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The Brussels Post, 1886-7-30, Page 1••••.,,v<wmrm,¢amamm VOL, XIV. COMMUNICATION. {fill the Chairman Explain 3 To the Editor of Tnn Ponr, Do&u Stn. -1 rend a communication not long since in Tun POST askingwhy the Aud- itor's abstract of the School Board accounts for 1885 was nob publiahed. I have not yet seen a reply and I tako this opportunity of asking the Chairman of the Board to rise and explain. I've heard that some members of the Board say it is not noose- sary to lot the ratepayers know in this pub- lic way how the financial affairs stand. If so what fools some of the Sohool Boards have bean bo spend thio money year after year instond of "complying" with the law and reading the report at the annual school meeting. What has the new blood elected last year, to say about this interpreoing of taw 7 Hoping you willive this a place in this week's issue, I am, Yours truly, OONoIeTr';Nor, July 27th, 1886. CRICKET HATCH. 09000EL9 vs. LIMTOWEL. On Thursday afternoon of last week the Brussels cricket olub played the Listowel eleven in the latter town. Listowel went to bat first and were disposed of for 39 runs, Kidd being the only player credited with double figures, his snore being 13 and not out. Brussels then wont iu to defend the stumps but the effective bowling of R• Ferguson and H. Hay provedverydestruot- ive. 1.Ross was the only ono to get on to the bowling and he ran up the handsome scorn of 19, making a 4 hit and two 8's while in. The innings totalled 57. The home team went to bat again, 18 runs be- hind on the first innings but Dr. Sloan's 20, C. Hacking's 16 and H. Hay's 10, with the smaller snores soon counted up so that when the 10th wioket dropped Listowel was credited with 74 runs. For the visitors ono noticeable feature of this innings was the bowling of D. Rose who was credited with bowling out four, and five maiden overs. Bruoaels renuired 57 runs to beat, just the snore of their 1st innings, but For- guson's under arm bowling got the start of than and down tumbled their wickets for the very small score of 21 runs, being thus defeated by 35 runs. Several of the old players of the Brussels slab, viz.: -J, Kit- chen, A. Veal, Dr. McNaughton and Geo. Thomson were not with the club that day. The boys who took their places gave a very gold account of themselves and showed thnttheir was criekating ability to bo de. veloped. The following is, the score :— anns9lsL0. lot Innings. 2nd Ionian. Dennis, 1 Ferguson, 0 0R Bay, b H Hay,8 D. Itoss,c Hooking, bHayl b Ferguson 0 Currie, b Ferguson 0 not out J. Roes, b l+nvert 12 c Hay, b Foreu- MOLonnen, b Hay 0 b Hay 0 Laird, 1 Hay 0 b Ferguson 0 Cou.lay, 0 Hay, b Fergu- son 0 U Ferguson 0 Hargreaves, b Hay 4 b Ferguson 0 Waterer, ren out 0 U Hay 1 Str etton,b Hay 1 b Fergueoa 7 Grower, not out 8 b Ferguson 1 Extras.. ................ ...........14 Extras d Total 57 Total F.I. 1I010101SL. lei lunings, Sad Innings. n. Aay, b ito.. 0 5 J. Roes 7 Sloan, 0DIeDenaan,b Ile set b D. now. 20 Gabel, hit wick b Rose 2 not Ont s 0. Hacking, b Rose.............9 run out 19 W. G, gay, O D. line, b hose 0 b D. Rose 0 Mabee, o waterer, b Den. 2110 0 run out 1 J. Hacking, 5 Dennis .......... 0 o waterer, b 4 Roes 3 Aidd, run out 13 e & b J. Rose 0 ]invert, b Dennis, 0 b Dennte....,....... 2 H. Hay, 5 Ross 1 b D. Roes 10 Ferguson, not out 0 b D. hose 1 Extras 4 Extras 10 Total 90 Total 74 .BOWLING ANALYSIS, n0tre90Le. W. 11, Wkte. 0. 14I, B, 1 -at Innings. L 12oss.. 0 19 0 8 2 8 II. Dennis 0 22 9' 8 1 2 000 innings: J, Ross 0 40 1 14 1 - 1 B, it ends 1 8 1 D. Boas 1 10 4 11 e LI0TOOfEL, 101 Inologe. H. Hay 0 12 5 11 7 4 R. Fergueob 1 29 9 6 0 2 Eilvert 0 8 1 9 1 1 C. Hooking 0 e 0 2 0 0 lid Innings. H. Hay 0 0 0 0 4 2 R, Ferguson 0 9 7 5 1 e IJmpires—Powell and Campbell. Scorers—Sootb and Ferguson. LOCAL 1'1'EHS. P112811 0,•DUNOAN, Chief of Police, Brandon, Man., is visiting. friends in town this week. COUNCILLOR VANSTONE goes to Bog. ton this week. He will bo away for pix or seven days. A (sooD dual has been said by some individuals relative to the Are engine not being in working order. We took the trouble to interview E. W. Mel- son, the engineer, who informed us that with the exception of a little packing the engine was all right and worked first-class. Ho says it would be a great improvment if an oil cup was put on the cylinder similar to the one on the steam cbeet, only larger, as it would be much more conven- ient, especially for working at night. It seems the ropo to the fire alarm did not work well en the day it was last need, this and the weeding out of bad hose should be attended to at .once. The tank near tbo station wee Med before the engine was taken to 'Vire Hall on Friday. BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JULY 80, 1886. SERVANT wan tad. See People's 1 Column, Tim committee appointed to moot Grey Council relative to a settlement of the Land Improvement Fund, went to Oranbrook on Tuesday. No settlement was arrived at however, as Grey offeie Brussels the interest on the $100 received some years ago and would not agree to anything else. The committees explained the posi- tion of Brussels and intimated that our contention was for about $d37, settled on basis of the nasesement of 1867. Reeve Strachan was depu- tized to interview the Provincial Treasurer concerning the matter and he went to Toronto flag week. The money will not be paid to any of the townships until a settlement is mads with the villlages interested. LAWN PARTY.—A. verypleasant gathering assembled on the spacious grounds of Wm. Vanotone on Tues. day evening of this week. Tea was served from 5 o'clock p.m. The fol- lowing was the program :-Piano solos, by Mies Creighton ; songs by 0. B. Herne and children ; solos, by Miss Lottie Hill ; readings by Rev. W. Smyth ; address by Rev. Mr. Smith, of Listowel, and a solo by Thos. Moore. lee cream was served by the ladies. The proceeds amount- ed to abort $80 and will be applied to the Trust Fund of the church. The usual number of persons, deeply im- pregnated with Satanic) influence, as- sembled outside the fence and it is to be said to the disgrace of some of them that stone throwing at the lan- terns was one of their amusements. A. hearty vote of thanks was passed to Mr. and 11Irs. Vanstono for the use of their residence and grounds. lerytla. Slater k Sims have erected their windmill again, we hope it may prove suooeseful this time. . Mr, Bailey, who lately opened up a bakery business here, has disposed of it to E. D. Chamberlain, Mr. 0. is the only baker in town now. This' will be a good chance for another baker, as opposition is the life of trade. PnesoNoLs.--Miss Annie Shane is visiting friends in Luoan at present. —Mies Govenlook, of Seaforth, and Miss Scatter, of Rogersville, who have been the guests of Mrs. Dr. Car- der returned home last week.—Miss Parrott, who has been in Wyoming for some time past is home on a visit. —Miss A. Kelly and Miss Carson are visiting friends in Bluevale this week. —Mrs. J. B. Kelly is visiting friends in Stratford this week.—Wm. Dodds who has been in town for some time left here on Monday for Thorold. -- Mrs. McDonald, of Seaforth, is the guest of Mrs, Dr. Sloan this week.— Wm. McElroy leaves here next week for Listowel having secured a .first• aloes situation there. We wish him succes.—Wm. Dodds, late out, from England in behalf of the Y.1VLO.A., occupied the pulpit in the Methodist church last Sunday evening. The promenade concert given un- der the auspices pf the Blyth cornet band, last Friday evening, was a most decided success, the hall being filled to its utmost capacity. Al 8:80 the chair was taken by Gift'. Elliot, who -occupied that position in a most able manner and to the best satisfaction of all. Before the opening of the con- cort Mr. Elliot made a few brief re- marks after which the ooncert was then proceeded with. The band and the orchestra rendered some very fine selection during the evening, which were well pleasing to the audience. A voting contest for a ladies toilet ease was then opened, the parties be- ing Mies Jones and Miss Mitohell. This was the most exciting feature of the evening, the contest being a very close and interesting one. Miss Mitch- ell was finally the favorite, she car- rying off the prize, The proceeds of the evening were Hien announced, Which amounted to the handsome sum of $70. The concert was then' brought to a close, everyone going away well -pleased with the result of the evening's entortatnrient. The Marquis of Lorne is spoken of as the next Iriab Viceroy. Tho shores of Prince Edward Is•. land swarm with maokoral. The Canadian schooner Elgin has been sold for debt in Chicago. Lord Charles Berosford is talked of as the coming Irish Secretary, Ca. -anal an lNewy- Forepaugh will pay $55 for license in Chatham. Berlin is to have a Conservative German paper. Orangeville waute to get it's name changed to Dufferiu. Prince Albert has a cornet band numbering fifteen pieces, A New Hamburg firm sold 4 ions of binding twine at Platteville. Chatham Town Council has grant- ed $150 to the West Kent Agricul- tural Society. The Galt School Board received ap- plication from no less than 45 lady teachers at its last meeting. A muskillonge was caught in the Grand river at Brantford last week. It was 8 feet 10 inches long and weigh- ed 244 lbs. Mitchell civic holiday takes place Aug. 5111. They exourt to Goderioh and go for a sail on the steamer "Sag- inaw Valley." Had it not been for the untiring energy of a bucket brigade the, town of Farewell, B.C., would almost cer- tainly have been destroyed 'by fire recently. A traveller just returned from the Fiji Islands brings with him the skull and bones of a missionary whose body had been sold from the natives' meat market and eaten years ago. The huckleberry Drop this year will probably be large. The bushes in many places are bending to the groundlwith their loads of fruit, and the berry itself is largo and of good flavor. The expedition working on the wreck of the C. P. R. steamer Algoma at Isle Royal, Lake Superior, is mak• ing good progress and it is expected that the job will be completed within the next two weeks. The condition of the crops in Man- itoba and the Northwest is reported to be fair, and in the Portage la Pro, district, from Brandon to Moose - min, very good. In the Territories generally the crops are said to be be- low the average yield. A Baltimore dispatch says :—The United S takes Commissioner has re- fused to extradite John Stone, who is demanded by the Canadian authorit- ies for shooting his niece, Maud Hodge, at Beamsville, Ont. Miss Hodge and her mother, the only wit- ness to the shooting, detailed the ac- tions of Stone. He did the shooting, after which he shot himself. The meet between Stone and his sister and. his niece was very affectionate, and there was no disposition to push the prosecution. The newly-eleoted Board of Direc- tors of the Dental Surgeons on Wed- nesday of last week elected officers as follows :—President, Dr. Chittenden, Hamilton ; Secretary, .Dr. Willmott, Toronto ; treasurer, Dr, Wood, Oo• Bourg ; register, Dr. Hiplaine, Tor- onto ; Financial Oommitle, De. Mar- tin, Ottawa, and Dr. Hiplaine. . The examiners appointed were : Surgery Dr. Fisher ; chemistry, Dr. Nelles ; operative dentistry, Dr. Martin ; me- chanical ' dentistry, Dr, Hiplaine ; materia medico, Dr. Willmott ; phys- iology, Dr. Wood ; anatomy, Dr. Ohittenden. A 10 -year-old lad named David Young was arrested on Wednesday near Tileonburg on a charge of throwing a stone at the sleeping car "Kalamazoo" on the special Singer - fest train on 20th inst. The boy was arraigned before Police Magis• trate McLean at Tilsonburg, who suspended sentence, releasing him on his father entering into bonds of $50. The father ie in destitute circumstan- ces, and on that account the Magis- 'trate exercised leniency. The lad could have beeen sent to prison for life. The stone struck a lady pass- enger in the coach, but she was not seriously injured. themselves up with the political die- oussions of the white men was sahib• lied in the moat unmistakable man- ner. When the time oamo to con - eider the 22 names that had been placed upon the voters' list at the preliminary revision, Indian after In- dian Dame forward to demand that his 1121110 bo taken off. Theysaid that they did not give anyone auth- ority to put their names on the list. One old man, 90 years ofage, and nearly blind, in answer to the ones- tion why he wanted hie name off, re- plied that they had stolen his name ; that he had not ailed to have it put upon the voters' list ; that ho did not want it there. NO, 4 The extension of the 0. P. It. from Ingersoll to London has been decidod upon. Numerous desertions have recently occurred from the Halifax, N. 8. gar- rison. The Canadian Goyernmont will send a steamer to relieve starving Newfoundlanders, An COcumonical Council of Metho- dists, to be held in the United States in 1891, is talked of. B. Allen has been unanimously re- nominated as Reform Federal condi. date for North Grey. Montreal grain merchants are nom• plalning of a tendency to favor To• ronto in O. P. R. freight rates. , The Ontario Teachers' Association meets at Toronto, on Tuesday, Aug. 10th, and two following days. !the value of mackerel taken by Yankee fisherman from Canadian waters this year is planed at $750,- 000. Paymaster Graham lost $10,000 and the Dominion Express Company $2,000 in the late fire at Beaver, Man. The Paymaster succeeded in easing n pailful of melted coin. A 12 -year-old son of Richard ller, of South Colchester, is suffering from what four physicians who aro attend• ing him believe to be hydrophobia in a mild form. The boy was bitten by a dog several years ago. It is understood that Lord Lans- downe will sail for England for a visit on or about Aug. 5, and that Gen, Russel, commander of lifer Ma- jesty's forces at Halifax, will be ad- ministrator during his absence. The Department of Public Works has been notified that the graving dook at Esquimalt, British Columbia, has been completed. The last stone of the clock was laid on the 251h of June, the work having boon done in eighteen months, Captain Zetland, of the steamer Ontario, was fined $5 and coats for blowing the whistle of the steamer at the wharf at Sarnia a few nights since. The captain said he blew the peaky thing in order to collect the members of the Mounted Police, NI ho were scattered about the town.' • Tho deaths in June in the chief towns and cities in Canada were :— Montreal, 564 ; Toronto, 193 ; Que- bec, 191 ; Hamilton, 59 ; Halifax, 60 ; Winnipeg, 26 ; Ottawa, 90 ; St. John, N.B., 48 ; London, 86 ; 81. Thomas, 16 ; Charlottetown, 10 ; Guelph, 9 ; Belleville, 11 • Three Rivers, 27 ; Chatham, 12; Sherbrook 0 ; Peterboro, 15 ; Sorel, 22 ; Fred- ericton, 12;'Jt. Hyaomihe, 18 ; Galt, 8 ; Hull, 29. The Grand Lodge of the I.0.0,1r. opens at London on Wednesday, Aug. 11, the Grand Camp meeting the day previous. Speoial attractions are of- fered during Wednesday, and in the evening.a grand complimentary en- tertainment is to be held in the Opera House. Tbe. Patriarchs Millitant will be a special feature of the day's' program. Lieut.. Gen. Underwood. of Covington, Kentuoky, and Major. Gen. Eddy, of Rochester, are expect- ed to be present and review the par- ade. This will be the first time the Patriarchs Millitant have appeared in publio in Ontario in their°new uni- form. At the recent Irish Wesleyan Oen- femme a letter was read from the Rev. Wm. Arthur, expressing his strong sympathy with Irish 1ltetho• diem at this juncture, and condemn. ing Homo Rule. The Conference in recent session discussed the action of the Committee of Privileges in pass- ing resolutions against Mr. Glad - stone's Home Rnle Bill. After an extended discussion, the Oonference passed, by a majority of 187 to 22, resolutione approving of the action of the Committee protesting against Horne Rule as inimical to the inter. este of Protestantism and to the unity of the empire. A valuable and interesting addition has been made by, James Goldie to his already largo aviary. About forty young pheasants aro WAV in his pos. eeseion. He obtained the eggs from different parts, and commbn hens hatched them out. The pheasants oompriee four species, the English,., Indian, African and American. Mr. Goldie is a groat fancier of the tenth• ered tribes, and he is continually add- ing to his collection with remarkable success. It is a eight in itself to see these beautiful birds on Mr, Goldie's tpaoious lawn• Some 80 eggs wore set and the return of 40 chickens was very good. --Guelph Herald, It seems that the Columbia river salmon fishery is about to play out. The fish are said to be deserting that river and that there is now a scarcity, so that the American markets mush look to British Ooli'nlbia for their supplies. The total production of the B. 0. canneries is from 100,000 to 120,000 oases a year, the principal demand for'which is from the Eastern Slates, but owing to the high duty on the cane, trade is restrioted. Were 11 not for this the Canadian Pacific Railway would do a largo business in transporting the products of the can- neries referred to from British Col- umbia to the most available markets, and did reciprocity exist the gain would bo to the Fraser River canneries which aro largely owned by Americana. It would seem to be in the interest of the Americans, in this, as well as the New England branch of the fiaheriee, to bring about a proper 'commercial understanding with Canada. Duncan C. Ross, the athlete, was arrested at Washington, D. O., for brutally assaulting Sergi. Walsh, his cou,petltor in a mounted sword con- test exhibition. The contest was a very tame one. Walsh appeared to be the butter swordsman and had the sympathy of the audience. Every point he made was loudly cheered, while the score made by Ross was unnoticed. This seelnel to auger Ross, and when the contestants were ordered to retire after the ninth round instead of doing so Boss rushed at his adversary, savagely cutting him right and left with his sword. 'Phe force of his attack was such that Walsh's horse was thrown clown and full on top of his rider, who was knocked senseless by the blows from his assailant's sword. The audience called on the police present to arrest .Ross, and several officers pulled him from his horse and tools him to the polies station, where he was after. wards released on bail. Walsh was carried to his dressing room and re. stored to consciousness, when it was found he was not seriously injured. The latest candidate for fame is a lady in Brooklyn, who is a teacher of languages and drawing, and proposals to improve the leisure of her present summer vacation by gliding through the rapids of Niagara in a machine of her own invention. Mme. Tienane N. Ledochowsko, who thinks of trifl- ing thus lightly with fate, lives in a 000l and pleasant house with canary birds singing on the verandah at 508 Bergen street. She is descended from a family of emigrees that belonged to the old French noblesse, and emigrat. ed from Prance in 1792, the year be. fore the reign of terror, and after. ward settled in Russia. Mme. Led. • ochowski herself was born and rear- ed in Paris, and has lived in half the countries of Europe. Her educ- ation is French but her passports are Russian. She came to this country in 1873, accompanied by Ler husband a Polish pianist and music teacher. Madame Ledoohoweki said yesterday that she proposed to ride from the mist of the Falls to Lake Ontario, through rapids and whirlpool, in a huge guttta•peroha egg. The shell of this India -rubber egg would be very thick and very tough, so thick that it would have the rebounding power of an India -rubber ball. The inter. ior would be Iined for a considerable depth with soft material, se the soy. ager would feel no shoals when the India -rubber float struck a rock and rebounded. The outside of the egg would be greased so that it would slide'from a rook a0 well as rebound from it. The egg would not be torn by the rooks, and when it struck them would bound easily to u110 side and rash on faster than ever, She thought it no proof that the Niagara rapids were navigable in a tub that cooper Graham had once gone through them in his cask. The next time lie made the 'voyage his cask might be dashed to pieces on a rock and ho would drop ingloriously through the bottom of his barrel to the bottom of the river. In a gutta percha egg, on the other hand, one might run against all the rocks in the rapids and jump into all the whirl• pools without danger and . come out again Ml right. Mme. Ledoohowski said she would like to undertake the voyage, Her object was to make money. She would gladly ttudertake the adventure if people would amour - age her financially. She believed it possible to go over Niagara Falls in an India rubber egg, and thought it was well worth trying.