The Wingham Times, 1885-10-02, Page 1ay
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J. A. MORTON,
BARRISTER
Wingham Wit
ai1tS. HS?HUNE & YOUNG,
IIIYSICIANS AND` SURGEONS,
Odlce, cor r Centre and , atrick streets, Wiugham
Ou.ario.
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Y.n.0, F. K. M.O.P..
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WINGTIAM, - ON'fi.
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to considerable extent, and is thoroughly
comfortable in every respect. Always
sets it GOOD TABLE. Gues s well
.pleased and come again. Rates reason-
able. Good stabling in connection and No.
'I hostler, •
J'..' PATI'ERSUN..,:.
J. Sr. J. WILSON
YeteEinary
Surgeons;
Honored Graduates of Ontario Veterinary
College, and registered members of Veter
inary edioal Association, are prepared to
treat alldiseases of Domestic Animals, on
he• latest and.moss Scientific Priuoiples.
Calls attended to day and night. Horses
bought s,ndsold on commission. Office and
infirmary in the stand lately occuped by
T. Kerr, V. S., opposite Merrifield's Rotel,
Josephine Street, Wiugham.
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Terms than any one else in this section o
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below the city and accessible by rallro'td
and 'steamboat. Visitors not familiar
?with the looation may call at city office,
62 Campau Building, and an escort w 11
accompany them to the farm. Send f r
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SAVAGE & [?ARN UM. Detroit, Mich.
Mr, Altrul .Y.l,ixaa9, l.tte of liirniing-
^ham, e.aerand, havltg taken up his reai-
donse itt tows, is prepared to receive a
limited number of pup.le for instruction
is instrumental. music, piano and organ.
For terms, eta.. apltyr at hlsresidenoef,
.Sepeld ttroot.
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WrN GRAM, ()NT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1885.
MAKING READY.
The East Huron Reformers Organize for
the Coming Campaign.
An enthusiastic convention of Re -
'formers of East Huron was held at
Brussels on Thursday of lusts week for
the purpose ot electing office .bearers
for the ensuing year, and for taking
steps towards checkmating the efforts
of the revi. ing barristers at the next
election. The chair was taken by
Thomas utrachau, reeve of Grey
to,wnship, and on the p atform were
Thos. Gibson, M. P. P.; Dr. Macdon-
ald of Winghaln; W. T. R, Preston,
secretary of the Provincial Reform
Association, and W. H. Kerr, secre-
tary of East Huron Reform Associa-
tion The chairman in opening the
meeting dwelt upon the necessity for
immediate and earnest work in the
matter of the voters' .lists, and stated
thatat was by close attention to the
revising of• the lists that the next
election in East Huron had to be won.
Not only the candidates, but every i.i-
telligent and 4hht-minded votershuuld/The Grey Plowman's Association
take a personal interest in the per will hold its annual plowing match on
fecting of the lists, and no legitimate the 2] st ilial.
effort should be left undone to counter-
act the machinations of Sir John.James Davis, of Blyth, has /leen
Macdonald's revising barristers. At appointed public prosecutor under the
the last Dominion elections the- Re. Scott As;t for Huron.
formers had not been successful in The children in Londesboro are all
ousting the Tory party, but since that being vaccinated in anticipation of the
time a change had come over popular small pox striking that burg.
sentiment, and there was every reason
to believe that the corrupt Govern- A flew grocery store has been start-
ment which bad held sway since 1878 ed in Blyth by John A. McDonald.—
would receive itsdeath-blow at the not Sir John, but another John A.
next general elections. The means '''''There is a large quantity of grain
that had been resorted to`by Sir John unharvested in the vicinity of Varna
and his colleagues were well known, on account of the recent -wet weather.
and it was not' necessary for the About $42 was reallzie ,
speaker to enter into details before aAt a mus -
meeting of intelligent Reformers such cal and literary entertainiiient held in
as the convention war •'composed of. Duff's church,, MoKiliop, on Friaay
The Tory ],arty had resorted to the evening last.
frost unscruptllnus methods - toehold. The net, proceeds of a._.fancy„_fair. The funeral took place on Thursday
office in 1882 and had been successful held b� tli'iy bftdree.•Aid Society e4 $t, -the 24th inti, and was largely attend -
for a time. But the day of reckoning George's church, -Goderich, amounted
was coming when the broken promises, to over $200
the corrupt' expenditures, and the in -
Phipps legislation would rise up in has Phipps, of Gorlerich township,
ludgmer.t against them. Reform
leas seven acres of wheat sown on the
principles had been trampled under 27th of. August which averages 14
foot by the Government at Ottawa, inches in height: Chancery sittings.
and the Liberal leaders had A horse belonging to Henry Alcock,
been belittled in the Tory prints, of Grey, ran 'away recently and in ;ts
but nevertheless their principles were mad career jumped over the bank of
held dear by a large section of the , a creek and was drowned.
Canadian people, and the leaders of The executive committee of the.
our party still had a high place in the Huron Scott Act Association will hold'•
hearts of the R. formers of the Domin- a mammoth temperance demonstration
ion. (Applause.) In Ontario,tho great- in Clinton on the 13th inst.
est Province, Liberalism continued to
hold sway, notwithstanding the dead The members of the Women's
set which has been made upon it by Christian Temperance TJnion in Corrie
the powers at Ottawa and• their satel- have presented the public school with
lites, and Ontario continued to ,some valuable books on temperance;
prosper with a Reform Provincial / W. Mellis, express agent at Luck -
Government under that able and ener- now, has shipped over 1000 bushels
etie defender of provincial lights, of plums this season. The prices
Hon. 0 iver Mowat. (Applause.) And ranged from 25 cents to $1,50 tier
as with Ontario, so would it eventua - bushel. •
ly be with the entire Dominion. For r'
The imported Clydesdale colt "Ch�al- = McLean vs. Quebec Bank. Ad -
the day was coming when corruption lenge” beloinging to McNeil, Shien &
and extravagence in high paces would
be no more, and when Liberalism
would prevail througi.out the land.
.(Applause, )
Dr. Sloan, of Blyth, moved that
one sat of officers be appointed for the
East Riling of Huron for the Local
Ilei;
e and the gerrytnanaered Emil
Riding for the Cowuinhs. Carried.
The election of officers was then
proceeded with and resulted as fol-
lows: Pres dent, E. E. tl ode, Brns
sets; first vice.Presideut, Geo. McKay,
'.1 inghanl; second vice president, J.
R Govenlock, McKillop; secretary -
treasurer, W. H. Herr, Brussels.
The following Chairmen for muni-
cipalities were oleo aPpoiuted: How -
ick, Chas. McLaughlin; 'I'urnberry.
Geo. Fortune; Wroxeter, G Paulin;
alorris, Geo. isl,ist••r; Brussels, P.
Thomson; aicKillop, W in. Cash;
Blyth. Jl. H. Youub; Hallett, Jobe
eicMiilan.
After the work of organizati. n hart
been duly proceeded with, W. T. R
Presto n, secretory of the Provincial
' Association, was cal ed upon to ad-
dress the meeting, and in a vigoront
'speecht explained the working of the
FM11011ise Bill, and pointed out the
'sea tneans of successfully fighting the
I clef eetionable features of the Asst, As
he scored point after point against the
iniquitous mama he was loudly and
enthusiastically applauded, The speak,
er pointed out amongst other things
that individual effort wait necessary on
the part of the Reformers if they aim-
ed at success, for the revising barris
ter would take good care to louk after
the Tory tnterestsi At the conclusion,
of hie address a vete of thanks was
unanimously tendered to Mr. Preston.
Short speeches were also made by
Dr, Sioan, of Blyth; Dr. 1lacdoneld,
of Wiugham; Thomas Gibson, M. P.
P., Wroxeter, and others.
At the close of the meeting resolu-
tions warmly approving of the reforiu
leadership of Hon. Edwartt Blake and
Hon. Oliver Mowat in the Domiuiou
and Local House were unanimously
adopted.
County Items.
There are 25 students attending
the high school at Clinton.
The potato crop in Morris this year
is said to be proving a failure.
Moundary Line,
Miss Annie Thine is home from
Port Dover where she has beenvisit-
ing friends,
Misses Nellie and Annie Webster,
of i.,ralt, are up visiting their friends
in this vicinity.
Mies Mary A. Prout, of Elmvllle.
sister of Mrs. R. Tuuker, of this line,
ie up on a visit to this part of the
country. We surmise she has become
fascinated with this part as it is
whispered round that a young gentle-
man from the vicinity of Elmville was
in search of a farm in this locality,
A. Patterson, of Bluevale, bad
removed his cider works to his own
,shop, which is the second building on
the other side of the bridge, opposite
Leech's saw mill. He has now his
maehiliery in first-class running 'order
and is ready to attend to customers at
any time. Patterson is a fine fe;low
and we question not the least that his
only purpose is to give satisfaction in
every respect.
/We are very sorry to intimate that
another of our friends in the person
of James Andrson has passed away
to his iong home. The departed was
a resident of the 6th cun. of Turn -
beery, and was known as one of the
pioneers of that township, He was a
native of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and
in 1852 emigrated to this country.
Be,tuok up his residence in Roger-
ville and remained there for -two
years. In 1855 he removed to Turn -
Jerry, where he remained until the
time of bis death, which took place
on Tuesday, -22nd alt Ylr. Anderson
was an npright ma in every respect,
and ail persons with whom he was
acquainted respected him as a friend.
With regard to municipal affairs, he
was the first treasurer of Turnnerry.
In religion he was a strong Presbyter-
ian and a strict adhereut to the rules
in Connection with that denomination.
ed. The remaius were conveyed to
the Bluevale cemetery for interment.
He leaves a loving wife and family
and many other relatives to mouru
his sad demist;.
The Chancery Sittings was held by
the Honorable the Chancellor, at
Godericli last week, and proved one
of the briefest courts yet held. There
were six cases on the docket, which
were disposed of as follows:
Leech vs. Leech was an action to
recover dower and balance of legacy.
Settled between tie parties. Garrow
for plff.; Barrett for deft.
Carleton vs. Carlton.—An action
for alimony. Settled between the
parties. Garrow for the pili'.; Barrett
for deft.,.
McO tighery vs. Gray.—Action on
prommissory uete. Judgment fur
plaintiff. Holrnestead for plff.; Gar -
row for deft.
Datgntty, of Grey, captured second
prize at the Industrial fair in Toronto
this year,
.ets There was threshed on tl•e farm of
George Greenslade, near Hills Green,
a few days ago 25d hu bels of full
wheat, being the pioduct of 5 acres of
land. This is c .iisidered a ver) good
yield.
On Fiidsy evening of last week, the
f'rieuds of Rev. Mr. Mentugbtoh, of
W ]ton, met at, the manse and pre
seated hue with a purse of $75, on
i he occltsien of his departure from
amongst thele.
Wm Scots, of Tuokeremith, one of
Huron's eldest pioneers, died on Sun
day the 21st ult., in bis nista year
He settled in Tuekersmith' in 184 .
rind took up the farm on winch he re -
'bellied until the time of his death.
Mr. Ro.i{tld, of the Brussels engine
tvc ries, it{ gstchig ready two of hi.,
celebrated el.gtnes, together wish the
aec•.tupauy,ti) hose re, Is raid , thei
apparatus for full lite protc ction, f r the
towns of L utenburg and Lockport,
NOVit Sootin. '.L'Iie engines are new
nearly ready f it shipment and the
contract prise for thewholeis over
$10,000,
journed to next settings. Cameron
foiep ff.; Garrow for deft.
Platt vs. Grana Trunk. Adjourn-
ed to sittings at T routo. Cameron
;or
Ott ; Garrow for dit.
Gregory vs. McGuire.—Action on
prou{nlissory note. Judgment for
1.alu,iff by consent. Meyer & Dick
screen for Off.; Cameron & Co. for dft
M.trnoch.
A proposal to start a football club
was ret a feat seine time ago. It w
scantly wet with gre it favor, so the
bah has been procured and was kicked
for the first uine on the eve,.iug of
Monday tl.e 28th .lit. The buys mei t,
t, urg,tllize a regular club lemma
ately.
Looe Ifuntin j seems to be the favor-
ite amusement of the boys these uights.
Up to date their sucueao has unduly
been ihu'tt•d to the c{ipture of a few
suuy'L'honias cute., though the tx.•ite-
meet of the Mists has been cuusluer-
,b:y bei homed by eeverul imagining
enu.,unteis with beats and wild vats.
There are coluideut it ticipatious of
the last time of :fie 0. P. R. Western
S 0tlail being driven 011 the 20th ot
October.
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WHOLE I NO. n6
TUE NORTH WEST]e$N FAIR.
The annual Mall fair was held at the.
Horticultural park, in this town, oil
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday df'
was week, The weather was all that
could bo wished for, and the attend-
ance each day was very large. Tuesday
was principally taken up in getting
the exhibits in order. Ott Wednesday
everything was properly arranged and
the fair open to the public. Upwards
of 1,200 people were on the grounds
on that day. But yesterday was the
farmer's day, the greatest day
of them all, when all the live stock
was brought out for exhibition There
was a very large attendance, there
being some 1,600 peop e on the
grounds. The show bus in every re-
spect the finest that has ever been held
in this town. The exhibit of live
stock, and especially of sheep, was
exceptionally 1 trge, there being nearly
double the number of entries that
there were last year. The display of
buggies, waggons and agricultural im-
plements. was else large, and some
magnificent vehicles and machines
were shown.. The crystal pelage was
cnmfortaitty filled. with exhibits. The
showo'LLfruits and root crops was
magnifieeutr fid the competition in
Lina department was very keen and
close. In ladies' woliks and fine arts
there was a very failn exhibit. On
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings the
crystal palace Wasopen to the public,
when the band furnished music and
concerts were glyen. The attendance
was very '0011 on 'tee first night but
on the se`eslnd. night the 'building was
crowded. Taken altogether the fair
this year was a most decided success.
The prize list was not completed at
the hour of our going to press, and
therefore we are unable to publish it
this week.
Morris Connell.
• The Council - inet
Pursuant- -to- ad=', '"
journment, at the Council Room on
Sept. 21st. Members all present;.
the Reeve in the chair. Minutes of
last meeting read and passed. The
fol owing accounts were ordered to be
paid. For gravel—Jas. Martin, $6.05.
D, Farquharson, $2.55, R. England,
$2, Mrs. Tucker, $2, J. Cloakey,
$8.75, E.. Wright, $6, J. Sellars, $3,
Jas. Sh urrie, 90c., R. Lees, $4.60, W.
Whiteford, 85c., W. Burgess, $2.25,
Jno. McMillan, $3.50. D. Geddes,
$3.40, A. K. Robertson, $1.15, C.
McLelland, $10.25, Simeon Eaket,
repairs on Ruttan's bridge, $17 50,
Joseph Leech, lumber, $25 20 : P.
Murphy, work $5; Wm. Wilson, re-
mission of dog tax $1: R. • Shortreed,
do., $1; Jas. Timmins, spikes. $6.47; .
John Smith, repairing culverts, 50c ;
H. Gosmau, lumber and work. $12;
Misses Exford,• charity, $10 ; James
Tyner, plank and nails, $°49.30; S.
Vannorman, inspecting and spreading
gravel, $8.25 ; Cantelon and Ellis,
ditching, $32; W. H. Kerr, printing,
$26 25; James Sharp, eulvelt, $19; c.
McLelland, lumber and nails, $9 50.
Weed by C A. Howe, seconded by
E Bosman that John Mooney be ap-
pointed collector of taxes for this
township.—Carried. Moved by 13',
Mooney seconded by Win. Wray, that,
the reeve be instructed to have a new
approach batlt to Ard's bridge.---•
arried Moved by Wm. Wray, sec-
onded by H Mooney, that bylaws
No. 6, 7 and 8 as now read be passed.
—Carried Moeed by H. Mooney,
sec nded by in. Wray, that a by-
law be pissed auuexieg the n. e. of
I ,t 7 and n. of lot 8 in the 8 h eon.
to W. S S. No. 8.—Carried. The
tlouneil then adjuurned to meet attain s'
on Qct. 26th.
WONDEaPuL DISCOVERY —By a new
and important descotery a positive
cure hay., limo found for all kinds of
rhnu►uatism. Hundreds of sutierers
are beitlg cured; S',eud $1 for the
Royal Rheumatic I teeedy to J. Down
kit & Co., 55 U'Oant,or St., Ottawa,
Out,
,.li Serious anti -vaccination ><'iof
Broke out en Monday eight ill Mon.
treal, and it was not suppr..ssed till
great damage had been done.