouday for Gay. lord. Alex is the smite old bay.—A telegram reached here from British Columbia stating the sudden death of a Mr. Wren Watson, an old Blythite; who left some tilde ago. to seek his fortune in that place. The cause of death isunknown yet. The remains will arrive here,it is expected, thisweek.-A lecture w a5 ,i t 1in the temperaltoo hall, by the Rev. Mr, 14ioorhonse, of Winghaun, on. the "Importance of a taste for readies,'.' in connection with the anniversary of Trinity Church, The hall was fairly well filled, the proceeds amount• to a nice lis„ snu ing g. sum,—A number � more cases of influenza are reported again in town.-- .lisses' N. 11, and i 'present, t suffering. wfth an atteck o f inflammation of the land.—iVliss Mary y Thoinpeon, of Clinton, spenteeaunday with her mother, who 'resides in Blyth.—Mr. P. Kelly, Reeve, is tiwtty on a business tour this .week.—The question of street ligating will come before -the neter.•e')u)loil. et their first Meeting, on Monday eight.—We re- gret td ieerit that Mr T. Janes is indisposed,— Messrs 11lo1(innon and Powell' will cocicrtneace next week to pack pork. Prices. are . higher (here than any •place, in ,the :aunty. -A number •of the young people took in a. stall at 13i•usaeis, one night last week. Yes, sir, oven McGinty'e hid has got , the la grippe. --billy. looks kind of lonesome since he got. the mitten an Friday night. Never ')Hind, 13111y, perhaps she wants Tam(en)dng.—Two of the staff of trio cuammoth house were laid off a'couple of days last week with influenza. -•= Mr. C. Ross, of Hamilton was in tows} this week.— Mr. P. Conroy,• of London, • was in town en Wednesday,; --Miss iif, Pat- terson, ,who has been visiting in town, left for Goderich •on Friday of last week-. - Metrrle. Messre, Ferguson and hough have finished 'plastering Mr, S. I'tem's house rand W.H. Clokey is Walling day that one of his little boys, wit was on a visit at his grandfather's, ws dead. The little fellow left home' only a few days ago apparently in the the woodwork. Where are'you getting hest of health, --The village life Is: your houeskeaper, Saul 1—Mr, Frank 'stagnant, What with the gain, nand, colds, la grippe, etc, there is some danger of failing who a century sloop like Mr Weet in "Looking Baoicward," Baines .is busy gutting out timber for an extension to lite barn 16 x 80. He also intends to raiso tire old barn and put scone stables under it,---Nfr Downey, limp burner, bought a house from Mr, Vanstone, of Brussels, and Saturday saw it successfully removed from its ole foundation to its new one near the lime works, a utile and it half distnnt.--Rey. Mr. Edge, of Clinton, will preach in Sunshine !Methodist churub, Sunday uoxt.--Mrs Halliday, of the 5th -con,, has ' been eoanewhat indisposed . this week. --A number of young folks are -pleased to hear that the Literary at 13e'rave There scan" be in full swing again.}here is some kicking, of course, but the literary will go ahead just the saint,— Mrs. II. Eaines, of Sunshine, who has been in poor health for some time, has been considerably worse lately.— Mr Daimon Campbell, concession :1, had his (tarn unroofed. 1)y the high winds of Monday last. Th•t fences were blown down in mealy plaeee, and a great deal of datnngel •done°—Jelin AlcOoed tend wife, of Wiuehaon, were visiting in Morris tine week. Tur'ntoerrV• . • On Tuesday .evening, the 7th inst., •Mr. R,tbert Harris, Turn berry, S'cra•• iary of the Cengre ational Church, Uernmell's Corners, invited a number of his relatives and friends, together vTotten,e.ti'.JT with las pastor, the R to a snrptnous supper Qf good thines, Both turkey al;d goose were on the !table, and everybody present . sstn eed to, enjoy themselves }ouch. • Two .01 his children wore baptised by the pastor, when an effecting service was held. }lir. Longley. Deacon of the above church, sent° Mr. Geo. Harris, father of Mr Harris, offered up an earnest prayer for the children and for all present and a very profitable even'= ingwas. spent—Mr. r.J hn t lsan, of the 10th sou., had a very successful wood bee on Wednesday, the Stlr, end- ing in the evening with a j.,vial and lively hop.- Johnny Johnson (little Jziek) leas returned home from Algoma. and:report:a the lumber camps break- iug up for the want of Snow, and hard times its .consegeence.—Miss Lizzie Johnson, who has beeu sick for some time, is reccoverittg slowly, -There are quite a•nutnber sick in this vicinity and about all of then conclude -they have the "Grippe."-- Mr, William Johnson is getting out timber for a large new barn, to be erected nett spanner. -Some of our farmers were ploughing last week. flow is that for Huron I—The Turnberry°Township Council will meet at Saults"'Elali, Blues**ale, on Monday next, all o'clock a. an. Myles Young are both on the sick list thin week.—Mr. J: Willford is ill at' apirB City'. • Wedding. are the general order,of the day and the sages are yet po. phesving of others to cocue,aucl if their sayings prove ti"ao, slit art of eheete). making in aur district will not be Confined to a gentleman alone. -'-Mr. Atigus bleltenzie. spent Xmas in Hemlock City and reported a • very 'enjoyable time.—Mies Mary Saunders, of Kintadine, is visiting friends here,• -]Wit. J. A. Donning has so far re- coycel. from Ilia: severe illnessit's to be able to drive out again and. intends' visiting his home in Brooke county. We sincerely Hope the visit may prove beneficial to his health.—Mr. A Mc- Kenzie, through the sale of ;one of his imported stallions, realized, the }laud; some suzn cf $2,000 from Orange- tilld buyers. teetiaside. The terrible rant on Sunday night has drowned agreat nuanbor, of news items. --The strong gale on Monday rr:orxdng was so powerful as to take the roof off one of Me. Thomas Wraith's barns.- •Lan!;side can boast of about 10 eases of grip (some have ernbroider,y one}. —leliss Annie Find. !aeon, of Ripley, acid John Slallow3, of Goderich, were tine guests of Afro. Jackson Tiffin, last week—Mr. Walter Treleaven, of Lueknow, oconpied the pulpit in the Methodist church • ou Sunday morning.—At a recent busi- ness meeting, ; which was held in the itiethodirao church, Ware. Nr, 'Taylor and J. Morrison Were appointed true. t40at of. Wee eleett`elte. Glenanrt n• The pedagogic mottle bas fallen upon the shoulders of Dir G M Rob- ertson, student of Ottawa Normal School. We welcome hire •to our midst,— 11r- I'tiebard Arrnstroug had a wood bee last Friday and iu the evening a number of young people tripped the light fantastic.---lwir G Cozens, phrenologist and physio ne. assist, of Wingbbre, gave a lecture in the schoolroom on Saturday 'evening, which was fairly ,well attended. We understand he intended giving another lecture on Monday evening, but on account of sickness it is postponed sine dia,=The influenza parasite from Russia has invaded this district in earnest,. The sehoel le closed aed •a great many people aro ,prostrated.- . tVe aro very sorry to say that aur Stephen Piper is not making mull progress towards recovering. -- mr Torn Appleby has almost recovered from his recent gun accident, --We are . inforttied. that tt musicai, &c, outertaintaertt will be held iii Eadio's church sonic time this winter. Bluettale• Monday's eyelone took in Bluovale with other places, although not doing much damage, The high stuuko stack of 05 feet, betongiug to Duff & Stew. art's tnihli was blown clown and broken hits r, number of pieces, *It is reported also that Mr I)utioan Camp- bell's bare nn the first of Morris was unroofed}...... Fences have suffered a digjniuting.-»-Itev. A. Y nudes, ' is we}l again and arbund. IIe took his regular work ea Sunday, and ppreach• ed at night izt. Vie Methodist + }lurch. On Sunday morning, Bev W Ayers of Gerrie, preached ria intercath';; and excellent serruou in the liethodsaat' Clrurdlt. The pastor, Rev 1 13 WWI - win, preatlied at Clr,rtie.--Mr Philip r .l,'+i,14 re'd3611d1d ' $e Beigrave, The annual ene.etin; nE the members. of the East \VA:sveltaeh Agrioulturaal Society was held in ticantdreet'ts Hotel on Thin: iday of Inst week. A, large number of members were preeeat, and' Air. John Boberts.:n. president in the chair. l'be auditors' report was reed, allowing receipts to the amount of $399.42, and payments in prilees &o., ; 30u,88,leavirzu' a balauce in the Teslas- urer's band, of 1+04.09', The balance. .exceeds previous years, showing tree moiety is prosp"ring under the ptesent management. The followilag officers tecta appointed ; Proside'ct, - Jolla Rolzortson• ; ,Vice-presidi)nt, Charles. Proctor; Directors, I2,, Sto•tebouse, \V Scott, IL. Currie, Thos.. :f3 olby, Jas, Owens, R. Sterlin4, B. Corley, 1). Geddes, Jas liarrisori; Auditors, J.G, Siat'watt,Jas, $orae; 'Treseurei',Chas 31c Ulellrau+l; Sack>tary' Finlay Anderson. =The wind of Monday meriting blew ' down the srneke•stack an Tyner's niiil anal the flag pole at the Orange1,tll. —A meeting of 'tint District U lenge Ledge was held at Beigrave Tuesday. ---elr.. J. Nichol, formerly teacher in S. No. 5, Morris, opened 1 a private school bore Monday ay last, with about f twenty pupils, Ile expects his classes will be largely increased in a few days. —Air L Pea•ren, shoemaker, has te- ) moved from •�. , all store to his o l n� c I, 1, s t e1 vdfr 1: s :stand.. McKinnon a� - Powell, of ' Piyrli, havo commowed buying grain, chiefly oats tied peas here. frank Wheeler runs the se,ila's:--La grippe has a number of victims in and around 1 &grave. The favorite preventive as old rye, eta. Zaat Wa arae osli• A. eontest in connection with the e - t 'Fri - literary snoiety will _nice place on day evetiing,Jan 24th. The captains, John Solar and John Scott, have both cltbaen good sides and the entertain - meat will undoubtedly be well worth attending.— D•ir John Anderson. is recovering•from a severe iilnnss,�• School was suspea ded in section No. 13.on Monday and 1'ueaelay, owing t the illness of the teacher, Miss Jennie Rath.—Mr J Tabi), formerly of Port Hope, but lately of Bad Axe, 'Aliell, is visiting friends in this loeality.— Mr J Dingwall • is seriously ill with inflammation of the lungs.•.•-,0onsidor- able damage was done by the gale ou Monday, is the way of blowing down fences, trees, etc,—A echoers under the ai spices of tie Ladies Aid Society, will be given in the Vr estfield church on Frulay•evenirig, Jan. 81st: On Wednesday, the residents of this township were shocked by the inteili- genee that an' Campbell Hanna, of the 10•th concession, ' had coanmitted suicide, The particulars, as they. , have been, cnrrently resorted; are: On the morning in question, nsr Henuaa informed the fancily that :he would attend to the stock, and lett the house, es the family thought, with that o tjeet in view, but instead of doing so, he started for the river.: He wal hissed in a few aninutee, and search was . made -for hint, and.: a . neighbor --air Wm Deacon—joined in the searoh,. and soon found mr • Iiauna'sl trucks , toward the river, and after following thele} for a short distance, he .saw •sur Hanna. Almost immediately after being seen, mr Hanna approached the river at a point 'where* the back ..is high. and ' the water runttitag very rapidly and deliberately. threw hizn•. self in. The party in pursuit, shade 'every effort to recoil Air Fianna and rescue him, but were unable to do so, •until life was extdnot, eir Hanna Was 02 years of age, and it is said that for some time he has.had some mental trouble. Ile was in good . cireutn- stances, end had soil his farm last fall intending to ,:pend the remainder • of hie days in Winghatn, having. fur. chased a, reside see there, lie was in \Vittgilant on Tuesday, and seorneel in its good spirits as usual. Tire family have the sympathy of the whole Community in their .sora trial. 'Sir, Sables Berry; bf 1Iensall, has re= oently purchased, stt a high ptioo the thoroughbred running stallion,. "'dine burg," from Ii erituek�r, One day recently, Ales, Reid, of I inloss township, 24 taking a dose of twsdioiue mistook saltpetre fur what he intended to take, and Itad it tact. been for the prompt act 01 of those around him itt giving attsli retne.lsee to induce vomttiag as vera tut lurid there is little doubt that thea d>itAg. keg to Wean would have 44.4 fetal alto* • "La G lid wor ety on; He attacl it vigor e threatent ttnlistic o but he Ila off,e Sanulol G fallin' fr, will be pi in a fair landlord, doe knew it, and al same to"1 is the am have lee vera} ti 1the atone t to the rel in sonic scan", w}r the Egna matter in •a little sl equal dis they base a Ltaise i suggrastio idea tice� up to '°cid oil aud,• our Nadi ble.esedn< Maggio married of Port breakfast residener happy co don, Def The Ir orgatlitn a braliuh A. medal' ft.)r its se' • its prom whose nd • sand its c n t bot r duiz w iia ns i I, appoin to nl aan agar wliiclt 11 well*qui kir if Geo; TI lumber, tai Lon Moudy 1l4 paid fo uperin ;danot aemeta' trustees • alloav u, day salt this pia Bartok anaonz cloned a • of the George a terns Mr Wil family itntninu Ln'Grij their of The visit tb a gtani 4.30 to gentles lecture large h ,ted .set Dir unlflinf hard t the cat nE was. le Rep, of the were, factor itt and inside injurie f'BcapP The v planes 1r.,J vcOra teaclii •four y there, said pupils et COO Pores eanjoy