-scho be VOL. 2.° ATWOOD, ONT., FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1891. NO. 19. eaforth. In the foot bal match in Seaforth, on Thursday, May 28, between the Hurons of Seaforth, and the Chic cagos of Chica- xo, the THurons were again victorious by ascore of 2 tol, The match lasted for an hour and a half. James Lennan, of Seaforth, has suc- | ° ceeded in passing a highly creditable examination as a graduate of the Law » Osgoode Hall, ‘Loronto, which entitles him to practice in his profes- sion as a barrister and solicitor. Seaforth 1s consideting the advisabil- ity of raising ie debentures the sum of 332, ma Perth County Notes. The Elmbank cheese factory is now running on full time. Arrangements are being made to have sports in Stratford on July Ist. ltev. Lou Wood, brother of Dr. Wood, eae ge was ordained priest on Sunday May 24. Ifon. Thomas Ballantyne, M. P. P., sailed from New York saturday for Great Britain Ten ear loads of fat cattle were ship- ped from Mitchell on Saturday May 23, Yor the English markets, / The Lebanon mail contract for the next four years has beey awarded to Robt. Kincade, of Lebanon, Kenneth Knechtel, of Derlin, has se- «ured the position of local reporter on the Stratford Evening Beacon, Knox church, Mitchell, has now a znembership of 220. Thisis evidence of une good word done bythe Rey. Mr. r u ly The Mitchell band has declined the graut of 875 made them by the Coun- cil, and willrun as an independent in- slitution. Major Keyes, of Logan, is astrong supporter of the National Policy. He isowner ef a cow that gave birth to iwin calves the other day. Mrs. Hannon, an old settler of Mit- chell, died in her 72nd year on Sunday ey ening, May 24. She wasa native of tk ugistown, County Wicklow, Ire- land. Malcolm MeKinnon, who was at one time an employee in the Mitchell Ad- vocate otlice, died at Lattleford, Mich, a short time ago. He was insured in the L. O. of O. for $2,000. The stock of A. T. Macdonald, books st: itionery, ete. Stratford, valued at 35,000 was sold Saturday, May 23rd, at 40 cents on the dollar, D, M. Ferguson, ot sSeaff & Ferguson, was the purchas- "Eig ht cars of ‘immigrants passed tivough Stratford for the Western Stat- ¢s on W ednesday night, May 27. Dur- ing the past month on an average from two to eight cars have passed that sta- tion nightly. J.H. Flagg was adelegate to Ottawa last week from the Grand Lodge of Royal Templars, to press upon the Gov- ernment the passage ef an Act for total prohibition. Mr. Flagg has ever been anactive and consistent temperance man. A St. Marys printer has long beena devoted lover of the weed. ‘The other day, as he was about to take a chew of his favorite brand, he observed what he thought was a piece of stringin the pig of tobucco, but on pulling it out found it to be a mouse long detunct.— Stratford Times. The Dominion Millers’ Association held a special meeting the other day to discuss the date of holding the annual meeting. No decision was arrived at, Uut it is understood it will be held about the end of July or peataning of August. President J.C. Hay, of Listo- wel, oceupied the chair. The delegates « ompared notes with each other as to the quantity of wheat and flourin store in the Dominion, which means that there _ be no surplus. Fuller statis- ties are tobe got which will enable a more acc One estimate to be made, and the association will endeavor to insti- tute a system similar to that in vogue in Great Britain, whereby they can as- vertain at any time of the year the num- ber of bushels of wheat or other grain in stock. The plans for the new Listowel fur niture factory have been prepared and though not officially adopted, are likely to be approved about as follows:—size of main building, 150x830 feet, four stories; boiler an ‘engine room, "50x feet, 2 stories: ; dry kilnand lumber shed, 40x50 feet. ‘Fhe elevator and stairs are to be placed in a brick tower entirely outside the walls of the factory and ad- joining the railway siding. By this ar- rangement there will be nocommunica- tion between floors inside the factory, preventing the spread of dust, noise, fire, ete. ‘The smokestack is to be en- tirely of brick. ‘The heights of the ceil- gs areto be 14 feet, 12 feet, 11 feet aan 10 feet respectively, all flats to be furnistted. with fire escapes, closets, wash basins, and all modern improve ments. The first ceiling to have no joints, but to be constructed of 3-inch hardwood plank. .Thelocation of the factory has not yet been decided upon. It will be along thesiding some place, either at Livipgstone’s, the Bricker lot or at the end of the siding. ‘The latter appear to be the most in favor at pre- sent with the directors, Additional Local Items, For several days thi this week John Graham has been on the sick li S. WueErry will preach in ue! Metho- ais ehurch next Sunday morning and J. McBain in the evening. CONSIDERABLE local and district matter, including Elma Council min- _ is’ unavoidably crowded out this FARMERS are getting the soil ready | ® and putting in heir root crop, ~The weather has been’excellent for seeding purposes, but not so favorable for grow- ing purposes. {EV. A HENDERSON, M. A., preached to large congregations last Sunday in Port Elgin for Rev. James Gourlay, M. A. He enjoyed hisstay among the Port Elginites very much. First DraFt oF STATIONS.—The fol- lowing are a few of the appointments of the Guelph Conference, subject of course to correction at a later stage:—Guelph 2nd, A. Cunningham; Acton, William Smythe; Stratford, J. W. olmes; St. gfe J. Seott, M.A. 3 {hamesford, W. . Kerr; Goderich, Jos. Edge; Clinton aid, J. Galloway: Ripley, J. 8. Cooke; W ingham, $ ry, M. A.; Teeswater. J. MeLachian: "tues G. F. Salton; Trowbridge, Wm. Baugh; Desyten. I. C, Stevenson; Durham, A. K. Dirks; Tar ag Geo. Richardson; Port Elgin V. Sp arling; Owen Sound, G. Kt. ‘Turk and W. I. Harvey, B. Huron County Notes. Dr. Wright, late of of oe, has de- cided to locate in Seafor M@srs. Ogilvie & Co., pr the Seaforth mills, intend erecting a large edition to their present grain warehouse. A. load of fine cattle were oh erg from Wingham on the Canadian Paci- fic railway last week. One bull tipped the beam at 2,450 pounds, Billsare out announcing the Salvya- tion Army camp meeting to be held in the orchard in the rear of the barracks, Bayfield, from June 7ttto loth. Rev. Joseph Elliott, who has been spending a few holidays in Baytield, has accepted a call at Inkster, Dakota. Mr. Enliottis a recent graduate of Knox Cellege, and was winner of a scholar- ship v alued at 3% The derrick, caoper shop and heading factory belonging tothe Gray, Young & Sparling Company, salt man ufacturers, at Blyth, was destroyed male on Sun- day morning, May 24. eloss will be oreo of $2,000 over the insur- ane ‘Ago Gray, son cf Ant Gray, Blue- vale, aged about 11 rs, met with'a very painful spoilt, While ro slabs with Harry Stowe, he by so mezns fell off the wagon and the wheel passed over him, breaking his thigh bone. The Liquor License fund for the South Ridiug of Huron for the current year amounted to $4,580, Of this amount $2,556.33 went ‘to the Ontario Government and the balance was divy- ided among the several municipal- ities. A team ofthe Tinron foot ball club, Seaforth, visited Detroit on Saturday, May 23, to play a mateh a. the club of that’ city, and our boys nobly sus- tained the reputation of the Canucks by beating the subjects of Uncle Sam by a score Of 3 to 2. David Milne's (Ethel): fine herd of short horns haye done well during the Wiuter and have gone out to grass in good condition, Although he has sold eighteen head since last November the herd still numbers 44 head. Among these are ten young bull calves sired by the pure Cruckshank bull “Perfection,” 9100, now at the head of his herd. Dp. Godfrey, of Belgrave, sailed from Montreal on Wednesday, May 20, on the Parisian, for Liverpool. He intends visiting Edinburgh, Londonand Berlin, aud in their hospitals devote himself to the practical part of his profession. Dr. Godfrey is first-class houor man and generat proficiency medalist of ‘Toronto University. We wish him success. Dr. Crawford, of Owen Sound, an honor man of Toronto University, takes his practice until his return. On Thursday morning of last week an old and well-known resident of Morris township died at his home, lot 8, Sth line, at the advanced age of 83 years and7 months. ‘The deceased had’ been gradually tailing for some time but was not seriously ill until Tuesday morning. Mr. Armstrong was born in the County of Fermanagh, Ireland, and came to Cadada many years.ago residing fora time in Leeds Co. and Brant Co. prey- ious to settling mm Morris in which he lived for out 38 years. Te was among the oe settlers, Following are the names of the repre- sentatives of Huron and Maitland Presbyteries to the General Assembly, which none Kingston on June 10th: —Presbytery of Huron—Ministers, J. A. ‘Andaral, Goderich; D. M. Ramsay, Londesborough; M. Barr, Seaforth; Calvin Fletcher, Exeter; A. D. McDon- ald, Seaforth, Elders, J. ‘Strang, Exeter; Fulton, Grand Bend; PD. Clark, Eg- nondville; F. Sommeryille, Kirkton; Jas, Aikinhead, Goderich. ‘Presbytery of Maitland—Ministers, R. ha saan Dungannon; D. B. McRae, Cranbroo D. Forrest, Walton; J. L. ‘Murray, cardine; A Sutherland, Ripley. D. Mecklejohn, Belgrave; R. Douglass, Wroxeter; F. McDonald Ripley; D. Campbell, Armour; John Hutton, Glen- annan. Country. Talk. Stratford. Miss Hannah E. Guy, who has been residing at as Falls for the past winter has returned to spend a few |" months under the re pleased to see her looking so well. She tends. leaving early next fall, She has become quite Amercanized. Trowbridge. Miss Fairweather, of Alma, was vis- iting friends in this vicinity. Revs. James Caswell and H. A. Baylis are away attending Conference this week, Thos, Later left gi on Tuesday for the Northwest. We wish him a safe and pleasant journ ey. W. H. Code, of Seaforth, spent a few days home last week. Rev. T. W. Cos- ens was also home for a few days. The Good Templars of this place pur- = having a garden party on July Ist. urther particulars will be given later. Johnston McCormick and Miss I. R. McBain, teachers, intend having aunion school picnic in "Thos, Jackson's bush, on Saturday, June 20th. Poole. An entertainment by the is on the tapis en later A number of young men from this place attended the entertainment at Shakespeare on tg evening, May 25th, and pronounced the affair a very pleasant one, A base ball match which had been on the tapis for some time culminated on the 25th of May, when 3 o'clock p. m. found twenty young ladies on the grounds ready tor the fray. Misses Mary Connell and Nellie Chalmers were reecleert ig the supporters of Miss Mary Connell being Misses ~ Marian Kines, Jean Dewar Edith Fleming, Maggie Shearer, Jessie Struthers, Lizzie Shine Maud Large and Kate Richmond; and |} those of Miss Nellie Chalmers being Misses Aggie Struthers, Minnie Connell Lizzie Dewar, Celia Leggatt, Jean Chalmers, Maggie Kines, Jennle Kines, and Addie Large. Miss Amby Flem- ing acted as scorer, while each player acted as her own referee—when permit- ted. Where all played so well it would be invidious to discriminate. Snuiftice it to say that the leaders valiantly cap- tained no less valiant followers, the m¢” resulting in favor of Captain Tary Connell. After lunch has been partaken of at the close of the game the et ers dispersed for their yarious lomes, Mentally and physically better for the healthy exercise of the after- noon. N. B.—When the technicalities of the “diamond” have been fully and surely mastered by the club, it will in all probability, be available for outside matches. A return match will likely be played when the players have fully recovered from the wounds received on the battlefield. The beasts of the tield and the fowls of the air which took such frightened leave of their senses, and the field of carnage at the same time, have since returned to their wont- ed haunts, I. 0. G. T. Particulars will be giv- Newry. Mr. Moore, of errs was visiting in our town last we Mrs. Zi iannan, — Simcoe, is the guest ‘of Mrs. A. H. Wynn this week. David Wynn, of Osborne, spent sev- Paton al with his brother, ALLL. Wynn this v Tom Carter had aslice of steel fly from one of the hammers and lodge in his pent, hurting it somewhat for a day or Mr. Holmes is out nearly every week- day with his van, we belieye he is doing a brisk trade; he keeps good goods, give hima trial. The Atwood boys and_ their honey- sweets went flying ‘through here bright and early on the morning of May 2ath, resumably on their way to Mitchell. wonder if they came back as early as they went? The majority of the Newry sports went fishing on May 25th. ‘The poor fish suffered terribly, somewhere in the vicinity of @ small wagon load of the finny tribe were hooked from their ele- ment and wickedly deposited in the frying pan, to make nomention of what followed. ScuooL ReEeport.—The following 4 the relative standing of the pils of Newry school for themonth of May, ac- id Yd to the examinations held week- ly:—Junior Third Class—Annie Dan- brook, Lavina Gilkinson, Sarah Struth- ers, 5. Newstead, Susie Johnson and C. II. Couiter (equal), Eva Gee, J. Sim son, Richie Morrison, ‘Tilda eosin, Olive Attridge, Robbie Johnson, David Dunlop. Senior Third Class—Carrie | ™ Gilmer, Maud Coulter, Chas. Coulter, Thos. Fullarton, i agsie Allison. Junior Fourth Class—Wilhe Holmes. Senior Fourth Class—Barbar McIntyre, Fred Danbrook, Minnie Chisholm M. Rich- Fifth Class Vynn, James ;| Dickson, Charlie McMane, James Dan- : | brook, John Fullarton, James Morrison, John Hume, Robbie "McMane. Num- ber of pu ils registered _100, number at- tending dunng the month 82, uverage daily attendance 70. H. Y. Saurtu, Teacher, Grey. § ” Potato planting is in order ie week, Turnip sowing is next on the lis Adie deal is being done fn the ant) line in the township this sea- May, beautiful May has not been this pent what itis generally cracked up to e by spring poets and others. Miss Lizzie J. oo hlin was home for a few days from Clinton -where she is attending the Collegiate Institute. Lamb buyers and agents now help to break the monotony of the different concessions and sidelines. Big Bill Mc- Kinley is keeping lambs up ata high price this year. Duncan Johnston, framer, one of T- Newsome’s men, had the misfortune to have anail run into his foot, trom the effects of which he has been laid off work for several days. The 25th passed over very quietly in this section. ‘here being no sports of any kind within reasonable distance, some went fishing, others shooting, while the majority remained at home, either taking a day’s rest or pursuing their usual avocations, A lawn social was held at Jas, Mit- cheil’s on the 25th ult.,in the interests of the Society ot King’ s Workers of S. S.No. 1. Over 50 er" ners a on together about 6 after various games were induigetin by both young and old,the following program was carried out: —Musie by the choir, “In His name” o ening address by the President, Mrs. Calder, explaining the origin and ae of the society; reading Secretary's Bia i rules of the society, etc., Miss Botz; two other musical selections by ‘the choir; speech by Mr. Ritchie; solo by A. Anderson; song by Mr. Mitchell; good readings by Misses E. McLaughlin and Jean Calder; arecitation by Miss Botz; solo by Mrs. Ritchie; and several other choice pieces of vocal and instrumental music by. others present. <A collection amount- ng to 59 was then taken to help on the good work of the, society, after which all partook heartily of the really choice edibles so liberally prepared for the oc- casion. The evening was very pleasant- i spent in social chat and the company sen about 10 o'clock. - Brussels. A wing is being See big the west side of the Queen’s hotel b B. Gerry left W ediientay for a trip to the Northwest. A pleasant time. Brussels cricket club is talking of eae amatch with Seafurth Willow Recent frosts are cgi! 2 with the oe of small fruits in this neigh- orheo A new hardwood ceiling has been put in MeIntosh & MecTaggart’s bank as the plaster was badly broken. D. Jamieson has purchased a lot north of the railroad, near the agricultural park, and will erect a dwelling thereon this summer, The contract of grading the race course was begun last week. The large scrapes for the purpose was secured from Belmore. Alex, Strachan has placed a fine new Taylor safe in the oflice of his store, This one replaces the safe damaged by |° the fire last November. In taking down the derrick of the windmill F riday evening, May 22nd, the structure tell with a crash, demolishing one side of the large water ‘tank. A dozen members of St Johns church made a bee Wednesday, May 27, and erected a very convenient and com- one woodshed at the rear of the churek The — -nic at H. Ball's ‘“ Ray) we under the auspices of the >C, of the Methodist church w a a <s jen joyable affair. The amusements were foot ball, base ball, ete. A meeting of Knox church congrega- tion was held on Friday afternoon of last week to take into consideration the question of moderating in a call to fill the vacancy now existing. Wednesday afternoon, May 27, a wedding party drove to Seaforth where the matrimonial knot was tied between Wm. Denbow and Miss Sarah Manser, The contracting parties were attended by Miss Emma Denbow, sister of the groom, and Samuel Carter, all of Brus- sels. At the celebration in Wingham on May 23th, Jno. McBain, of ‘Brassels, took six prizes, as follows:—Ist in the 100 yard, 200 yard and three-legged races, standing jumpandrunning.jump, and 2nd in the running hop, step and jump. It takes a hustler to out foot Jack, Mr. Good is obliged to withdraw his business from Brussels owing to the fact that his landlord has made a de- mand for the possession of the premises he now occupies, and as there is not an other available sture in the place Mr. Good will be —— to bring to Sea- ey nag a stock remaining unsold on the 2 a pore shipped on the steamship, Lake Huron, from Montreal, were seiz- ed at Liverpool a and held on account of suspicion of pleuropneumonia, A por- tion of thecargo is the property of E. Watson, Blyth, and is in charge of Walter Richardson and Jas. Bolger of this vicinity. The cattle were reivanud at the time of writing. - Listowel. oy + of Toronto, is at present n tow son Bowman left last week for Quebec city where he will spend the summer wife of Rey. Will visitin Mrs. Bel W. Bell, formerly ay Listowel, died it the manse in Newmarket, on Tuesday, 26th ult. W. R. Tiffin, superintendent G. T. R was in town last week-and held an inter? }View with the directors regarding the site of the new facto Owing to sickness Rev. Mr. Brandon of Monkton, did not preachin the Meth: odist church last Sunday and in conse- genre the pastor, Rev. J. Livingstone, led the pulpit. Next Sunday bein Conference Sunday the Methodist an punercgational churches will unite, Mr. tchard preaching in the Congrega- tional churchin the morning andin the Methodist at night. yy . Elma. Jas. Dickson, jr., is alay represent- ative to the General Assembly, which meets in Kingston on June 10. Jno. A.Morrison had the frame of his barn successfully raised at week. W ping hands make light work ung Coulter has greatly i improv ed the fron of his lot by the addition of « substantial net-wire fence; others are to foliew suit soon Edward Guy, of the Queen's hotel, Tara, and Robert Guy, of the Central Business College, igi y epee May 24th with Nap Guy, of Elm George Adams, 8th con, = rather too. young to be called grandpa one would think, but such he is nevertheless. He ae it makes-him feel quite aged. ames Leonard, 6th con., had a valu- able two year- old’ colt—die—this week. An alarming number of colts in Various parts of the township are known to have died this spring. John Leonard, 6th con., had a valu- able milch cow hooked to death on Thursday of last week. ‘The animal was well worth 850. a = a heavy loss at this ——- of the bie r, On Tuesday last a little-girl of James Ross, 8th con., fell while playing and broke her collar bone. She was taken to Dr. Ilamilton’s surgery, Atwood, and had her injuries properly attended to. Ata meeting héld in S$. 8. No, 7, on Tuesday, 2ndinst., it was thought ‘advis- able to change the date of the pienic, which is to beheld in Fisher’ s grove, 12th con., from the 26th inst. to Friday, 19th inst. Therefore all those who contem- plate attending a good picnic are re- quested to remember the changeof date as the managing committee are bound to make this the most successful picnic ever held inthe township. Sonoon -RePorr.—The following Ss the standing of the pupils ins. S. No. for the month of May. Names in andes of merit:—Fifth Cliss—Ernest eee Wm. Hamilton. Junior Fourth € —Maud Harris, Bert Turnbull,‘ rm é Shannon. Senior Third Class— Wood Welsh, Etta Shannon, Edith Iarris, 'T. Peebles; Thos. Hamilton, Id. Gaynor. Junior Third Class—Rachel Laidlaw, lt Gaynor, Alice Tiunter, J. Ed eth E. Wilson, 'B. Laidlaw, A! Fogal, Gaynor, A. unter, Lottie Adams. | Average aviendanee ‘for the month 47. J. W. Wann, Teacher. STATISTICAL.—Through the kindnéss of Clerk Fullarton we are enabled to pablish. the pater ing interesting statis- ties: 1 umber of ‘acres assessed in the toys of Elma for the year | 1891, 67,228; total assessed value, $1,- 513, 490; cleared land, 39,568 acres; ‘hard- wood land 3 4181 ¢acres; swamp or waste’ land, 23,3623¢ acres; railway land, 129 acres; non-resident land, 450 acres; No. of children between 5 and 16 years of age, 1,071; between 7 and 13 years, 669; between 16 and 21 years of age, 400; total male persons betwean 21 and 60, 889; total residents, 3,973; number of births 1890, 83; deaths, ; total No. cattle, 8.231; sheep 2 2,995; pigs, 3.431; ho rses, 2.- 193; No.of acrss In orchard 457; fall wheat, 3,132; steam boilers, 25. Atwood Public School. Following is the rel: relative ernie the pupils of the Atwood publi¢ school for the month of May, names in order of merit:— SENIOR. DEPARTMENT. Entrance class—elia Irwin, Albert Robertson, Kate Pnest, Mayne Hamil- ton, Nellie Hoar, Wilson Mitchell, Frances Mader, Florence Stacey, nie Corrie. Junior 4th—Johu Dickson, Robena Dickson, Hugh Porter, Edith obama Hattie Challenger, Richard Holmes. Senior 3rd—Mary’ Murray, Wm. Rogers, Elgin Robertson, John Corrie, Lizzie Graham, Burt Wilson, Jno. Skalitzky, Bella Pelton, Hannah Priest, Eva Priest, Russel Be ll, Edith Hope, "Martha Thompson, W m. IToar, Gertie Hummason, Meivyn Granam, Bee Dann, Russel Switzer, Annie Gid- dins, Wm. Blair, Jane Graham. Junior 3rd class—Berthia Murray,gJane Mur- ray, Agnes Dickson, Jane McAllister, Minnie Porter, Sam. " skalitzky, Eunice Dunn, Beutrice Graham, Eva Hastings, Maggie Tindal, Colin Cameron, Flor ence W, dison, Elsie Klump, Jemima Gra- ham, Wm. Hope, George Corrie, Alice Tennant, Fanny brown, Gorge Grown, Alfred Challenger, Wm. Hoar, Henry - Reid, 1. HARDING, Teacher. senien TerAeEaerh Senior Second class—J Second—Elsie § — rushers Hen ry Robert- son, Elsi Gord Muss M. Dunn, Teacher.