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The Brussels Post, 1886-7-16, Page 5JULY 16, 1886. THE BRUSSELS POST DISTRICT NEWS. Ethel. • Your eabsoribers here were much pleased with the appearance of Tnt Poste Last week. It is man reeidont of our smart little village will shortly go tato double barneea, We won't mention - any names yet. Quite a number of our viliagere ae- companted the Orangeman and Young Britons to Wingham on the 121111. Our band was alto on band that day, and acquitted tbomeolvos very credit- ably. 1)r. Cale had quite a runaway last week. He wee taking his horse into • Wm. Simpson'e yard and left him in order to shut the gate, The horse took fright and started off into the orchard, After making two or three circuits rotted the trees, the animal was brought, to bay. He sustained a few slight toratohos in the frolic, but the buggy was badly wrecked, The Dr. has got it rigged up again how- ever, and we wish him better luck in future. PrcttsonAr,s.—Jttnies McKelvey eail- edtfrom New York on the lircl inst., for Londonderry, Ireland. Ho will be on Nie old sod now.—J. Ietuace, station master, has resumed ciutiee again,—Mr. Panabaker, of Hespeler, was visiting his eon, A. W. Panabak- er, last week,—Wm. Doig, our ever• getic watchmaker, has purchased a village lot from John Cohen—Geo. Brewster, a former resident bore, hat boon paying our village a friendly visit. lie has been workiug in Ohf- ford since he left here. Monies. Rev. Mr. Mills preached a special sermon last Sunday to the Orange- men of the Sunshine lodge. On Wednesday of last week as Jas. Brown wits going to Wingham, on a load of tanbark, his seat slipped off and the wheels passed over hie left leg breaking it et the ankle and oth- erwise injuring him. A. K. Robertson, lot 20, eon. 5, will not be beaten on the barley question and to meet D. McQuarrie'a tall bar- ley of last work be brought a eampie to TRE Poso Publishing house that measured 5 feet in length. On the morning of the 12th inst. as the son of Hugh Elliott, 7th con., was leaving home with the milk wag- on, for the Walton cheese factory, the horses ran away throwing the driver off and injuring his head se- verely and otiiewise bruising him. A. Banton, who took such an ac- tive interest in the Salvation A.rmy some time ago and latterly belonged to the Hallelujah Band of Rev. D. Savage, has been sent to the Blyth circuit to assist the pastor, Rev. Wm. Mills. Mr. Banton has a large num- ber of friends among the young peo- ple. A ,wean, white -livered sneak, about the height of a man, dieplayed his abilities by robbing three little child- ren of a largo pail of raspberries, in M. Cardiff's berry patch, one day hast week. If the thief will call ou the father of .the children, who is in A. Good's employ (H. J. W.), he will readily obtain some "auger" to pre- serve the stolen fruit. 131a••tex. Tho Blyth Public School has otos- ed for the summer vacation and will not open till Aug. 10th, J. W. Shaw; Principal of the Blyth Public School sent 10 pupils up to Clinton this week to try the marmot) examination. J. Van Alla n, our popular baker, hat disposed of hie business to Geo. Bailey, of Georgetown. Mr. Van Allan proposes going to London where be has secured a'firet•olase situation.' Mr. Bailey will continue the bneinese as usual. A very pleasing Affair took plane at the eeeidence of James Scott, of, this town, when Wm. Cooper, of Morrie, and Miss Mary Alin Hwang, of Blyth, *ere united in the holy bond's of matrimony. The ceremony was per- formed by the Rev. A. McLean. Wm. Montgonimery, cooper in the Blyth salt works, came very near los- ing his life on Saturday last. Mr, Montgommery:, who has been suffer. ing from an attack of neuralgia ob. tained medicine for both internal and external use, but unfortunately he mistaking the medicine took a draught of the external remedy which contuiued deadly poison. .Medical aid was at ones procured and by tho administration of au emetic the pa- tient was soon relieved of his terrible suffering and isnow in a fair way to recovery. Noen.--The above wag reoeivod too late for last week. D. B. McKinnon has been making an addition to his lawn which adds very much to the appearance of hie residence. Mr, Dover, formerly of Blyth bat now of Detroit, paid our town a fly. ing visit this week, A largo number from Blyth attend- ed the Orange demonstration at Wingbam this week. A movement wee on foot on Sat. urday last for the purpoee of having a watering. Dart 1n our town, and N'e aro pieaeod to state our business Men were unlinimously in favor of it, This movement should have been introdum ed long ago as our town was greatly in need of it. The Band boys made their fret ap- pearance on too street with their now uniform last Saturday mooing, They look gay and no doubt they feel proud of themselves. Jno. Finish is their drum major, Jno. is a good man for that purpose and the boys feel very fortunate in securing him. Juo. Barrack, who,lies been putting up rack lifter/tie the neighborhood of Port Albert, had the misfortune to fall from a beam, 18 feet, while in the act of sawing a board. Medical aid was esut for and by an exautivatiou it wee found that Homo of his ribs were broken. lie is still very weak, but is on e fair way to recovery. E. Mountcastle met with a painful accident on Friday last, While go• ing into the stable, in the evening, he had a bag of bedding over his shoul- der and upon approaching the horse it immediately toots fright and kiok- od Mr. M. in several places break rug his leg. Although he will be un- able to leave hie bed for some time, he is doing as well as could bo ex petted. On the 14th inst. the wife of Robt. Forsyth, of this village, died of par- alysis of the brain. Deceaeod had lately tahen up her residence here, having arrived with her husband from Michigan, ho having lately ereotod a largo woolen mill in Blyth. Although strangers in Blyth much sympathy is extended to the bereaved Imitated and family in the lose which they have sustained. PEnaoxAL8,-0. E. Tanner, banker, is visitiug frioude in Alvtnston this week,—Mies Brodie, of Washington, D.O., is at present the guest of Mrs. R. Phillips.—Wm, Boll, who has beeu iu Kansas, returned to his fam- ily on Saturday last.—Miss Pieta,• of Listowel, is the guest of Miss Sloan this week.—Wm. Southoott paid a visit to Exeter this weelc.--0. R. Shane, of Detroit, is visiting friends In town. Charlie looks well and city life eoeme to agree with him.. ' Gt•r eeeie, When everybody got fatrly into haying the rain came, Yes I well, who said it didn't ? A large new frame barn was raised on the farm of Robert Robertson, lot 82, eon, 15. on Wednesday laet. Jno. Barker's two daughters, Han. nab, of bait, and Laura, of Muskoka, were home on a visit for a few wooled. Geo. Hall and Fannie Hall, of Montreal, were visiting at Williern Hall's and among other old friends last week, At the clotting exercises of the On. tario Agricultural College, Guelph, W. R. Bishop, of this township; tools honors in Veterinary Science. The recent raine will do a power of good, not only to the grain and root orope, bat pasture which was getting very scarce on account of the long spell of drought. Thos. Heritage has an old bonlc. the Songs of David, printed in Old Fnglislr style, bearing the date 1048. It has been iu the family for over 200 years and is it valued heirloom. The Plymouth Brethren have bold a series of meetings Lately at the resi- dence of Jno. Ctasb. The meetings are not so largely attended as former- ly as penple's curiosity has been in a great measure satisfied. A ditch ie to be dug from lot 7, oou. 6, to Alex. Forsyth's for the pun poseof draining ,ie number of low lots along that concession. It is badly needed as in the wet season the road is very badly flooded, We clip the following particulars of the sudden death of Miss McFad- den niece of Uriah McFadden, from the Neepawa Register, of July 2nd —The death of Miss Ida McFadden by lightning has caused a profound sensatiou. She attended tho celebra- tion here on Dominion Day and with other several young people entered fully into the enjoyment of the mut- ton. In the evening she went to Os- prey to spend the night with Mrs. Barr, and it was there the accident occurred. Site was in the act of put- ting a sheet over the window when the lightning came down from above. 1t struck her on the head and passed down her body tearing one of her boots to pieces. Death was instan- taneous. The young lady had been teaching Oberon school attd was off on a two days' vacation. Tho bo. reeved relatives have the sympathy of all. 3. Cowan, barrister, of Sarnia, wne visiting hie brother-in-law, Thomas Calder, this. week, Wm. Bateman, of lot 18, eon, 0, recently pareltnsed the old log Prim- itive Methodist church, It had stood there for over 20 years and many was the refreshing liras enjoyed within ire wells. Mr, Bateman torn the building down, A great many tools advantage of the dry weather to burn brush and other rubbish on low lands whiel ha- Came so dry that the fire generally made a clean swoop, which greatly facilitates the world of bringing such lands under cultivation. "It's ten ill wind that blows nobody good." 'Walton. Mrs. Neal and sone are visitiug friends in the neighborhood of Park Hill this week, Cheese -maker Loch sold his gray roadster last week for a good round sum. The boast trotted a mile on the Brussels course inside of three minutes the morning it was tale away. Last Friday as Jno. Hewett was driving the mowing machine he fell off and the largo driving wheel press oil over him breaking three ribs and atherwiee rnjuriug him. As he is getting well up tett years the old gentleman will probably be bud up for Home time. lie hay out in the field for some time before be was dis- covered by some of the twill men. .a'-mtwt Wrtwwaoic» ie. Many of the Orangemen spent the 12111 in Wiuglam this year. '1'. Mitchell sent a ear load of horses to Dakota with B. Collis last week. Mrs. Win. McDowell iutende start- ing to Dakota next week to join her husband. Wm. Cooper, formerly of titre town- ship, bntuow of Hullett, was married Last week to Miss Al. A... Evans, of Blyth. F, Nailem the Mil assessor for this township, was badly injured by some brinks falling ou him and is not ex- pected to live. t' eerort County i`tic,tow. Mr. Creery, of Usborns township, says hu paid $180 for thirty bushels of wheat last spring. Ho got a splen - dal eampie of wheat, and if he can only rise as good himself, he is quite sure lie will have no difficulty in sell- ing it at two dollars a bushel, The sharpen had him in a pretty tight place, for besides the six dollars it bushel he was to pay, they were to get half the crop. He got a settle. ment with thou by paying the $180. He sowed fifteen bushels himself and gave oat elle other fifteen among his neighbors, and he is to get one half of the crop. The crop at present is very good, OIL na diEtri N e w M. W. Johnston, of 12inuedosa, Men., desired to marry Mise Turner. The young lady's father objected. On Dominion Day he took his daughter to Miunedosa to see the sports, and Air. Johnston took advautago of her presence in town-tocall a minister and have her declared his wife. The old gentlaman when informed of what had happened' acknowledged defeat and relented. '.here wits diphtheria in the family of a shoemaker, caused, Itis alleged, by a dewtyiug mess of refuse treat and bones from a butcher's shop. The patient was kept remote from the oboe store over an adjoining shop, but the shoo store was placarded and the butcher shop was not. There was. no Gutraoeoto the dwelling from the stare. '.Pito shoemaker suffered heavily by loss of custom, and he re- gards tris case as one of decided hard• ship.—Hamilton paper. Proceislinge have been taken against T. 0. Steele, a Barrie school teacher, for alleged assault on a pupil, The pupil's punishment was due to a virtual to answer a second time a quostioa on the blaolcboard, the boy alleging that he could not do it any other way, and that if it did not pieasa the teacher Ito could do it himeelf. The teacher is alleged to have broken a stick over the bay's back' and to Lava strnolt him between the ehould- ere with his closed hand. At Ponsc, N, W, T., Mr. Blair, duce the opining of spring, has handled over a hundred toes of buffalo bones. Ho has also hantlled largo quetutitiee at Bells Plain and other points. Six dollars to toil is being paid. A num- ber of Halfbreods from Wood Moun- tein have also been at Pens° for see• oral weeks, engaged is the bone buvi• noes, an 1 are making money. Over one hundred oar Joule of buffalo bonus were shipped over the Oituathan Pe. 0160 Railway from various points iu too North•woet Iasi year, and it is estimated that this year the am mot will be mote than doubled. c. I XPRECEBENTRD 43c. ale set CARP ELiil i s f t aUSE. fall' rt BOc. F ay CM 4ILZI CT Struck Botto ten This Time Surae Spot Cash t. eU.s Every Time RETS 1 48 CENTS A PAIR OR t Pi ti'3 f"^a . r FI)R QTS Ladies we have just opened. out and passed into stock 120 Pairs of the May Corset that wo have boon selling for 60 eta. Webought thein at a Big Discount for cash and, without a doubt we have struck Bottom Prices. Just Listen to the price -48 cents, or two pairs for 85 cents. Why, Powell's celebrated May Corset was the Talk of both Town and Country at 60 els., what will they be now at 43 cents or two pairs for 85 ets. ? The probabilities Eire that if we had Telephone. Connection Orders would be pouring in from all parts of the Country. 43c, Two Pairs for 3S Cents. 43o. Don't have the slightest doubt about the price, when G. A. says 43e., or 2 pairs for 85c., he means it every time. DRY GOOD S, CITY' MILLINERY; g'e., .gT CLE,IBI✓YG PRICES, Respectfully yours, G. A.t Powell, The Gree City Millinery House, 430. 43c. 43e.