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The Exeter Advocate, 1897-4-29, Page 8Boarders Wauted. The undersigned would be pleased to take a number of boarders,—Ladies or Geatlemeu. First class acoommoda Mop. Terns reasonable. Apply at the House opposite Commerical hotel - 13, BUOKINGGUAM LOCAL; JOTTIMGS. Johnnie lied a wealth of muscle Whet ht: swutes the base ball bat; But when forced to beat the carpet He was weaker than a cat. School opened on Monday, Parkhill is to have a basket factory. Mr. Jno. Leathorne moved his family and household effects to London yester- day. Mr R. O'Neil has Laked charge of the Mansion House.. Harold Willoughby, son of Rev, Dr Willoughby, who lately disposed of his grocery business in Sarnia, has come menced a eouree o£ study to fit himself for a classical teacher. The London News caps : " John T. Westcott, of Exeter, was Thursday ap- pointed a county constable by Judge Edward Elliott. Ile was recommended by John Bradley, W. Reddington and W. Porte, J. P. • While returning from the Brucetield fair a bull belonging to Thomas Rus- sell, broke through the wagon on which it was being drawn, and but for the timely assistance of a few farmers the auimal would have broken its leg. Many bicyclists habitually leave their wheels where they will be exposed to strougsuulibt. This will very soon take all the life and elasticity out of a tire, and do it more damage than many thousand miles of hard riding would. Alfred L. Russell. of Detroit, eldest sou of Rev. A, L. Russell, a former pas- tor of this James Sr, Methodist Church, but now of London, has left for Los Trojos, Mexico, to take the position of secretary ou the llararatia & Pacific. R, R. D. F. Craig, whose boot and sboe store in St, Marys was burgularized about a rear ago. was ecmrwhat sur- prised and very much delighted the other day to receive an anonymons letter containing $25. This purport ing to be payment in full for goods taken from his store. The letter was dated from Stratford. A lady stepped into a bicycle empor ium the other day :led asked ono of the salesmen to tell her the best way to clean the chain of ber bicycle, "Just wash it with coal oil," said he. " 1 thought of that " the lady retorted "but I fear to use coal oil because there might be danger of the chain catching are when I sl t, .'h.' Then she went out, Miss Eva Newton, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Newton, of this place, was united in marriage to air. R. Herendeen, at Detroit, on Friday the, 16th inn. Thy are now spending their honeymoon trip through the Wes- tern States after which they will per- manently reside in Cleveland where Mr. Herautleen has a large wholesale business.—Cunt. Wilmot Lloyd, the 16 year old sur'. of Mrs Lloyd, of this place, while work- ing at a bridge hoar Credit Stanlake's n the 2nd concession of ,Stephen, ac- Aidentally got caught between two islrge pieces of timber ou Friday last. breaking his leg between the ankle and knee and otherwise badly bruising it. The limb was set by Dr, Amos and the is now doing nicely. 3. W. 13rnderiek has pleasure in an- nouncing that be has purchased direct from tate manufactory, a stock of ready made clot hieg, nice new gonds, aud the very latest styles. Call and get a nice suit cheap. One stock of boots and shoes is now complete. We are show. ing a nice line of fine. Oxfords and but ton boots. No trouble to show goods and we sell cheap all the time. J. W. ffirfl eanage;. Bi yclirus Meeting. Bicyc' sts in town are requested to meet ia fele town Hall to -morrow (Fri day) nigh/ at 8 o'clock for the purpase of t t ganizat ion and transaction of other imp" chatters. Annual altseiting. The anneal'us eeting of theExeter Public Library will be held in the. reading room, on Monday May 3rd, at 7.30 p m. •The managers request a full attendance. Dx. LUTZ, Pres,, W. D. WBxuxs, See'y. Regulation of Shops. In the session just closed legislation was introduced by Mr. Dryden; Min- ister of Agriculture, re the inspection and regulation of shops and stores, The aet applies to all places of sale and manufacture to which the factory act does not apply. Such laundries as Chinese laundries, that are not in- spected by the factories inspectors, also come under its provisions. No child under ten years of age shall be em- ployed in any shop. The working hours for every child, young girl or woman are from seven in the morning to six in the evening, with an addition• al three hours on Saturc'ay evening if required. The full hour must be given at noon for meals. 7 be hnaxium work- ing hours,therefore, are reduced to 63. All shops must be provided with seats for female employes, and in no way must their right to use them when not engaged in work be interfered with in any manner. Eating rooms for em- ployes shall be provided free of all ex• pense, where the inspector so directs. Every shop must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, and all convenien- ces for females shall be entirely separ- ate from those provided for male em- ployes. All shops over two storeys high must have fire escapes where the inspector directs. The appointment of the inspectors for the enforcement of this act is to be by order iti council and not left to the various rnuuieipali- ties. Send the Advocate to your friends. $1.00 a year. Mr, Healy Nelson moved his house- hold effects to Loudon this week, ]press Cutting School. The Dress Cutting School will be permanently located at Mrs. Newton's, Exeter, two doors north of Davis' mar- ble shop. The ouly first class system in Cana'la• n'v (laden ti•4' .FBeettrll. Sire Francis Moore, of London, .wiil gi'.e a recital, by pupils of her Exeter musical class, on Monday, May 10th, in t3idley's Opera House. Program to Consist of vocal and instrumental solos, trios, duet s, quartettes, eta. Full par- ticulars later. investigating. The Mitchell Advocate says: "Mr. John Taylor, Deputy Reeve of Exeter and Councillor Rollins, were in. Mitchell this week inspecting our electric light and waterworks systems, Exeter is going to adopt a system of fire protect- ion and light the town with electricity and the deputation came here with a view of getting all the information possible, We believe they are well pleased with their investigations, and will likely make a favorable report." De Careful, Now that bicycle riders have access to the use of the side walks great care should be exercised by them in making short and sharp turns at street corners, which cause no end of worry to people on foot. A wide turn means no hard. ship to the rider and it means ease and safety for a tnan, woman or child when nearing a corner. There ought to be a special ordinance to restrain a few fool -hardy riders from disgracing the majority of sensible bicyclists by run- ning people down, Cheap Light. Two gentlemen from Stratford ex- hibited a contrivance at Mr. H. Speck - man's hardware store on Friday night last, catlt:cl the Acetylene Gas Machine which is truly a wonderful aid useful invention for illuminating purposes The gas is produced from Carbide of Calcium which gives a magnificent light. The cost of Calcium Carbide, from which this gas is gcuerated, is four cents per pound. Ten pounds of Carbide which will generate fifty •five cable foot of gas (allowing five and one half cubic feet to the pound), will sup- ply one one half foot Acetlyenc burner 25 candle power) 110 hours at a cost of forty, cents. One ordinary five-foot gas burner (18 c. p.) will consume in 110 hours 550 cubic feet of coal or wa- ter gas, at a cost of eighty-two and a half cents, on the basis of $1.50 per 1,000 cubic feet. Another Fraud. One of the most bare faced frauds travelling through. Western. Ontario at the present time is styled" The Canada Banner Company." The, company " comprised of two, is a ma•, and widow. They visit towns, secure tee good will, of prominent hotel men, solicit adver• rising which is almost valueless and 'or which a good price is paid, and then swindle the printer. The woman does most of the canvassing and collecting and has lots of cheek for the business In Clinton she had several names Mrs. Ileeseelle, Mrs. Slimmon, and probably other names. They were also iu Gode- rich. She is a low set woman of a pleas- ing manner, and good address; the man is taller with short grey beard. Ex- changes would do well to pass the frauds along. t3u:talo 8111 will Visit Canada. Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Con- gress of Rough Riders will again visit Canada. It might be fairly said it is their initial visit, notwithstanding their tour of Canada some years ago with their Wild West Exhibition. Compared with the magnitude and comprehen- siveness of their present Exhibition, which includes not only Buffalo Bill's Wild West, but -also Buffalo Bill's Con- gress of Rough Riders of the World, the exhibition yon saw upon their for- mer visit was but a mere suggestion. They have now associated with them in their management and equipmeut Mr. James A Bailey, sole owner of the great Barnum & Bailey Show. They will visit during the months of June and July the following named cities:— Toronto, Chatham, Ottawa, Peterboro' London, St. Catharines, Quebec, Brock- ville, Barrie, St. Thomas, Three Rivers, Kingston, Guelph. Woodstock, Sher- brook, Stratford, Brantford, St. Hyacin- the, Belleville, Hamilton and Montreal. Burglarised.. Two burglars gained an entrance to Meesrs. H. Bishop & Son's hardware store op Friday ni;•ht last and stole a •large number of razors, several revol- vers and other small articles. ''The en- trance was efi'ectedasby prying up a rear window with chisels that had been procured from Mr. W. Kuntz's carriage shop. One of them then proceeded to Mr- B. Knight's tailor shop, and gained an entrance in a similiar manner, but doubtless was frightened off by the ap proach of the night -watch, Mr. H. Par- sons, who was going up street accom- panied by the other accomplice, who said he was walking to Owen Sound. They had not gone far when a man came out from between the tailor shop and O'Neil's Bank, and ran across the road. The nightwatch hailed him but he ran all the harder, and as he started down John street says "go to h -- etc., etc." and disappeared. The one with the nis'htwateh soon followed and that was the last seen of either. De- tectiye Westcott was appraised of the circumstances and a thorough search was made but the culprits had doubt- less left town. Telegraph and tele- phone messages were sent to surround- ing towns next morning, but nothing as yet has :„been received concerning them. Two hard looking characters answering their description were seen lounging around south of town the afternoon 0o previous roue andit P was thought they were on no gond. Mr. Bishop & sea's logs is about $40. Lodge Notes, The Canadian Orderof Chosen Friends is another Society to make its rates more in 'accord with safety. At the aunual Grand Council held in. Hamilton last month, the delegates agreed upon an increase of about 20 per cont. to take effect on May 1st, 1897, for mem- bers joining on and after that date. The age limit was also reduced to 51 years. ' Select Knights, a journal published in the interests of the order of Select Knights,a legion ofwhieh was organized here,has the following which speaks for itself, vis:—"The Supreme Recorder in his notice of April 1st, states there is a sufficient fund on hand in the endow ment department to return to each mem ber in good standing in the Department every dollar he paid into the fund, and further that there will be a surplus to be divided. This statement couuected with. the other fact that all along each mem, ber has had his life insured for a propor- tion of the face value of his certificate equal to $100 for each year of member ship in the department, ought to be em- inently satisfactory to all since the re- presentatives and others vitally inter estcd in this branch of our Order in their wisdom considered it best to wind up the Department." A Villainous Assault. On Tuesday night last a most daring assault was perpetrated ou Mrs. Thos. Cookson, of Whalen, and her mother, Mrs. John Cookson, of Stephen. The former has been visiting her mother and both had walked out to town in the eveuing to do shopping, Mrs, T. Cook sou carrying her two months' old baby. Ou returning homeward about 10 o'clock and when hearty opposite Mr. Wesley Bissett's residence they saw a mau. cross the road and then come towards them. They endeavored to get out ale his way, but before doing so the yillian dealt Mrs. John Cookson a heavy blow in the breast which felled her to the ground. The other lady then started 4 s 'r dealt her to cam when lieda t eh a severe blow in the face, inflicting a severe gash over the eye from which the blood flowed freely. Both womeu were ter ribly frightened and screamed till they were heard seyeral blocks away but the cowardly wretch bad made his es- cape before assistance arrived. 1)11i gent search was made far the culprit by Constable Creech, Detective West cott and Mr, Bissett but no trace of him could be found. Strong suspicion rests on a certain individual in Stephen and if be is fouud out he will receive that penalty of the law which his despic- able conduct so deservedly' tuerits. rersonal Deletion Miss Minnie ilunkin is at present on the sick list. Mr. Stewart, Huron street, still con- tinues very low. Miss Mortlock is visiting friends in Stratford this week. Mr Thos. Bissett left for Deloraine, Man., on Monday last. Rev. W. M. Martin spent a couple of days in London this week, Miss Ida Newton is at presiit- very ill with an attack. of the grippe. Mrs. (Dr.) Rollins has been in London during the past week uuder treatment Edwin Spackman, of Blenheim, spent Thursday night with his parents here. Mr. Hogarth, of Ailsa Craig, spent his Easter vacation with friends here. Mr. Robert Leathorne, is confined to his bed with a serious attack of bron- chitis, Mr. Geo. Griffin, of Londou, .Spent a few days in towu this weak, the guest of Mr, E. Christie. Thos. Daw, who has been confined to the house for some months is able to be around again, although very i11. Mrs. Penhale and daughter left here on Wednesday to spend a few weeks' holidays with friends at Highgate, Master \ icter: Sanders, after a few weeks visit here with relatives, return- ed to his home in Clandeboye, Monday. Mrs B. S. O'Neil and daughter, Irene, visited friends in 'Liman for a few days last week, the guest of Mrs. F. A. O'Neil,. Geo. Weeks has returned to Detroit to resume bis former position of fore- man for a stone -cutting and decorating company. Miss Lottie Leathorn entertained a number of her friends on Tuesday evening, prior to her leaving for Lon don to live. Mrs. 51. A. Elliott, of Mitchell, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs (Dr.) Anderson, for some weeks, return- ed home Saturday. Mrs Handford, of this place and Mrs. Ferguson, of Strathroy, visited their mother, Mrs. Beamish at Granton, for a few days last week. Miss Gerty Dempsey has accepted a position as milliner with the firm of Kellerman & Co., of Dashwood, and has gone to thatplace to reside. Miss Robertson, teacher in the pub tic school, after spending her Easter vacation with friends in Goderich, re- turned Monday and resumed her duties. Dr. Rollins, Messrs. H Spackman, D. Mi11 and W. 11. Levett, left Tuesday morning for Sylvan, the scene of the oil explorations. Word was received on Monday that a large flow of oil had been struck. The benign countenance of Mr. A. Waiper, of Berlin, graced the ADyp'CATIi sanctum on Monday. He is eujoying good health, and not withstanding the murderous blow he received a short time ago from, a ruffian in Berlin, is looking as vigorous and happy :es of yore. Mr. A. R. Kinsman has b m success- ful in his final examine' tons at the 7 Royal College. of Dental–Surgeons of Ontario. He has also taken with first class honors the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery at Toronto University. rn We congratulate ratulate Rennie- onhis as suc- cess and wish him every prosperity > in h's profession. X.r Drs Browning has returned from Markham, whither he was called to at- tend his mother, who is very i11, 'I'he Daily Free Press has recent ly been enlarged and is now one of the hest Dailies in the Province. We may safely say that it is more appreciated here than any other daily,from the fact it arrives here fully seven hours before any other and is the only daily that reache.s us on the same morning of publication. This combined with an excellent news services Makes it much sought after. We heartily congratu- late it on its deserved suecess, Stoves: Stovesl! ?Stoves!! For Oxford Stoves and Ranges, call at Bissett's old stand, Exeter. A. S. Deaviti, agent. McKillop: We re ;:ret to hear that Mr. Rae had the misfortune to getthe small bone in one of his legs broken the other day. He will be laid up for some time. Bianshand: The Crozier Bros, have boue•Izt the 100 acre farm, lot 18, con, 8, Blanshard, from the assignees of the estate of the late Wm. Bugg, for $4,800. Goderich: While attending to his duties at the Ocean House on Friday a bottle ofsoda water exploded and one of the thousand or more pieces o glass strnck Mr Thos, Babb ou the neck, causing a slight wound. His alertness avoided more serious results. Kirkton: A pleasing affair took place at the residence of Mr. John El. liott, on Wednesday, April 14th, when his daughter Sarah was united in mar riage to Mr, De Lisle Nethercott. Rev. G. McQuillan performed the ceremony in the presence of a number' of invited guests. Cliuton: The other day, while S. Castles was engaged itl cutting wood, bis axe caught in a clothes line and re- bounded, inflicting a nasty gash ou the erowu of his head Tom Rumball, of ,. the freight department, happened to rltn z buil almost through his hand the other day, Moray: Mr. John Nichol, teacher, has purchased 11r. Geo. Williams' 50 acre farm ou the 18th con., for the sum of $1,325. Mr. Williams will pasture the farm for the present season, after which lir. Nichol will take possessson. In the meantime kir Nichol expects to reside at Rat Portage, for which place he left Tb ursday. f McKillop: A pleasant en interesting event took. place Wednesday, April 21, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Thos Jones, when' their only daughter, Ruth, was united in marriage to Mr. P. H ,Murray, a much respected and prom- ising young residelit of Tuckersmith. 1iev. J. F, Parke, of Clinton, tied the binding knot., in the presence of 75 guests - Downie: The death occurred at the residence of James Burton, on Sunday April `25th, of Helen Barton, relict of the late Jas. Barton, of Stratford, who died about nix ,rears ago. She went cut to visit in the country about a week ago, and was apparently in good health, but passed away suddenly on Sunday. Mrs. Barton wars much respected by a large circle of friends. St. Marys: Alexander, son of Mr, Hugh Fraser, died at the residence of his uncle, Ale. James Fraser, (illi con West Nissouri, on Sunday, April 18th The deceased was in his 21st year. He was always :t delicate hoy and since the death of his mother, when he was but 17 months oki, lived with his uncle. On Sunday he had an attack of hem- orrhage of the stomach and did not have enough strength to rally, dyiug in a week. Clinton: Mr. J. C. Stevenson, the furniture dealer, for the third or fourth time had his front windows smashed on Friday last, but not usually as on the latter occasion. Dairyman T. C. Ed munds' horse became unmanageable at the corner of towu hall and rushed for the furniture store and smashed things generally, but did not succeed in taking possession of the building. After doing considerable damage the animal headed toward the station, but finally fell and was captured. ' Goderich: The death of Mr, Jas. A, Reid, occurred on Tuesday evening. For a time it was hoped that he would be able to withstand the disease under which he was prostrate, but his natur- ally frail constitution succumbed, and for the last two days his condition left little for hope; Mr. Iieid was a native of. Goderich, in his 41st year, and for about 15 years had been one of our hewe known merchants. The sympathy of'zhe community goes out to the aged sorrowing parents, who have lost a de- voted son. Wingham: It was a great surprise to the people of Wingham when it be- came known on Sunday that Mrs. Mar- garet Dodds was dead. Mrs. Dodds had been in her usual health and on Thurs day had gone to Kincardine to spend Easter Sunday with her daughter Mrs. Drew Saturday night she retired about nine o'clock but got up again almost immediately, ccmplaining of her heart, and saying that she Gould not lie, and in less than an hour she was a corpse. Deceased was 64 years of ago and leaves four sons and five daughters to mourn her sudden death. Egmondyille: About fire years ago Miss Maggie May, eldest daughter of Mr, Jaynes Sproat, ran a lead pencil in- to her hip, causing a painful wound, which soon however, healed. From time to time ever since she has suffered from the pain in the region of the in- jury, and lately swelling, and ulcera. tion set in. On Tuesday Drs. Scott and McKay performed an operation, and were successful in removirg a point of lead and a sliver of wood about an inch long. As she is otherwise a very heal- thy girl, a speedy recovery may now be looked for. The operation was per - fo m d at theresidence of her grand father, Mr. McGee, of this village. where she has been staying for some days, THE BIG CASH STORE;. CAS l iFT2 PEZ .-rpt CE E PENCE TO ALL. Waal. Paper, Lace Curtains . . Carpets and Blinds . . < a • . . •' Our stock''of Wall Paper was never so large, so choice and so cheap. Cash and one price does it, ' In Lace Curtains we show nearly a thousandair. We bought a big stock in order to get lowest possiblep we got them. prices ands Our carpet stock is all right, We can save you alone in a new carpet, y Window Blinds—We show just 22 different styles all mounted on good rollers. We start them at 20c, each for a very nice printed Linen Blind, A]1 mount for hanging.ed ready J. A. STEWART. Stores close at 6:30 each evening excepting Wednesday and Saturday. Canadian a,.:qrAraper. We are the only merchants in town carrying the cel- ebrated American Wall papers—Hundreds of paterns to pick from. The designs are excellent this season. « LACE CURTAINS & CARPETS.- We have placed into stock 375 p:,irs of Lace Curtains, and all were bought cheap, and will be sold et low profits, $1 50 Lace Curtains 1 66 2 00 66 2 50 c6 4 00 66 66 66 Si Carpets in Union, and Reagins. $1001 1 25 L, ALL VERY Cha: '1 50 1 15 j ANG 31.2 Y. u08 LONG, 2 all Wool, Tapestry, Brussels See them before buying. 0 E. J. SPACKNIAN & 00., Sainwell's Block, Exeter af Hurrah! Harrah for ninety seven All good folks will go to Heaven. Just follow nee: t'll lead the race And take you to a dandy place To buy your clothes and curtains fine And everything else in other lines. I know the man that you'll find there will ileal with, you upon the square. Then why n of come with me today And hear what Johnston has to say. 'chat's the place I'm hound for now And if you stop me there'll be a row. LCE WHITENS. Lace Curtains at right pric- es. Stool=` large and 20 pee cent. cheaper than regular prices in some lines. We com- mence ence them. at 20 per cent. per pair. See our Specials : N- yd. curtain at 75c also our lines at g, 1.25', 1-5' a r5°.zo0'•t WALL PP, Wall papers were never nicer. All new designs, and we are offering a special 10 per cent. discount on all lines. CL®T€olIR@,AL aRn,m. A grand clothing sale is now on and we wish to clear our full line having bought large- ly, we wish to make a clearing before the season advances, Special mention might be made of our $4 50 wool suits for men, a beauty. Also our extra quality Scotch Tweed suits at $9,50. 8. JOHRSTQW. One of The Finest Selections of Window Shades in the town can be found at the Market Store. We can suityouin quality, color and price. We have the very newest in Ladies Black or Tan Oxford Shoes. Prices 75c, $1.00, $1.50, $1.75, $2.25. • Turnip Seed. Skirvings P. top; Halls West burgs Elephant or MonarchSuttons Champion. All at prices away down. Market Depot. Jff p, Doss Wanted—An idea Who can think of some simple thing to patent? Protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth, Write JOHN WEDDERBURN & CO., Patent Attgrr' neys Washington, D. C., for their $1,800 prize ober and list of two hundred inventions wanted, ONIE G9AL LIVERY. First-class Rigs and Horses Orders left at Hawkshaw's Hotel, or at the Livery Stable, Christie's old Stand will receive prompt at- tention. Terms erms Reasonable1. rrelephone Connection Mr. Wm. Lethbridge, of Fingal, fell out of his wagon, was run over an'd.. killed. The Wallaceburg town council has imposed a tax of $30 on storekeepers who sell cigarettes. At Cornwall R. E. Schell was sen- tenced to three years in the peniten- tiary for forging a promisary not. The assessment of Goderich has been completed. The population is given at. 4,017, and the assessed value at $1,236,- 321. 1,236;321. The by-law granting $25,000 to aid. the G. T. R. in building a million -bush- el elevator was passed at Midland by a large majority, Mr. David Robertson, living near Elmira, was swindled out of 1180 by three sharpers who worked the land- purchasegame on him. ate s