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The Exeter Times, 1891-4-9, Page 8INSURANCE 14' Rl`i 1$T bALLIOT, AGENT VOIt A:,41 THE WESTERNAssu3iAwcE COM - PANT of Toronto; also for the PliCSNI;: ,VIBE iNSUR4T. CE COMPANY, or l4ondon; En81apd, the t30XALr,ANA.DIAN, of Mon - 'Areal, and the O:ITAIBIO >r1U el/A14 TAPE A8SURANCE, 00'SF of waterloo established 1870. Ass uranreaintnree,$13,127.4W, Bonuaos every year atter 3rd year. Visit the Mart 1 Birthday I WEDDING ,Partin Gifts GIPr. Gifts ALBUMS, i BIBLES, �rfllassT RE dIv MART )OKs Newspepera 'tationtry CHOICE FICTION S Librarie toritiee, Those April showers which %aka May In garden fair to grow, ' [flowers Oft wilt spring bonnet, and posies on it, And eause hot tears to flow. Prepare for the'queationa of the census querist,. Robins and .fine days are becoming more beautiful.. Apprentice wanted to learn the miilivery. Apply at once to ilii D, Spicer, Revs, Mardis and Wi•son exchanged pulpits Suuday morning last. The market continues lively—grein of all kinds mutates firm. You ran buy your wall paper for nearly half price at the Big Bauisrupt Store. The fine weather of the past few days has, been the meaus of drying the mud on the roads. Gents. keep in mind the fact that you au get a black worsted suit made to order t Richard Pickard and Son's for $16 We are sorry to report that Mr Louis overs, of the Thames Road, Usborne, bas made an assignment. emember the At Thine in the Main-st church oa Friday* evg. Apl 17. Go and spend a, pleasant evening. Many answers to the horse problem which appeared in last weett'a Issue have been eaetved. Some sway the seller mattes $20, some 4'30, $•20 is correct, The Rev Mr Martin. will continue his special sermons uext Sunday eveuiug in the Presbyterian church. Subject, "The in of Garnblrng.' Ladies, the place to .nnrcbase all }rinds of dreas goods is et Richard Pickard d S,m s, They breve the finest display, and their primal will sane you tnoncy. Supple 1jl'ir►y, W INIS, Wa?I. BAGS 1'apera J. (rPlate (.4 „Were hant f'fti'lpr. New Spring Setting•, New Spring Treu eriugs, New Slnrina t_Iverciiletugs. The bast Worlimarislaift and a Perk Fir. BOOMIN1 The new pipe o►•gau for the Mafa•st Methebureh will arrive in a. couple of weeks, word having been received to that street. It is said to be a hag #some lustre Inept. Revival meetings still continue in the :Hath -et abill. church, Rev. I.ee h, of I ooidham, assisted the resident ministers t; at the %mien meeting, on °l;hura:lay ey'euing lest. The display ea£ milinsrs et RI. Pieitara & Son's to to* I' on Pala) and S,atnrday April 16th and lith. wall selipae Anything rf the kind ever heft ro'ahaaavn in Exeter. Be sure and call. ,'. l+rlri,g 1 i.1a£d 1s booming with '1s, :and iris iv nna Farr %.'ver lr tt h:t<.l such an attractive shack. ; ladies aL declare that our dis. pi iv of Ureas Goods is tin choicest they have ever seen i1: xeter. Ott e,' ono line in town can fairly claim to be he t rani' iptatitaty.guality and vt11l=e ; that house in the BIG 1kI'1' 1' S r'oiu . Others must f allows ; they can't lead, for aeQ .lei: bund to keel? far In ad. varmce. We; have tor this week ex tra value's in black Dress Goons and black Silks and Itlervs. Sae theta. Ask for our special make of black Henrietta. Feats any other line in the trade. Remember we are the only house in Exeter handling the new French Shoulder Cape for ladies. They are. just the thing for spring. J A. STEWART, Bankrupt Stock Dealer, Exeter alautemmanonsaseaussenessanawrmummassnim 111$ tutyv glum THURSDAY, APRIL 9th, 1891. L91 AL 3APPENINGS. Exeter Municipal Council. The council met pursuant to aljourn- 'ment at the tows hall, 1st Apl, 1891 ; all present. The minutes of preyious meeting real and approved. P. Kuhn's tender for tile was accepted. On appfeation of Mr Horrel the drain on 'Cellmgton at is to be attended to in due course. Russ—Carling—that orders be granted for the following sums, viz: Jno Treble, 81 35, repairs for fire engine; E. Treble, -, n, do; W H Verity, $1 75, do; W H Parsons, $1 50, do Bissett i3ros, $1.90, ego; Jno Barnes, $37 50, for repairing fire engines ; Irvine Armstrong, $6 50, ' snow plotting, Jas Creech, $2, charity to Mrs Alclntosh—Carried. (:arling—Cbristie—that the council offer -the Board of Trade 430 as full compensa- tion for the building erected by them on the butter and egg market—Carried. Mr Bissett voted nay, The clerk to order 1200 feet of 8 inch elle. Bissett—Chritsie—that this council ad- journ for one week—Carried. M. EACRETT, Clerk. A Iarge flock of wild geese flew over Exeter in an easterly direction Monday. Another big lot of new tweeds just re. meived at Richard Pickard & Son's. Several farmers in this neighborhood will commence seeding next week. With the exception of a few elderly people, there is very little sickness in town. The assessor has all but completed his labors. The assessor for the township of Hay finished assessing about three weeks :ago.. Ycurex, who last fall forged drafts in 0his own favor, claiming to be issued by M. at J. Fox, of Lucan, payable at the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Parkhill, was arrested in Germany extradited and ibrought back to Canada by Government 'detective Joseph Rodgers. In Germany he went skating on the River Wieser, :finding a bole in the ice, placed hia cane with his name envraved upon it beside the hole, with some letters addressed to people in Bremen. He then reported that a man was drowned in the River. Ile was accompanied to the police station where be gave his name as D 8 Ktng from Whitechapel, London, England. His eltory was disbelieved He was searched And a gold watch bearing the game C. W. ¶ourex,:Belleville, Ont, Can, was found ale 'his possession. He was then arrested nett a charge of murdering the man who .. went through the ice: Then he confessed the object of his ruae was a blind to cover exp his tracks and that his wife might obtain $12,000 for which his life was in. inured. He also confessed to his forgeries more. An "At Horne under the ran. piees of ,. r Mnaa;t t hn diet the Ladies' Ail of the n t is 1. given r � of will lie hi+ori in flys base ret nt c f the t'burolr oto Paley ley msg. April 17th A sp'etelid time is assured till, Admiasion see.. It Tato Reform Association of North Mad- dlt'sex will meet at Ailsa Craig= tvetince- .l iy, April late, when it will be derided what steps shall taken re the protesting of the election of W, II, `Ilutehius, for North Middlesex. Ashes are being exported from this we- ttest to the United States in large quaoti. ties It would pay the farmers letter to pot thein ou the land. as ashea are ane of the beat fertilizers, especially for gardens nod oretsarla. Everybody is inviter, to call and ase our grand display of ttritlinery to be made on Friday and Saturday, April 10th and 11th, Richard Pickard & Sou. A party of 129 Seota l boys from the 1'afrnkowe Orphans' ITome arrived at Brockville, Ont, Thursday morning. They were distributed among farmers the last few dap, two beving atrived here oa Satuolay for Msesrs ShnCurdy, at Kirkton. „Many of those who came to the pro- vinee last summer from Ontario to assist the farmers through Tia*vest, are returning this spring with the intention of taking up fame, renting where they are unable to purchase,"—Brandon Sun. Reaidents of certain parts of town com- plain of the disorderly enuduetof boys and others who gather on street corners and insult ladies Now that the waren days and long evenings have set kasha constable is preparing himself for the occasion of the coinplaint. Our Health Officer. Mr. James Creech, would like to receive reports from the Medical Doctors in town, and from others, of any known cases of infections diseases within the corporation, if there be snob cases. He will make his official visitabont the first of May. Tidy up the back yards. For choice dress goods at close prices you must go to the Big Bankrupt Store. A final dividend in the Pickard estate will be declared in a couple of weeks So soon as the claim by Mr J. N. Hooper is settled, preparations for the distribution will be made. Mr Samwell has conducted this estate mast creditably, and the large per centaae realized will be a surprise to the creditors. Ready made suits for men and boys at clearing prices at the Big Bankrupt Store. Mr. Thomas Russell, of the "Riverside farm," Usborne, purchased of Mr John Adams, of Port Perry, a tboro'bred short horned bull, `Suiten Salem" paying a handsome price for him. He was brei by Amos Cruiekshanks, of "Sideton" Aber- deenshire, Scotland, one of the most popu- lar bleeders in the world. On Monday night some jocular persons colored Mr. Kinsman's sign with bine dye. This was taken a= a joke by Mr, Kinsman. On Tuesday night however, the climax was reached when the sign, post and all were sawed down. This is carrying things too far, and Mr Kinsman avers that if he gets an inkling of who did the work, he will put them where they won't molest signs fora time. Buy your boots and shoes at the Big Bankrupt Store and save money, Thomas Bennett, of the township of Usborne, died on Monday evg at Farquhar. He was English by birth and came to this country many years ago, having served in the war of '37. For the past number of, years he has been upon the charity of the township. Ras remains were buried in the Elimville cemetery on Wednesday. He was aged 89 years. A tlreditto Canadian Journal- ism. 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Seldom, of Ingersoll, spent s cogs' p'e of days of last week in town.—Mr Jno, Yule lett last week for Grand Valley,where be has accepted a lucrative position as manager of a drug store- We wish Mr - Yule that large measure of $access of which be isdeierving.—Miss Millie Verity courseleft last week te take a in the Cone servatory of Music,, Toronto, Middlesex Assizes.. At the Middlesex assizes held in Loudon last week. Exeter ivas well represented, several canes of local fgtereet lla&ving mac before the court. Hooper ve, Sameefl was an action brought by J. N. Hooper, of Sbelbu°ne, against the assignee of the estate of Jaynes Pickard to recover payment of $3,500 in moneys due as be alleges by the estate for wakes, The defendant, George Samwell, claims that the estate is not liable and resisted payment accordingly. 'rhe ease was referred to the Master ur have an audit of the accounts. flicks vs Jones was an action to recover damages 'for rnalicioue prosecution. The laiutiff, John Rieke, is a farmer living in 'shortie, who cairns that Richard Tones, of the same place, falsely, maliciously and without reasonable came. appeared before a magistrate mod accused the plaintiff of having wilfully and nediciously destroyed one of his treat t, Also of assault end having caused him to be bound over to keep the peace. The plaintiff claims 51,000 as a Halm to his wounded feelings, with sorts. The Jory retnrued a verdiet in favor of the defendant. The facts of this ease are well known to onr readers. nervy Openings+. Friday and Saturday las: the weather was not the most opportunely for the millinery openings, it being co?d and, very men Notwithstanding; this each establishment was thronged with visitors eager to view the new goods, There was a liewilderingprofusion of hats and botmets" The prevailing stele this year is flat and prevAt Ingeo erblaek Some of the prettier light colors are 401411. beldotrope, moss green and arra flower blue, The rate this year ie a largo or small hat, Pretty gilt - jewelled lace bonnets are shown, trimmed with hclietrope azul garnished with faits in heliotrope and datla'dil. Among the other beeutice are large black lace hats, fiat, tri;nntesl with butt:roup or dandeiious; dainty little lace bonnets, trimmed with for get ine-uoto or other pretty flowers, that Woke as natural as if -they were just pia,lted in the pellets. Seta' charming things are well in the mantle departments The rage will lei tor liseks, narks, grey and fawns, and with the long, rolling collars they are certainly very stylish. The devices for sleeves We year are very pretty, dolmans, wraps lace mantillas and waterproof goorls,of all varieties areehown, to an extent that would be hard to equal in Ontario. The styles are moat shapely autl becoming. Trtvitt Zlfc'nror?al CI lurch., The annual Easter Vestry mee3ing in this church was hold at 4 p in on Isaster Mourlay. The rector, Rev S. r Robinson occupied, the chair. Present Messrs' Spackman, Hurdon, Sweet, Riminington. Stnallaeombe, Drew, and Lambrook, and seve'al ladies. On motion of Mr Spackman and Mr Hurdon, Mr Spencer Rimmington was elected secretary of the meeting. On motion of Meseta Spackman and Sweet, dr N. Dyer Hurdon was re-olented peo plc's churchwarden. The rector thea ap pointed Mr John. Spackman his warden for he ensuing year On motion of $Messrs Spackman 'and Hurdon, hearty votes of thanks were passed unanimously as follows; To Mr Trivitt for the gift of a chime and peal of ten bells, rung for the first time in December last; to the Guild for $286, paid by them on orgrn debt, and to the 1;usy Bees, for over $10 paid on carpet debt. On motion of Messrs diu'don and Spackman, and Spackman and Sweet, Messrs W. J. Carling and R. H. Col,ins were eloeted delegates to the Synod of Huron. The offertory for current year shows an increase of mote than 460 over that of last year. Vestry then adjourned for one month to meet on Monday, April 27th. Stili They Yams away. This spring seems to have been a very hard one on the olderand more infirm persons of this town. During the past few weeks many of the pioneers have passed to their eternalbome. This week we chronicle the demise of 3 more esteemed residents of this comtnunity—Mr. Thomas Ching, of Hay township, and Mrs. Thomas Pollard and E. W. Whiting, of town. Mr Ching died on Thursday last at the age of 65 years and 6 months, Mrs. Pollard passed away on Tuesday at the age of 76 years, 6 months, while Mr Whiting breathed his last on Wednesday at the age of 83 years. Mr Ching was of English birth and came to this country at an early date, settling in the township of Hay, where with hard work, and attention to the details of the farm. prepared a comfortable hone for his family, the majority of whom survive him, some of the older children, however, being settled in the North-west. Mrs Pollard was much respected by all. She was born in England, and immigrated to Canada atayoung age. With her hus- band they farmed in the Township of Usborne, near Lumley, for a great many years, moving to Exeter some live or six years ago. For some weeks she had been suffering severely of la grippe which was the cause of her death. She leaves a family all of whom are married. Mr Edmund Whitfield Whiting wasborn in England,and at an early age immigrated to America, settling iu Illinois. U. S., where he lived for some time. With his family he moved to the township of Millet where he farmed for some years, previous to moving to Exeter. He has lived here for some years, and was a well-known Orangeman. Heart disease the cause of death. Friends and acquaintances of the above have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community in the sore affliction, Ladies. remember the millinery opening at Ric chard Pickard &n a Friday So on r day a n d Saturday, Apl 10th and llth. The village clerk has received a circular from the Registrar -General instructinghim to enforce the law with regard to registra- tion of births, marriages and deaths. We have often called attention to the Act relating to this matter, yet some will neglect its provisions. A death must be registered by the occupier of the house in which it takes place, and before the in- terment of the body. A marriage maybe registered within ninety, days` by the clergyman who performed the ceremony The fine for neglect to register is i$20 and costa, RANO MILLINE.BYOPENING RICHA$A PICgARD & SON, Will make their display of Pattern Bonnets and. Hats on FRIDAY and SATURDAY APRIL J.Oth and 1Ith, The goods displayed will be exact copies of imported Frenoh Patterns exhibited at the recent wholesale Millinery Openings held in Toronto. The ladies of Exeter and vicinity are cordially ivited to call and iuspeo our display, NO T O t,.3 BLW TO SHOW GOODS, RJCHARD PICKARD & SON. The Molsons bank; (ORtenalliEDBY 1'A f1I.,IAalb liT.r8521 Said up [•$Pita# ,,, ,., 4'.,400,00 Hest Fund .., 1,000,f4 lieedOMe, Montreal F. \VOI.FJ RSTA1. TIHOMAS,Fege QpmrsraALMANAnirt 2abranebnl5eeain tit..,uminion, Agencjc in the Dotnin:an.V.5.A..,tnd Bearer e. Exeter Branton, l'enevcrylawful day .frem laa.re•to3p.m 6Ai'I`RI1417G.10 a.re to 1 p. m, 4 Pernent eerannum allowetlfera►oney on strata iteeeteta N. DYER ITET DON. Sub -Manager bite School Board Minutes. Sleeting hell in town hall Apt Gth ; all present. Items passed: Minutes of pre• vtons meeting ; Acceptance of rebind of Sid 2.1 from London Mutual rite Ins Co. in full of claire , Per 11 Hues -ton and W #foal in, uceeptanc'e of tri esurer a bands ay submitted and read ; Per lb Lutz, awl A t; Iyer, payment of secy's at:Cr of $1$,(J0 for wheel pupplies Per Dr Lutz and W , Treble. the chairman. AV Heade, and II Htieston to hn a corn. to provide desks and blinds as melted, also to #rave windows frosted ae suggested by the principal ; Per W Makin and A G Oyer. Miss Spicer to be paid pro rata -with the teacher supplied. Restrictions in regard to stone throwing to be left to therincipal; Per 1 r Lutz and H lipeston, the chairman, A. t: Dyer and tV Treble be a eonx to examine roof and to report at the next meeting ; Per tV Hoskin and H Uneaten, the chairman and Ar Lutz to be a corn to eat, on the parents of pupils charged with misdemeanor ; Per Dr Lutz anal A G Dyer, non resident pupils to be admitted on'yon prepaid certificates, to be procured flout the secretary and that a first supply of 100 fnrrns be procured in accordance; Per 1)r Lutz and H Ilucsten, Copp Bros' acct of $30 in full for furnaces to be paid; PerA (t} Dyer adjournment. J. GERiu, Secy. Ministerial Association, This Association met in the James -et church, Exeter, ou Monday April 6th. Rev. Mr Martin, the president. in the chair. The association being opened with devotional exercises and the minutes of previous meetingreal, Rev ;lir Redmond, of Crediton, read essay on the "Ream. rection," dealing with the different views held as to hot the objections of science can be met and sustaining the usual view held, with numerous arguments An in. teresting discussion followed this paper. Rev C. Staebler, of Crediton, then read an excellent paper on "Sermon building " The discussion on this paper proved very useful to members present. Rev Mr Staebler extended an invitation to the association to visit the .conference of the Evangelical association, which sill meet in Crediton on the 16th irst. Papers were arranged for future meetings, and the as- sociation adjourned to meet in the Meth church, Hensait, on the 4th day of May. WE MAIM TEE EAnTai—Wo claim the earth is round, and we know it's true We al o claim that Hagyard's Yellow Oil cnres sprains, bruises, burns, colds, croup, sore throat, rheumatism, neuralgia, and all painful or inflammatory diseases, and we know this is true. Yellow Oil is a true family remedy for lameness or soreness in man or beast - A remarkable pigeon shooting match was that between Capt. Jack Brewer, of Phila- delphia, and 3. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, for 81,000 a side at Marion, N. J., laat week. So evenly matched were the contestants that at the end of the stipulated number of birds (100) the score was a tie, with 93 killed to the credit of each man. Under the agreement the men shot at 25 xtra birds to decide the tie, Brewer hilled 23 to his opponent's 21. This was the first of three matches between these experts. They shot at 30 yard$ rise, 80 yards bound- ary. ;BORN. P11111L GEiT1E SNRI�1G ! But don't spring too far, There's no reason for it when you have CARLITC BROS. right at your door. SwEsERTON—At Halifax, on the 25th nit,, the wife of Mr Benjamin Swenerton, a son. Wsrrn—In Exeter, on the 5th inst., the wife of Mr M, J. White, a daughter. Wir.eoY—In Uaborne, ou the 8th inst., wile of Bobt Wilson, a son. DIED. BExxnTT—In Uaborne, on the 6th inst., Thomas Bennett, aged 79 years. WETTING—In Exeter, on the sth inst., Edmund Whitfield Whiting, aged 82 yrs. and 10 months. Ponrene—In Exeter, on the 7th inst., Ann, wife of Thos Pollard, aged 76 years and 6 months. Cnxrre-In Hay, on the. 4th., Thomas. Ching, agod 65 years, 9 months and 23 days. Amazes—On Saturday, March, 1891, at Grand Bend, Alexander Aitkens, in his 89th year. 'WAnaEa—At the residence of his son-in- law, John L Morrison, town line, W. McGillivray, Hugh Wacker, aged 90 yri. WEILANn-1n Egmondville, on Sunday, March 59th, 1891, George Weiland, aged 76 years.;, Blit what we were going to say is that spring, ale slll'iu r, will soon be knocking at our door, and ware rt.Ittair ' for the tender maiden. Our store is filled with seasonable goods at prices so low they ,�. will surprise you. P+Zti.eirYa�'�I. ,d C"u,i" , t.r, .`. r'i: rt' ZTS, the pr'ettitrt we have ever : town. CURTAINS, WINDOW SHADES, and CURTAIN POLES, the newest, Al value. Wall paper, fine display. Dress Goods of every description. ' Staple department, full range. For a fancy Tie, we have them, Try our 25c. Tea; it has no equal. CA. LING BROS. Chid °inning of.0,1kr NEN STORE NEW GOODS E. ' SPACKMAN & CO. wish to inform the people of Exeter and surrounding country that they will open their new store,(one door north of Farmers' Grocery), on TUESDAY, MARCH 10th with an entire new stock consisting of DRY GOODS, MILLINERY, CLOTHING, BOOTS & SHOES, GROCERIES, CROCKERY, Etc. Our Dry Goods stock has been bought within the past two weeks from the best houses in the Dominion, consisting of the newest and latest novelties in the trade. MILLINERY Having engaged Miss L. Smith (late of Alliston) .to manage the Millinery Department, will take - this opportunity of informing the Ladies that we have visited all the best millinery houses early, thus enabling us to secure, the choicest novelties. !HUM &, SHOES --Remember this is the largest stock of Boots and Shoes in the county. 1t CLOTHING -we claim to curry the best lines of fteadprnade Clothing in Western Ontario. GROCERIES—We have just received the best brands in Groceries. A full and complete stock will always be found at our store. Oua MOTTO : "Good Goods and excellent values in all department." E. J. SPACII1VIAAT & CD Samwell's Block, Exeter.. GI -0 TO- Goldsmith + Hall! ��a'OR XOtT WATCHES,— CLOCKS,— JEWELRY, . JEWELRY, SILVERW ARE, — -AND SPECTACLES' UNEQUALLED VALUE. lrei'Personalattentiongiven to repairing of watches.oloaks andiewelrs: C. REICHENBACH t Opposite Post offic; PARKHILL CENTRAL. Barber Shop,FAN SON'S BLOCK. A. Hastings, , P o p Shaving and Hair cutting in the iateat style of the art. Every attenti en paid t o cutting Ladies' endOhnidrenslair.