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The Wingham Times, 1893-05-26, Page 1�3 i vet X I, �-NQ. 1111. IN€UA.M WINGIIAM, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1893. We want to draw you :non's attention this week to our furnishings, the stook was never so complete as at present in our •ordered olothir,g, we are having, the greatest -success, everybody pleased. WHITE SHI1iTt3, COLORED SHIRTS, FLANNELETTE SHIRTS, N'EG-LIGEE SHIRTS, COLLARS,, CUFF, DERBY TIES, Four•in-baud and the new bows, $ATS AND CAI'S in all the new shapes, 'SUSPENDERS, SOCIIS, Cashmere and Cotton.. Everything a man wants from his head to his feet, some elegant things in Russet 'Shoes and Gaiters. We are showing some pretty styles in Ladies, Misses and Girlsred, tan and black slippers and Oxfords. Grocery stock full and fresh. Shop early and seoure prompt delivery. This store closes at seven. 24t V st:.'°"°sw. ,,kite �+ ORR tS: RISCOCIiS, Direct Dry Goods Importers. Tim Bran, May 18, 1803, Etariiaggo Licenses Issued by FR'ANX 1?ATLRSON, No 23, Vic- toria stroet,Wingh am, Ont. No witnesses required. LOCAL NEWS ''Cal1 at the Star Restaurant for a big assortment of fruit. Jas. Melfi:xvxr. —The Citizens' B d favored the towns- people with severalsoleotioris of music on Saturday evening Ia t —A couple of Ital ars were in town the latter part of last eekdiscoursing,sweet 111 sio'on the street —3. A. Morton; . D. G. M. for North uron, paid Berner lodge, A. F. and A. M., Listowel, an ofd ial visit on Wedneclay evening last. —Garden Seeds by the ounce and pound, at Hamilton's drug store, two doors south of the Post Office. - ,Totelshlno sir=:t, through the main part of .`fila ,"tr4itsl Lae been thoroughly scraped ,;ar�3'i _ ad. taken off. The street prseenta a fits • appearance now. '+efts, noon last, our lacrosse club croesec sticks th the Teeswater club= in Teeswater, and ere defeated by two goalsr to one. Bett: look" the next time, e +•-%Ve beg to reify niiii;14'Ytote or booli, sapi°e before June'. <- Townspeople:vl} at -large need not be .•laiii .`ised if they should find them in t re pound ono of these days. The town by -1 w in respect to keep- ' ing'ebtvs enclosed she ld be observed. —.The 'l mond Til =thren of town now hold meetings I.;it. Ae" h 11 in Meyer's Block. On. Saturday evening, 11.1l;t., 2doAllister, of Grey township, delle the street, and on' Sti services in the hall. lose indebted to to • settle the trouble. Maid: Co. h•, t�*ccs running tit a rdisoourse on "'conducted the —If all the ode and waste corners on every farm were pia 'ted to mammoth Rus - Sian sunflowers, e ough of the seed Could be harvested to les • ' large flock of poultry and there is no ses. that is better food for moulting or for eying hens. If horses can be got to eat t ; em, an occasional feed of a pint is good fie them, but some borses will not eat them. 5OCents Cash will pay for The Tins, for new subscribers, till the end of the year. —One of the large t and most noble en- terprises connected with the Columbian' Exposition in Chigo, says a Londoner who has just return from the show, is that known as 'The hieago'Speotatorium,• an immense building which covers an area With its studios and wer houses, of near- ly 500,000 equate f t. In this building Will be presented, wit r the height of antis• tko and realistic finial all the ineidents of Col'nmbue' life from his •appearance at the monastery ofta R bide to lriedieeovery of San Salvador, Art tic features of the greatest merit of ma WSW :appliances in machines and elects ay wild • c used in gilt bnil ing,ilia deal being, iliasaid, to nOriabine a noble mails milk pep telt #deal- fe>xt. "Song and seen° ill unite' in Making It the greatest atten.c ori of the titlx.k' Maya the Clhicago I/erald. Cash for good butter and eggs at R A, Graham's market grocery. —Huron Count Council will meet in* Goderich on Tue ay June Gth, at 3 o'clock p. m, —Methodist C smolt pulpit topios for next Sunday: rning—The Fifth l3eati- tude; evening—T a Stronghold. —Halioa there 1 Where are you going? I am going to the Wingbatn shoe store to buy xny shoes; I get all slips sewed free of charge. J, J. MoIs'n t,oe. —The Presbyter of. Maitland will meet in the Presbyterial church, Wingham, on Tuesday next, 30th natant. —Messrs. Frees an, of Buffalo, and Stewart, of Wingh m, shipped a couple of oars of export cattl from here on Saturday last. —Ladies, have your garments made by Miss 11T. Johuston. Gregory block, opposit" the Queen's Hotel. Latest styles, good work, always first-class tit. ---Whenever a n wspaper man gets so he can please everyb y his usefulness on tbi big earth will b cut short off, for rigl there he will be ntly wafted on angel's wings to the heaver of rest beyond. On Thursday o all team drove ov played a friendly ro water team, defeatin' games. •--Go over your or have not already don bleak knot in the Do not throw them heap, but burn therii� last week, our foot :r to Teeswater and ctoh with the Tees - them by four straight chard carefully, if you e so,and out out ail the lum and cheery tree:, down on the brush at once. —Fo SALE, Cutins —I have a few baby carria es left that 1 will sell at a slightad- van on cost, in 'order to make moreroom for rniture. Don't buy until you got prices from 5. Gxtensy, Wingham. —The directors f_the Ontario=Mutual Life Assurance Co pony eve a dinner on the evening of the 2 th instant to the agents of the company at erlin, as a recognition of the important ser es rendered aby then during the past y r, Mr. A. Dawson went down and fiats nized with his. brother agents. . —Prof. Scott and ssistants gave a can- tata, entitled "Britan 'a and Her Daugh- ters," in Blyth, on th evenirig'df the 24th. Britannia was repres ted by Miss L. 'Me- Iieneie; Canada, Miss . Chisholm; India, Miss L. Gordon; Af Ca, Miss K. Ross; Australia, Miss A. Cline; New Zealand, Miss M. Wilson, all this place. .-,SVon:came me Ws:mer s. E. Taylor, cutler and grinder,is here to do all kinds of grinding and repairing. Scissors, razors, knives rebladed, saws sharpened. Umbrellas and parasols' neatly repaired. Lawn mowers sharpened and repaired. First- class workmanship guaranteed. Stand next ,to Town Hall. —A "green goo s" syndicate was brok up the other day ii Hartford, Connecti t. and their books cal tared. They show that the syndicate was raking half a million a year. A list of tl names of those who had been swindled c ntained the names of eight residents of 01 ario and sixteen in Quebec. —A. Iecture from a "Chart of the Ages'' will'be delivered (D. .) in Meyer's Rall,on' Lord's Day, stay 2 th, at 3.80 p. m., and continued in the eve ing at 8 o'clock. The subject wilI be of r aI interest The Four Judgments in the "Word of God (1) John 5: 25; (2) 1 Cor. 3: -16; (3) Matt. 25: (4) Rev. 20: 10, 15. 1 cordially invited. No collection. Brin your Bibles. 6'xns a Clorma$OATIONAL ORtuto n, Wn-axrAM.—W. H. Watson, Pastor, Ser- vices each Sunday at 11 a. M. fund 7 p. m: Sabbath School and Bible Class at 2.30 - Prayer Meeting every Wednesday at 8 p. m., Christian Endeavor oti same evening at 0 p. m. All made welcome, Seats free. Strangers welcome. Sunday, May 28th. Rev. . D. Bentley, of Lis- towel, y'i11 preach Horning and evening - --11r.. Geo, Roe eceived a pneutnatio_ tire sulkey the other ay for his trotter. t,. Listowel defeated orrie at football, at Harriston, on the 24th instant, by one goal to note. —Mr. D. S. Ritchie, C. B. P., Of Elor was in town on Satur ay, in fell dress, ad- vertising the carnival t be held in Galt on June 14, 15 and 16 nex —A very severe tor ado passed over the country on Tuesday 1 st, and 4, -consider- able number of lives w re lost anal property destroyed. —For first-otaes tailoring and cheap gents' furnishings, try Webster & Co, Remember the place, only two doors north .of the old stand and between Ross' book- sto e and Pattersou's jewellery shop. -Mr, 13. Willson, it of Hamilton, was calls latter part of last weal vection with the bank —Mr. F. G. Sparl old his big dray hors h e Archibald, of Seafort He was a fine animal, at over 1600 pounds. anager of the Bank 1 to Quebec city the , on business in con - ng, of the salt well, on the 24th, to Mr. for a good figure. nd tipped the scales ---Praxes—If you want early tomatoes, cabbage, celery, cauliflower; flower plants —stocks, asters, pansies, etc., orderfrom T. C. Grahams, at the Iron Bridge Apiary and Greenhouses. A choice sample of honey still on hand for sale. T. C. Gnarraai, Lower Wingham. -A. neat fence has en put around the isle diamond-shaped bit .of ground just north of the Bank of Hamilton building, and it is likely that a ower garden will be employees of the a most beautiful cultivated there by th bank. It can be mad spot. --A Gospel Tempera the auspices of the lo bo held in the Temper day evening next. Rev will: bo the speaker of Methodist church. Sund+ will bepresent, and singing will complete t are invited. A collect' defray expenses. ice meeting, ander it W. 0. T. U., will ace Hall, on Mon, Win. MacGregor he evening. The y School Orchestra a recitation and e programme. All n will be taken to 5® Cents Cash will pay for Tun Times, for new subscribers, till the end of the .year: -Mr. John Nichol on, son of Mr. Nichol- son, of the Bluevale 'cad, who has been working in Chicago . r the past two years, gave the Tutus a ea11 the other day. He left Chicago a couple of weeks ago, after spending a week talo g in the fair. When be left Chicago the lb lclings were not com- pleted and many of tl in place. His brother' Chicago, Mr, Nichol hem, this week. ...Ann exchange s ys :---Ilosv many school children even in to ns are taught to keep step in walking 7 eeping step ineaus that those walking tog Tier rtop,vleft feet at once, and right fee at once. Let a couple try walking toget mer, the left foot of one stepping with the right toot alit() other. The result is alter to bumping of should- a ers and separating. Then try keeping step e.,each acl ste i '. With h t e earn Hanle p1 p g foot, left with left and r ght with right. The re- I salt is manifest. he boys and giria in all f sehools shank' atop when walking. It t helps tointpt ve ppearanceanddiscipline• t Theit;e who'dbsin it are becoming trier° 1 tnitrearous, Let r*ral saltools follow the es:* a r.'xnple. The days are s —And soon with The ant will join n summer eels iftly slipping by, Icep elation he gicnie pie ,ration.. The lacrosse el b will givea promenade Mont in the rink, on the evening of the 9th June. —The Hurons o Goderich defeated the Rustlers of Einem ine at lacrosse in Luck, no v, on 24th insta t, by two goals to none, —An alarm of e was sounded On Mon- day night about 1 o'clock, a lamp in Mr, Wm, Sheridan's esidence, on Edward street, having explo ed. Thefurewas extin. guished without t re aid of the firemen, though they were p omptly on hand, aftei the alarm was soun ed. —G T Retrains f Toronto and east leave Wingham at 6.85 a m and 11.20 a m, via W G 2 B Division, 'and at 6.45 a ni and 3.50 p m, via Clinton and Guelph. Good connections by all trains. —The .Advance nog. not be exercised about our temperance views. We will try and struggle along a• we have been sluing. Of course Mowat's li, nor license law is ob- noxious to a great ma y people in Ontario, but it is the hest Boon: o law we ever bad in this province. While he liquor traffic is licensed, the law will e obnoxious to some people, especially thos: who wish to break it. —We would like to ave all subscribers now in arrears to pie, :e pay up. While a large number have fell .wed out the goodin- junction, "pay in adva co," there are scores who are on the list of elinquents, many of them having made no •emittance whatever. Those are the ones we . efer to particularly, and hope this will en ce to bring about the desired results. Remamber, no newspaper can prosper as long as the hard earned dol- lars remain in the pec: eta of the subecri-, bers. —The Be.vW. Ma. Gregor, Wingbam, leaves for New York n xt week to sail on the Anchor Line Mail : eager "Circassian," via Londonderry for Scotland, on Satur- day, June y, 3rc1, He g. •son a visit to his mother, after many y=ars absence from his native land. He will also, before his re- turn, spend some ti.. e in England. His church grants him th ee months' leave of absence. The pulpit, while the pastor is away,wilI be supplied , y Mr. J. H. Cameron, Woodstock College. • --A meeting of the 'rectors of the Turn- berry Agricultural S. iety was held in town on Saturday last. T1 e question of securing new grounds for sh purposes was up for onsideration, when a committee, consist - ng of Messrs. Chas. + Ienderson, Geo. Mof• at and D. McIiinla , was appointed to in- erview property os ers in Wingham, and eport at a meeting o be held at Swarts' otel on Saturday ternoou next. It is to e hoped the societ will be able to secure uitablo•grounds on reasonable terms. e exhibits were not c Villiam also resides in i on .returned to his t r 1r b s Wingham has a r mbar of fast horses, nd. on the 24th they captured purses in several places. Mr. Geo. Roe took first money in the three minute trot at Shel- burne, with Miss arfreld. Mr. J. E. Swarts won first and second in the free for all trot at. Dungan an, Walter G. taking first and John He ry second. Messrs. Beattie Bros. won rst in the running race at Harriston, with opsy B. —Apprentices wanted at once to learn the dressmaking. Carter's. (late Prof. Moody s) tailor system—only perfect sys- tem of dress -cutting, taught to apprentices, Miss .Efodgson has resumed business after holida3 s and guarantees as before perfect fits, latest styles, and good work. Teach- ing tailor systema specialty. —It has been 4 ided to hold decoration day in Wingham on Friday afternoon, ,June 0th. The C radian Order of For- esters, Independe+ t Order of Oddfellowe, Independent Ord: • of Foresters, Sons of Scotland and Or= nge Societies will take part in the proce dings, and the band will head the proeess =n to and from the ceme- tery. We under tand that a petition hi to be presented to . e Mayor asking that he proclaim a hal holiday on the 9th June. a —A misslo . ry meeting was held in the d Baptist ohur. in this place on Friday in evening last, when addresses were delivered t by Rev. B. ; . Smith, M. D., of St. Cather- Mee, and B. v. lt. Chute, of Strathroy, e missionaries under appointment of the T Baptist For: ign Missionary Board, to pro- n eeed to Indi next autumn. Itis. Smith's h ddress eon sted mainly of a description a of the peopl among whom he expects to n aborin It � ia, and their customs and 1a Waite, and fr. Ch'tto pointed cut the duty o o every On: to asslrt in sending the gospel o the heat .n. The addressee were in -1 cresting an instructive and were listened o with ra, attention by an appreciative udience. he church' choir gave several selections di ring the evening. , —There was qui e - a little excitement around the Bank o' Hamilton for an bour or so, on Saturda last. A number of fanners had delive ed their stall -fed cattle that day and the g• ntlemen receiving them had placed them o the cars and consigned them to a gentlem in Montrealiutending to pay for theta w �u they went back to the bank. It wa an hour or so before t',ey could get in omtnrmication with the buyer in Montreal, and in the meantime the cattle had go e forward. All's well that ends well. Butitled to the Best. Ali are entitled to the best their mosey will buy; 80 every family should have, at once; a bottle of the best family remedy, Syrup of lige, to oleausethe sys- tem when costive or bilious, For sale le lac. bottles by all leading druggists. —Mr. James Jo inston, of Scott street, this town, who has een ailing for about ten years with abso d of the stomach, be. dame mentally de aged on Sunday last nd tried to pat an nd to himself on Mon - ay morning about eight o'clock by shoot. g himself. Re ha become poseessedof a wenty-two caliber revolver, and while alone for a'few aro elite he gob out of bed u the floor and sh himself in the left ear. he wound was not fatal, and a few min• tea after he again rot himself in the fore - end. Medical an other aid was prooured std one of the bull Is extracted, and it is ow thought that to will recover, though e is very low. , ,Toltnoton is a civil and bliging man, and his many friends are nrpriaed at the rn matters have taken. 1 A YEAR IN AIWA —London Free Frees of edneeday con- tained the following: ','r, Frederick Ab- bot,, of the London Censer atory School of EIocution, accompanied by Ifiss M. T. Stem:won. of Gue]p1i Mi of Teeswater, and Mr. s Nello Mellardy, Sim Fax, of this city, will leave in a few • < ye for the. North• west and Pacific Coast. They will appear iii'the .larger eities an towns throughout - Manitoba, North-west ► rritories and Brit. lag' Columbia, and wi he absent tibout ten weeks. AIready bout thirty dates gave been booked, i eluding Winnipeg, Portage Ia Prairie, Br ndon, liegina, Fort William and Rat P• lege, so that from present indications thventure will prove a great success. The our has been arrang- ed and .plannedby th. < London Entertain- ment Bureau, of this ity. —The Dundas Ban er makes the follow- ing ollowing sensible observat" ns :--"The prize lot- tery and guessing : fake advertisements sirculd be withdraw from all respectable newspapers, now t at the way in which people have been ' windled by them has been .exposed in the oronto Police Court, where it was show that everybody wile sent a guess accomp, niod by the necessary dollar, or 50 cents, n s declared a winner, no matter what h guess might be, and was thereupon asked o forward more money for packing and expi yes charges on an al- leged prize. In some 'aces cheap prizeswere sent when the moa • y was forwarded. and in others the move was simply put into the cash -box and no more notice taken of the sender. The + oronto papers, which should set a good e - ample in this respect, aro the greatest offs tiers in this kind of advertising, and cot try journals that look to them to set the r ght path, have been misled in doing so. . The guessing fake has about run the lengt - of its tether, certainly not before its time. --The annual me ting of Wingham Dis- triet of the Methodi church was held in the Methodist .olau h in this town, on Thursday and Friday last. All the minis- ters of the district were present the first day; which was occupi d in examination of ministerial character, tc. Mr. W. Smith, of Brussels, was reco mended to the Con- ference to bo received i to the ministry, On Friday, the lay delegas were also present and general business w s transacted. The returns of membersh p and corinexional funds from each circus were rend. They showed an increase in issionary and other funds. Rev. F. Swarm , of Auburn, was ap- pointed Secretary of tl a District, and elect- ed to the Stationir .mmittee of the Conference. Messrs. G o. Thomson and R.Mclndoo were ele . t lay delegates from the Wingham clmr to the Guelph Con- ference, which will r set in Owen Sound on', 2nd of June next. The Stationing Coni- mittee of the Cone encs meets on the 30th of May, in Owen '.ound. Rev. G. P. Sal- ton, of Brussels, vas elected to represent Wingham Districon the Epworth League Committee. On ie evening of the first day of the mea ng, a platform meeting was held in the ethodist church, when an unusually good programme was given. Tweuty-minute ddresses were given on the nationalities by our ministers. "England and the Englisl " was championed by Bev, G. P. Salton, o Brussels; "Ireland. and the Irish,"by RevI. F. Campbell,Ph.D,,73lyth. "Scotland an he Scotch," by Rev. J. A. McLachlan, t, A., of Teeswater, and "Canada an the Canadians," by Rev. Jas, Livingstone / of Listowel. The addresses were high' appreciated by the large anal, ence, as id:. was the singing by the choir and other Rev. S. Sellery, 13. D., occupi• ed the ch.; r. rersonais. Mr, P. Chapman, of Ripley, was in town o f onday. Mes: s, James Campbell, of Lueknow, and G o. Campbell, of Palmerston, agent Sund with friends in town, ilfr W. M. 'Gray, of Seaforth, was .in town • n Tuesday Iast, on business. Mr 0. W. Graves, of London, general travel ing agent of the G. T. B., was in town n Monday last, Mr. W. ',Kinsman, of Lansing, Michigan is ho e ti visit to friends' in town. 13 :sell Post Messrs. Samuel Laird, of Sir tford; .loeeph Laird, of Wingham, and 8 plan Laird, of Hineardine, were in town net Friday. Mr:. Jtte, Irwin, of Sttdbury, Ontario, is at of her sister,. Mra. 3,A, McLean. W. C. Meyer arrived home from X. W. T., on Saturday night last. rnee A. belated and X. MoGragor Miele. NeW Teae. the g ( Wholesale --.Gordon ,it McIntyre ate in it mi. condition to supply families or sootate° tap,a with new tear, at jobbate pricer, Now ie the shale to seente Your teas. Mee spent Frida - a#tarnoon laet with BeJgrave, Mr, and. • rs, Jos. Sinratid, of I,x spent Sunda last with friends in Mrs. John Ritchie and ileamirter Taylor left u Monday afternoon 1 trip to Cbic go, They will speak time seeing •he eights at the Ware, before their etuxn. Detective Lucas, of Seattle, Washi' aha becam • well known to many o eitizons th •ough his connection wi,' Garbutt ca= -, was iu town on Ptiday,i friends. Mrs, J.I.obt Elder is in Clinton Mrs. D Seaforth for Misses Sa 241b with fi visiting his 24th. Mr,Tame. 24th in town bother Will Mr. Robt. Saturday an his son, Mr. Mr. and 11 Fred Vandri on the 24th, infant child town. Mr, W, J Paisley, of Clinton, lie inspector for ' sat Huron, Was in tow Saturday las - Mr. John a eelands was in Clinto Friday last, business, • Mr. D. F. rawford, Medical Studer Toronto Uni =rsity spent, the 24th at residence of r, D. A. Campbell - Mr. D. A. mpbell and sons J J. Geo. B.; also rs. N. H. Barlow, of To to, were home < few days this week on count of the .:vete illness . of little Maggie Hiscoc cs. Miss A. Gill spie, Of Blyth, is vizi' Mends urto Mr. Jame% R, nald, of Listowel, r town on busine ,. en Thursday,' and the Tanis a cal . Miss Hattie oderns has returned fr an extended vis t to friends in Musings, Mr. Jos. Mas n is , home this week vi ing bis family. Silis was visiting friertd4 few ,days, this week, - • ple, of Brussels, ' spent nag in town. itobell, of Cranbroo'k, rother Simon, in town, ore: Mitchell, of Bina., spent and was the guest of m. iseoeks, of Teeswater, Sunday laet in town, visii -. . Hisaocks, 0, Jos.. Vandriok and. of Listowel were in ttending the funeral of Mr. James Vaudrick, of e. An Old Proud. Mr. P. 13. Flannagan, formerly wit Brennan cC Co„ tanners, Wingham, no Hanover, writes to 0. E. Williams, say: "Please send me by express two Sof more of Iieathfield's Healing - Balsam, find it the best cough medicine I ceu We world not he without it in our fam It will cure any kind of cough or cold gives immediate relief. I recommend i all my old Wingham friends and 'titian speak too highly of it." Sincerely yours, `F. B. Flaxs,sct,t. For sale at Williams' Drug Store, at per bottle. 24th of M in Wingham, Iter Majesty's B thday was right ro ly celebrated ia W gham on Wedne The day was fine, ut cool, and by noon town was pretty ell filled with visit At one o'elock he evert?, nota aeneac the park, by a foe ball &etch hetwee Wingham and rickyatd" teams, tivh after a keenly con sted match, result favor of the Wing ant: boys by ,three g to none. The bas ball match, between Union, of Wroxe r and Gerrie; and Wingham team,w s Won by the Union a score of 10 to 4. Good jrldy'was made both teams. A. fo than match between juniors of Teeswa er and Winghans r ed in favor of Tees ter,byenegonl to The men's foot rates were hotly emit+ Mr. Chas. Stewart, of this town, win first in both that 100 and 200 yard The boys and girld races were well cos ed, and the young ere used every eff show in front at t o finish. The deg between Harry , dereon's and E Moore's spaniels w won by Hurry's d good style. The e hibition of water was witnessed by a arge creed of int ed spectators, and t to firemen's fight, tween Messrs. TI s. Moore and Drnmmond,was co tested with a good of tenacity, but in he end Mr. D'loore declared the winn •. The town b in attendance at t e park during t: and liberally disco reed sweet meetot The eoneert int se evening., in t hail as et as n sn e r lIat t ended as it s have been. Tile programine•--give Ideal talent—was it good one and was rendered. -�••-ll'e's in trouble, o s his wife, . Betimes he triad, they say, To Ikea a *9,0001iio on *ACD ptayr t