The Wingham Times, 1885-09-25, Page 5NEWS ITEMS,
The North Shore railway has been
purchased by the Vanadiau Pantie.
There were 110 cases on the To.
ronto police court docket on Monday,
Wm. Kyle it Co,, the well known
Toronto wholesale. liquor firm, have
assigned.
"Anut Dabney,' a negress, aged
87 years diad at Millersburg, Ky., re-
cently, leaving a hash Ind aged 19.
Hon. Tlioa McGreevy, M. 2, for
QQuebee West, has been called to the
senate in place of the late `lir. aha
pais.
There are in England 357 female
blacksmiths, who actually swing heavy
hammers, and 9,138 women employed
in malting rails for horse shoes.
On Monday night burglars entered
the residence of alias. o. Hyman, iu
London, and made away with silver
plate valved at between $300 and
6'400.
There seems to be no abatement of
r'.41--) the small pox in Montreal. Li five
days, from the 17th to the 31 st inclus-
ive there were 234 deaths in the city
and surrounding villages from this
cause.
The special corps organized in the
.Northwest territories during the in-
surrection have all been re eased with
the exceptiou of Lieut •Col. Scott's
battalion at Winnipeg, and that of
Lieut. -Col. Smith.
A. Baptist church at Park River, in
Dakota, has devised a new scheme to
raise money. A liberal member do-
nated a large tract of land to it, and
the people got up a ploughing bee
Next season the church will have
seven thousand bushels of wheat if the
weather is propitious. •
The hide has been removed from
Jumbo, Barnum's big elephant which
was recently killed on the railway
track at St. Thomas. Iu weighed
1587 pounds. When his stomach
was opened there was found therein
a miscella eous collection of cartrid-
ges, buttons, nails, screws, stouts,
coins, etc., about half a peck in all.
Esther Arseott, formerly a resident
of London East, has secured judgment
in the Court of Appeal, before Judge
Cameron, against ex Mayor Lilley and
County Crown Attorney Hutchinson,
of London, foe $2,430 and costs.
Plaintiff in the ap$eal ease was arrest
ecl by order of the defendauts after
havii g been discharged tinder a writ
of habeas corpus.
Judgment for nearly $3,000,000
was rendered by Judge Iieisley on
Monday against the New York, Chi-
cago & St. Louis Railway Company.,
The claim against the railway com-
pany was presented in the shape of
three cognovit notes, the largest of
which was for $2,000,000. It was
executed Dec. 1, 1884, to W. H. Van-
derbilt, president of the road.
E. E. Sheppard, editor of the To-
ronto News, was tried in Montreal
this week for libeling the 65th regi-
ment. The jury returned a verdict of
guilty of publishing an inflammatory
libel, knowing it to be untrue. T,.e
Judge sentenced N1r. Sheppard to a
fine of $200, which was at once paid,
but did not impose the year's impris-
onment which the law allows. When
Sheppard was leaving the courthouse
a young man named Normandeair
went up to him and attempted to hit
him with a whip. Mr. Sheppard
warded off the blow with his umbrella
and immediately drew a revolver,
whereupon he was at once arrested and
taken to the central police station, but
he was subsequenqy discharged. Tae
French Canadians showed great ani-
mosity towards Sheppard, and it was
feared he would be badiy dealt with.
A. young lad named Peter Miller,
who was committed to Walkerton jail
recently on a charge of cattle stealing
was tried by the judge last week.
The boy pleaded guilty and was sent
to penitentiary for three years. Both
parents and one or two brothers of
the prisoner died of consumption a
few years ago, and left a family of
young children to face the world,
Without relations and friends. This
boy wandered arou. the country, em-
ployed occasionally by farmers, but
frequently out of work, and being
tempted by necessity, picked up a
steer by the roadside and sold it. The
judge being acquainted with all the
circumstances of the case, gave the
lad some kindly advice, and said that
whilst it was necessary for him
to enforce the law, yet in the interest
of the prisoner hnreelf, he was sand-
ing lam to the 1 penitentiary for such a
time, at would enable him to letTii a
trade whereby he could earn an
'meet liviig after coning out,
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The LEADING UNDERTAKER. WHITNEY 01 DUFFIELD
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WIN-G- A1/1
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A, THE R
Has just received from New York
the latest fashion plates of Fall
and Winter Suits. A large
number of styles to se-
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IF YOU WANT A STYLISH OR BUSINESS SUIT
AND A 000D FIT (TALL ON
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SCOTT'S OLD BANK.
IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF
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Of every description, call and
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Wingliamrtnituro
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We cannot be undersold, as we
make such large quantities at one time
that we are enabled to sell at a Less
Price. Try us for
BEDROOM & PARLOR SUITES
before you purchase. The more you
buy at one time the Cheaper you can
get it. Orders far Car Load Lots
always hate our prompt attention.
Saw Logs taken at our saw mill in ex-
change for Furniture.
SCOTT & 13EDIJ
TV'NGHAMVI.
THIS RESERVED FOR
Wm. ELLIOTT,
Who will have something of impor.',
tante to say to the readers
of the Tries next week.
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AND
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POI.PH,OPITP-Ot
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for the Celebrated Rochester. Electric Larnp, Don't make any
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WHITNEY &-DTTFFIELD,.
STONE BLOCK, WINGHAM.
A. Fine and New Stock of Ladies' and Gents' Shoulder Braces, Laurance
Spectacles and Eye Glasses, A T Cross Stylograpbic Peas. Also
a tine lot of sponges, Perfumes, Toilet Soaps and
EVERYTHING IN THE LINE Of DRUGSI
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THE PHARMACY,
Br, T O LERT ORIN MIRE,
WINGIIAM
n
HARRY HISC®CKS
Has just opened out a fresh and choice stock of
Groceries, Provisions, and Fruits;.,
In the stand recently occupied by 0, M. Newans, and solicits
a share of the public patronage.
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CALF, AND SEE HIM.
—JUST RECEIVED --
A LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF
atehes, Jewelry eta,
At Lower Prices than Ever. BefoieX
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