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The Brussels Post, 1886-10-1, Page 44 culvert ou side road 8, oon. 15, $4 ; Themes Strachan,, expenses to Po. mato on' township heftiness, $8.60. Council then adjourned to meet again at d'uck's hotel, Oranbrook, on Fri- day, Oct. 22nd. yTHE BRUSSELS POST ilal' Niru ell 4105 , • .1'Ii10.d 1, OCT. 1, 1886, Morrie. Council 1vleeting. The Ouauoil suet pursuant to ad- journment, in the Council room, on Sept. 2061. 'Members nll present, the Reeve in the obeli. ,liuutes of last meeting road and passed, Ac• counts were ordered to be paid ns follows —Thos. Clark, removing flood -wood, $8 ; P. Scott, repairing scraper, $3.50 ; Joseph MoLlroy, ditching, $85 ; Thos. Code, ditcbing, $8 ; Allan Lindsay, grading and re- pairing sideroad, $20 ; Quintin An- derson, spilcee, 750. ; J. Colley, in- epecting on western boundary, $2.- d2i ; G$6;Praetor,POn cedar, culvert and culvert and ditch, $3 ; 3', ditch, $4.60 ; George Johnston, gravelling at Buttan'e bridge, $4.63 ; W. R. Kerr, printing Vetere' Lists, $80, advertising Court of Revision and posting of piste, $2 ;Mimosa t ford, charity, $10; William Ellie, ditching, $10 ; for gravel, T. S. Campbell, $2.90, J. McMillen, $5.25, P. Ja&keon, $7, W. Whiteford, $5.20, J. Shurrie, $4.66, 3. Martin, $1.75, J. Sellers, $8.10, 3. Evans, $3.25, A. W. Sloan, $2.80, Wm. Skelton, $5.26, S. Walker, $9 50, J. Leech, $8.40, J. Whiteford, $4.60, H. Wright, $4.25, A. W. Sloan, $9.66. &loved by H. Mooney, seconded by E. Bosman that Robb. Warwick be grant- ed 26o. per rod for digging 60 rode of ditch on sideline between lots 5 K 6, con. 8, ditch to be five feet wide at top, three feet deep. and 18 inch bot- tom.—Carried, Moved by E. BOB. man, seconded by S. Caldbiak that John Mooney be appointed Oolleetor for the current year at a salary of $80, on furnieliing satisfactory se- curity to the amount of $14,000.— Carried. Bylaws No. 5 iu 6 were duly read and pe.ssed. Tie rates for the current year are, county rate, 2 1-10 mills, township, 1 mill, and railway, 8-10 mill ou the dollar. The Council then adjourned to meet again on Oct. 25th. Wer. CLARir, Clerk. . Wts. SPl,t:cz•:, Olerk. A Dynamite •sensation. On the arrival of the Grand Trunk train from Petrolea on Friday last an arrest took place which created a sensation in Sarnia. On the Otb of Juno last an attempt was made to blow up the residence of J. G. Mo - Orae and to burn down that of Thos. Houston, both of whom have been conspicuous workers in the temper- ance cause and energetic supporters of the Scott Act. Dynamite or nitro• glycerine was supposed to have been used. Mr. McOrae's family had a narrow escape. tip to Friday night however, it was supposed by the peo- ple of Sarnia that the perpetrators of this dastardly act would never bo found out, it being generally under• etood that the Attorney -General had given up the case ; but it was not so. The matter was placed in the hands of Government Detective Rogers for investigation, and the latter immedi- ately set to work, and after looking into the surroundings decided upon what course he should pursue. He sent a clever assistant to work in with the suspected parties, but, after spending about three weeks in the neighborhood, he discovered that his indentity bad become known. De. teethes Bogeys thereupon withdrew him, and immediately sent another competent assistant to lake his place. After spending forty days in com- pany with the suspected parties this assistant received a pointer that led to the arrest on Friday. It appears that one Charles A. Hand, who runs an hotel in Sarnia known as the Rossin Rouse, told. Detective Rogers' assistant the particular. of the ex- plosion, gluing the names of the par. ties directly implicated, including himself. He told who had been em- ployed to fire the fuse, and that the dynamite used wee got in Detroit. The assistant became quite friendly with Hand, being a boarder at his hotel. During the time which De- tective Rogers spent in Sarnia he was in constant communication with his assistant, which was never sus- pected. The assistant, who sailed under the name of Billy Armstrong, was arrested for disobeying a sum - mous to give evidence in 0 Scott Act case and fined $50. Thie, however, was simply to deceive the people with wham he was working. A few days ago Inspector Palmer summoned sev- eral hotel -keepers in Sarnia for sell- ing liquor contrary to the Canada Temperance Act. One of the parties summoned was Hand. Hand im- mediately decided to give the Scott' Act Inspector a taste of dynamite, and offered Rogers' assistant $25 to fire the cartridge, at the same time stating that he had dynamite cars ridges at Petrolea, together with det- onators, all of which were ready for use. The assistant allowed Hand to pursue his course, and he accompan- ied him to Petrolea by the noon train for the purpose of getting the cart- ridges. Rogers saw his assistant and Hand leave. The arrangement was that they should return the same night. Rogers got the assistance of the local police and waited at the sta- tion for the train, which arrived about two hours late. As it steamed into the station Hand stepped to the plat- form carrying under his arm a cigar box wrapped in a newspaper. Rogers immediately scented him and told him he was wanted. Hand then made a pass to get rid of the. cigar box, but Rogers grubbed it, and the prisoner immediately weakened ; the assistant was also arrested, but tits was only for the purpose of keeping up the deception which had been car- ried on for the past two months. Both were immediately driven to the gaol and searched. The cigar box contained two half pound dynamite cartridges and a piece of fuse, While going from the station to the gaol Hand admitted to the detective that he was in Sarnia on the night of the explosion, but refused to say anything more, saying that he was "too fly:" Both Hand. and Detective Rogers' as- sistant, who was arrested with him, were looked in a Dell together. It seems to have been Hand's intention to blow up Inspector Palmer's resi- dence on Monday night. During the pregruss of the work of the detectives, Inspector Palmer, Mr. N1o0rae, the County Crown Attorney, Julius Buclio and another wore the only parties who knew what was going on. Mr. Palmer, however, was somewhat un- easy least there should be a slipwhioh would result in his being blown up with dynamite, but Hand had not a abnuee to carry out the 'terrible scheme with which be is credited. $20 ; Donald Campbell, planking At midnight the residents wore seen Grey Council Meeting. Council met at Dames' hotel, Oran- broolr, Sept. 24th, pursuant to ad. journment. Members were all pros - tart, the Reeve in the chair. M.in utee of last meeting read and approv- ed. lilai;srs. Strachan and. Oliver re- ported having examined the side road bet iteen lots 30 and 81, cone. 16 and 17, and recommend that nothing be done on said road as it is in .a fair state of repair. Moved by Walter Oliver, seconded by Edward Bryans that the Reeve and Treasurer be au- thorized to borrow of McIntosh 5 Mc- Taggart's bank, Brussels, the sum of $600 for township purposes.—Oar- ricd. Moved by Thomas Ennis, seconded by Edward Bryane blink the Reeve be instructed to issue a deben- ture to John Dunbar, contractor, on the completion of the new bridge on con. 2 , provided it ie finishedaccord' ing to speeifiaations.--Carried. Moved by Edward Bryans, seconded by Thee. Ennie that Wm. F. Cale, M. D., be appointed Medical Health Officer for the township.—Carried. The following accounts were banded in and ordered to be paid :—Hiram White, 500 feet elm plank for bridge at lot 10, eon, 12, $6 ; Hart fi Co., blanks for Voters' Liet Court, $2.20; Ament Bros., lumber for culverts, $2.81; F. S. Scott, oonetable at Voters' List Court, $1.60 ; Valentine Foster, ditching at lot 20, con. 12, • $8; Wm. Spence, expenses for Vot- ers' List Court, $88.33 ; James Holly, ditching and culvert on side road 6, con. 16, se per Engineer's award, $24.26 ; Marshall Harrison, hitching at lot 82, eon. 14, Engineer's award, $10.50 ; Geo. Johnston, gravelling on boundary Grey and Morrie, $100; John Tar, grading et lot 5, con. 6, $20; Jameo McNair, gravelling on side road 3, cons. 14 and 15, $28.05 ; John 13ishop, logging and stumping road lot 6, con. 5, $14.40; David Clark, planking two culverts, lots 10 and 12, cons. 18 and 14, $2.50 ; An- drew McNichol, cleaning out culvert at lot 13, con. 12, $1;`bliehael Fox, repairing culvert at lot 14, con. 10, $2.50 ; Bobt. Ball, culvert and break- ing atones et Tote 1 and 2, con. 4, $8 Quintin McBlein, gravelling at lot 1, cub, 4 rind at lot 8, oon, 6, $70.45 ; ctothiug to 1):.'i1 i ineman, au idiot, $0.84 D. W. Slingerland, grading on side road 6, eon. 12, $18 24 ; George Coats, no. dordrain across road lot 62, con. 1, $2.50 ; Henry Ball, gravel, $10.70 ; S. Fraser, lumber for culvert, $1.50; John Harbottle, Engineer's expenses under the Ditoies and Watereourse'a Act 1888, $60; Thornes' Bothwell, atone culvert at let 7, oon. 9 end 10, standing on the street corners discuss- ing' the nu.toer. The Scott ?lot sup- porters aro delighted at the re.ult of the clever work of 1)eupcti•ro It•gors and Itis nsaist+nt, and the (+ovw n • merit is receiving greet prale6 for its action iu the matter, hand will etand 1115 trill at the ileXt -issues. Hf vS NTAI Nc'CK 1 NIT: i"'P'TNity1iiE' SOLD ONLY B:1. Our. 1, 1E;B6. The Leading Hous G. A. Powell, New Garfield House, Brussels, BOOTS SHOES. BOOTS SHOES. 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