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The Brussels Post, 1886-6-11, Page 5;Juxxt 11, 1886. THE BRUSSELS POST DISTRICT NEWS,JahuBird, 5112 con„ is to the front I with early flax. Last Monday ho brought a handful of it to 'Tun Pon Publishing House that measured ono foot and seven inohos, This is good flax for so early in the Beeson. 'Walton, Rev. T. d, Sabine will romain for a third tom as pastor of the Methodist Murals, Bev. J. Roes, of Brussels, preached in the Presbyterian church lata Sun• day and diapeneed the Sacrament. Tho people of this locality are lay. ing out for a holiday on June 22, so as to witness the Caledonian games in Brussels. At a meeting of the congregation of Duff's church, held last Monday, Rev. J. Rose, B.A., of Bruesole, moderating, a unanimous call .was given Rov.Wm. Galloway, of London. 3C. itsi't: Wtx-tvasiotriz. Wm. Ross is now visiting friends in Middlesex County. L. Nothory was down to Toronto at an Orange mooting last weak. Miss Simpson, of Ethel, i visiting at Win. Sackhouse's. John Wilson returned from Michi- gan last week. R, Johnston httely purchased a fine covered buggy from the Auburn mau- ufecturor, J. P. Brown, Mr. Green has made a limo kiln, and it is now in full blast. He burn ed 150 bushels lest Monday. Robert Gibson was joined by the bouds of matrimony to Mies Hanna, of Morris, last Wednesday. The council met on the 25th ult., and Weaneeday, 0th, was appointed for the any of Court of Revision. The wife of J. Williams presented him with a fine may young daugh- ter on the 5th. Ile is well pleased with the present as . it is the first child. David Anderson, woo has been suffering with that deadly disease consumption, flied last Sunday, aged 22 years, 4 mouths, 10 days, being highly esteemed by all who knew him. 8 now 3atorrimc. Crops aro doing splendidly and the fruit prospects were never better. Ciro. Armstrong arrived home from tho west last week. He die. posed of his horse "Honest Jimmie" while away. Morrie Council has backed up the move niedo by Grey township Ooun• til and bas granted $150 towards gravelling the boundary between the two townships mentioned above. The township Council will meet on the 28th inst., for the final revision of the voters' list and attending to town- ship business. Tho minutes of the last meeting appear in this issue, On account of the Brussels Calc. donian Games coming on such a good Unto there will be a large turn out from Morrie township. Is your tug of war to be between Morris and Grey this year2' This towualip could get ten men who would bo hard to beat. Very sucoesehil revival services are in progress at Browntown, under the leadership of F. Woodhull A. large number have professed to be convert- ed and the work still goes on. The servicee last Sabbath were held out of doors as the church would not ac. commodate the crowd. Alex. Forrest, lot 27, 2nd line, sold a three year old steer, last week, to Jno. Hamilton, cattle dealer, that weighed 1640 pounds. Wm. Laurie, of Wroxeter, aid the weighing. This steer is 80 pounds heavier than the one puffed by the Seafortb Expositor, a few weeks ago. Mr. Forrest got 5t cerate por pound for the animal, mak ing the neat little sum of about $90 for him. These are the loud of cattle that are hard to boat. The following ie a summary of the asseesoi a roll for this township for 1886, as furnished us by the clerk ;— Number acres, 64,845; total number acres cleared, 86,985; total value of real property, $1,726,780; total val. us personal property, $1,831,380; persone from 21 to 60 1,870; days minute labour, 8,296 ; dogs, 889 ; bitches, 7 ; persons in family, 8,216 ; number of cattle, 2,847; sheep, 3,167; hogs, 870; horses, 1,004; acres of woodland, 7,505; acres of swamp, 0,884; aeras of orchard, 624; aores of fall wheat, 4,459; children 5 to 16,. 1,000 ; children 7 • to 18, 589; child- ren 16 to 21, 412 ; taxable income, $7,852. Ono day last' week a daughter of Peter Gorbett, of Morris, was Grim. Wally assaulted by some unknown preen but eaepioion rested on a young married man named Arthur Wyatt, of Hallett, who had been in the vicinity wheu the deed had been committed and bad been traced by the nutria loft by wearing plates on his boots. Constable Sherrite, of Blyth, want to the house of the ao. cueed and arrested him and brought him to Blyth where he was tried bo - fore J. P'e. Young, Kelly and ?do. Kinnon, when lie was committed to stand his trial at Goderioli at the uaxt assizes. The main evidence against hien was that of the girl. . Grey. Rev. R. Paul has been returned to the Ethel circuit for is third term, The rain shower last Monday morning had a beneficial effect on the growing crops. Tho framers have commenced work on Juo. Cash's now barn, it is 40x00 feet, with frame stabling underneath, Thos. Newsome has the job. Reeve Strachan is away attending the Presbyterian Assembly at Iiamil• ton this tveelc. He represents Malt - lend Presbytery. Gideon Porno held his own among the best heavy weights of tiro country at the Caledonian games at Strathroy an Tuesday of this adoek. Those of our people who like a good days amusement are already Bolding back for the Oaledoninu games at ]3ruesele, and are counting upon having a big day's fun. James •Dark, who has been in Manitoba for rt number of years, has come to ]ua old home, with his fam- ily, and will remain here for Homs Iittlo time. Be gives a good account of the west. FIe rented his fartn for a term of years. Everybody talks of, going to hear Dr. McDonald's address on the po• lineal question,t of the clay at Oran - brook next Friday afternoon, Those who have beard Trim say lie is a splen- did speaker and his argnnnonts are to the point every time. Jno. MoLauehlin's new frame barn is nearly completed. D. Zimmer, the contractor, raised it, foundations and all with tackling in•about three days without the assistance of ant ono ex- cept hie own gang. The way in which Mr. Zimmer has the tackling arranged works like a charts, This way of raising barns line certainly many advantages over the usual way of having a big bee. A hotly contested game of baso ball was played on the 24th of May et the residence of Alex. Stewart, 1GI11 con. The captains were David and Alex. Stewart, jr., the umpire being 0. Bowerman, teacher of S. S. No. 8. Tho result was a tie, each side snoring a total of 18 runs iu 0 innings. There was a strong wind prevailing through- out, and the players wore all amateurs, but they acquitted themselves in e manuer that would bring no discredit to professionals. The highest seer. an ing was wade by John Willoughby nod Robt. Payne, on the one side, and Alex. Stewart and Chas. Sellers on the other aide' After tho ball play - mg, croquet and dancing were next in order, after which the company dispersed, all feeling they had loyally done their share towards commemor- ating the natal day of our moat gran• loud sovereign. Ono thousand two and time old heifers and fourty She Mille, casting $40,000, have purchased 1n Huron County f High River Rauch forty miles of Calgary. The St. Thomas assessor boil cured that the gyet connected the local Itlalonic lodge was $1,000 aeseasod it at that Figur the lodge appealed, and the al was struck edit A. Thornbury mac was sitting chair in his yard practising a T of July tuna when one of Iris broke out of the stable and kick musioiau out of sight. It was a of another colour. Tho Quebec Government ha traduced a bill to fix the pri licenses under the Canada Te muco Aot as follows ;—Druggis carmen iu cities, $70; teams, parishes, $24 ; wholesale in e $80; towns, $70; pariebe., $G0 Two hundred and ninety ono mon immigrauts from England land, Wales, Scandinavia, Sw hand, Holland. and elsewhere, p through 81. Thomas on ,0 Mid Central train on Friday last, b for Salt Lake Oity. J. H. ICanuody, late editor o Whitby Chronicle, wits the roeip of a handsome testimonial friends in Whitby on the uooawio hie departure from that plain. nddresa was rend raid the presents made by the mayor, The Battleford Herald states the Blackfoot refuse to do any on their reserves. Poundnrak said to have told iris people to w while he wne away in order that t might live, but that after his ret which would be soon, they would have to work any more. Clans, sons anticipate trouble. A meeting of temper,uuo elect of Queen's County, P.E.I., hunt tided to support for Parliament o men who will ptelgo themselves to their influence to secure the bet enforcement of the Scutt Act, and obtain for each Proemial power vote for the prohibition of the liqu traffic within its limits. The funeral of the Into W. T. D gle, of Oshawa, took place Sand last, and was largely attended. T members of the Town Corin Board of leduaatiou, Sona of En laud, United Workmen and Fore are' Societies ell tarried out, nuaki the funeral proaessiou a mile and ;s- helf in length. American exports aro favourably pressed with specimens of silver taken from the Crown point mine in Algoma West, The mill at Rabbit Mountain mase 18 rapidly nearing completion. At the Beaver wine e largo force of men aro employed avid n great deal of wort; is beiug done. The air compressors and germ drills aro about ready to strut work, It Is found that the Sarcee an Stony Indians of rho North We have strong faith in vaacivation, an oven manifest an anxiety to have it performed. It is expected the Bhtoic• feet, who are about to bo vaccinated, will be equally tractable. The great difficulty expurieuced is iu persuad- ing Indians who have already Iota srnallpox of Ilse needteseneas of their undergoing the operation, as many of them believe that it fortifies them against other drsoases as well. A mysterious dieees° hes broken out among 1110 herd of matt lc belong. inn; to Edward Wright, of Sout11 Fredericksbary. He has already i041 four fine cuwe, and fears he will lose the attire herd, The 'auium.cl 'seized with the disease first become:+ stupid, and in a short lime froths at tho numb, raid rant furiously 'Moat, bel- lowing luridly until death ends its sufferings. Veterinary surgeons have not yet d.•tormirmr1 the oh tractor of the. disease. 13y sins nut passed 'it the hist ses- sion of,,he Owen: Legislative Assem- bly, provletun Inns been made for the acllnisaion of one student for every ouunty and territorial district in rho province free of entrance and tuition foes to the Agricultural College of Ontario. The clause referred to reads ae fullowe t—(1) Every county and every territoral district in the prov- ince may have the privilege of having during alt college terms one student in attendance, and receiving instruc- tion at the college without the pay ment of any entrance or tuition foe. The county coneoil of each ouunty shall nominate the stuaouts far the territorial distrieti. Such student moat ba the arm of ,t practical farmer residing in the 00nuty or district, said have lived o0 Lie pereuts' farur at least two years prior to lie tadmission to the college. (2). The Lieutenant - Governor' in Coined may prescribe the manner in which moll students shall. be nominated by the .comity cognails and advisory hrnard. le), The county council will therefore d.nlhtlott at their Jnnn weaken nom. e•year, rthorn bean or the south n nWith worth u, hot Mount on a mirth torsos od tho horse ve in. ce of Ten Is' li- $50 ; hies, Mor• Scot- St':::- I The Largest Lot of Corsets nsretl Ii liigau ound + Everibrought into Brussels, at one time, and bought at a Sacrifice. for f r ho 1 Call, and will be Sold 1801 from n afjAT 60 ENT PER PAIR. 'l'he tiuu 1 that work 'Remember these aroiNot Trash, but a Corset that is sold at $1.00 per er is ' ork + Pair all over. hey I u'r I Ask to See the Mal Cornets ,at S Cts., per• ors It is7,a little Gam for the Money, (Sizes from 18 to 25). de• lily use too SEE OUR SHOW WINDOW or, s 226 RSETSJi MI_Y S 226 Ladies, we have passed into Stock this week in• ay he ell, g• et• Lig Ciuundian, N ew M. Battleford wants a tinsmith and a hoomsaker. The engineers on the Northern Railway have tasked fur more.pay. The town of Galt ie enlarging its limits by about 600 acres. Roo. Wilfrid Laurier has sent to W. F. Kerr, Secretary of the Oobourg Liberal Club, a cordial letter of thanks for his election to Use position of honorary president of the Club. The number of electors on the Dominion voters' list for the city of Ottawo, exclusive of reporters, is 8,- :00. The number of electors on the list in 1882 was 5,656. The editor of The Thornbury News complains that owing to his removal from Landoll to that town the Domin- ion •Frauobiso Act will not permit him to vote either whore he is or where he was. The East Bruce Teachers' Assoc'. ation passed a resolution to petition the Dominion Government to so amend the Franchise Act that teaob• ars who change their electoral die. triot may not be deprived of the right to vote. A Whiteohurah resident spent Is Whole' day last week so Luoknow searching for a wife. He was not particular as to whom he got, so lout{ as it was somebody that could milk five cows each morning before seven o'clock.. Ho found no tellers, Two members of a hand of gipsies who have quartered themselves on Gasex county last weak stole a !terse which they vainly tried to procure by means of a trade. One of the offend. ars has been arrested, but the other, with the horse, is mill at largo. A young man hurriedly left the Northern railway train at Oraigvale on Tuesday morning last, emphatic. ally kissed a young lady who mond waiting for him on the platform, then rustled hack to his seat in alio car, and tranquilly pursued his jonrucy northward. d sE a 1 inane a atm -tent for this dorinty, tT.IS FULL,OF THEM, IN THREE SHADES, Go1d, Ox Blood and Light Blue. MUNE Viva(w au 1 tLUNERi ra We still continue to take the Lead in %TYLISH °l ' ILLINERY 1 Our Stock is ono of the Choicest, and for Quality, Style, and Price are. UNSURPASSED. Many may question the accuracy of this statement, but we would kind- ly ask the most casual observer, to take a visit to our store, come the length of the lbfillinery Department, and there you will meet with a deserving ' Surprise. We Uwe a lot of the Bu9z1 .BaStZe to 011.7° ,ddverviseruc-n,C,, Why should we not? We advertise nothing only what a (coping House is prepared to act up to. Now, we say with all confidence that we can Sell Millinery at Prices Unheard of in Brussels. Now we can do this, we only ask you to Come and inspect our Stock, See for Yourselves And Decide our rakes - It will repay the Pocket of the Public to note these Pacts. Come and See Our Millinery, Our Trade is more than doubled this Sottsola. Dotn't forget .to to soo the May;Corset at 60c. tisk The Great City iIlinery &case,