ee -- d VOL. XIL. STRATFORD, ONT., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27. 1887. NO. 590. City Local Rews. "City Local Hews. " City Local Aews. City Zoral Acws. City Loral Rews. City Locat | Rews. . . ag Beet Mua 5 2 in xpular pastime For new hats go to A. J. McPherson, The Cabinet hotel will be re-opened by Snow in Stratford yesterday morning. Brantford ben a society for the sup- BY ss _-- iat all -- at aaah cod with the bape hooting in the popular { hl Cuenens ie now selling a good | Mr. Geo. Bookless of Guelph on Ist May. The oldest man in Canada 1s ssid to.t0 greats of vice. . kel plate Albert st, Seatiord rd. Good stoc * of men's furnishings, hats | sweet tobacco for 25 cents per TM. A little 'tay, son of "Mr, Police Magie- | Atthur Harecy, aged it, ile _reesntly becribe for Tux aa aay wi : nickel plater, 0 iat Rinater Sic Pharkoun. a baki m 1. Beau- | trate O'Loane-had the misfortune to break | took tn from Goderich to Simede, on] --a ive apley local paper, ae Flocks of wild duck ¢overed the Little | 8nd shoes, cheap,-at here jet your baking powders fro 2 : . rr Conductor Ausebrook's train, 1 r able setenty te caverns. = : , +-- ot. : of hia arma last week. It will soon ar per year, pay Lakes last week Being out of season our Stratford boys are adepts at throwing :0b's--neat to Avon hotel, Ouiarie 4 one © neal xportern ther ligiously alone. | stones on the streets, breaking windows mend. Housekeepers would do well 'to pesuse | Remember Mr. Joreph Sharman's big local sportsmen left them religiously a with a Sacatasit ' new basiness house waa erected on An Ontario street subscriber brought to | carefully the advertisement sf Cheapside | auction sale on Saturday, 28th May. The best assortment in am City of Cana SA00 Al FER UIArICY, , , | Erie at. alongside Mr. Rice's butcher shop | vur office on Monday what he called a| this week. He advertises a lar, jarge amount of stock, implements, farni- dian and American Hand Bags. Every haddy Just received, large toc -! of Base Ball inside ef an hour on Monday last. The | National Polie h y Its weight | ttactive assortment of carpets, vil cloths, | ture, etc., to be sold. W.S. Cowan and should have oe. Seer thenr at Bosworth sf steppes, af Balls, Gloves, +tTolice pave the enterprising build x ii ra et i sand ctr | house fur- | D. R. McPherson, joint auctioneers, "Dawn," new book by Haggard. * Lit- ave etc , at r if Duftan s cad ae remove it as it wns syainst oaraietenece 6} tnches: Will some of our Fadahings at very low prices, The city Assessors, Messrs, P. R. Jarvis tle Lord Fauntleroy." " Hen Hur," To Honsemes.--Stattion bills printed the fire by-law Grit friends beat this with their jug- Sekine anp Scuwen.--Take notice of | and D.R McPherson, are doing their basi- Lew Wallace © Krinapped "OY Steven- | while you wait at Te Ties office. The! The a eet of York, vacant by the |) andled free trade hens fessrs. 1) N. Hogg & Co.'s adv't in Tax | ness in a thorough and -- style. ee son... For sale at J. H Jafton's pct Berroa of cuts west of Toronto, ~~ ° : La - Jarvis, is the beat To Bon.prre.-- Owing to the building | [utes Besides a stock of costly goods, | There will be some eyes opened when eer Dr. Thos. W Sparrow, of Toronto: will e torn verth in thee zi of the Tia trovern- z Wm. Mel has have piley of cheap goods ; everyt } finish- their work, especially with people be at the Royal hotel, Stratford, on Friday | Get a Bottle of Holloway's Little Sto. | ment. There are naturally quite a num boom in Stratord, Mr. Ga: sand business |i the stora'ts worth the price asked, and | who live on their incomes. : and Saturday, 2th and 30th April. The mach Ville, for Headache, Disordered Liver, | ber of applicants for the othice, but the ap- His yards are near Mr. Battershall's, on the | the Vast aod varied assortments are all new On Thursday night Mr. E. G. Lawrence, "wl afflicted should carefully note the dates. Biliousness, Sick Stomach, etc., etc. They peintment has not been made as yet. N. G. road, where he has good stock of purchases within the past 3 months. This: manager of the Merc bank, in the Mr KE. J. Johns, of the weat end drug | @" small and do the business every time To ne EXLancep.--On account of Strat- | sand, which he will be pleased &, deliver | &tm don't say buy, but they ask customers | toen of Mitchell, formerly of S store,"has a full stock of patent medicines, 50 pills in * bottle. Only 25e. At Bos: | tora 4h, aving been created the headquarters | to any part of the city. (See to come and sec, and trust to the judgment | was taken with a severe hemorrhage of the 4 re drugs, toilet soaps, specs. and 'eye- | VOTH, Markee treet of the new Post Otfice Inspectoral district | ¢,,, Hatt. --Wilson Day's we Co. |! Purchasers. The stock of spring ard |jungs and has been in a critical condition glasses, and other etceteras of the trade.| B. 1 --Don't forget the social assem- | by the Dominion Government, it is in con engagement in Stratford on to- summer goods is worth an inspection. ever since. Mr. Lawrence was only married Go to him for disinfectants of all kinds, | bly to inorraw (Thursday) evening, in the | templation to put an additional storey on night (Wednealay), by performing " The Mr. Kerr Lawrie, foreman of the boiler | two weeks We trust he may pull \ Mr. Alderman Rigg informs us that he G rary institate rooms, under | the Post Office and Customs building, for King's Rival," The troupe hav« given good | @épartinent in the Stratford G, T. x, shops | through his severe illness. ; hes taken steps to haye the raw hide nn aang of 'the nl *, tae ager the accommodation of the Inspector and | .atistaction here, and especially so, has | since 187s, oe i - a. and] The Jubil jospital in Stratford " nuisance, comp so griveously | *'° ts are tad. 5c., and & pleasant tame | his staff. Miss Annie Bird, the child actress. Aon yesterday (Tuesday) left for Montreal. | scheme seems to have collapsed. The few about by a lady subscriber last week, | ™* be expecte G O. Ramway Coxnvcrons.--Mr. H. C. | fine silver piteher and goblet will be com- | Mr. Lawrie is a first-class mec! , and -- oan ot Stratford don't seer abated forthwith. He deserves the thanks} Mr. R. RB. Gould:ng, hardware merchant, | Mes, of this city, Conductor on the Grand | peted for cnigarening, by numbered tickets | has been over 20 yeara in Ce G, T. - Sin a by of everybody who has ever had a whiff of | old Albion block, is doing a 'land office' | Trunk Railway, will represent Stratford | given at the service. 'Ihe men in the shops, as well as | « ae SM handsomely " in that tas. the plague stench. trade in supplying plate glass fronts fer the | division No. 15, at the Grant Order meet- A fatal nealdent occurred at Kincardine | ® !atge number of citizens who enjoyed his | Or, Or, parbape, je reason is that they do not peor Oe ARE SG: Dre--and Mars. | 8ny improvements going on ip business | ing of Railway Conductors at their next on Saturday the 9th inst., in Clement acquaintance, feel regret at having to part ch for people whe w a . er E. Ahrens, of this city, Thursday last, houses the new 'Stores kon to' be in| annual 'session, on" May 1Oth,in--New Or- olland betag drowned the Penetangore Penetangore { with him, We wish Mr. Lawrie success litde cheap honor in the matter __ lebrated their r paper weddin ing--the firat | Process of erection. , | leans, La, We wish Mr. Iles and his good | piver at that place While removing a| * er he may be loca' D. D. Hay, Eaq., Re t for N anniversary of their marriage. A sumber| Rrrrenx nv a Doo. A little boy, son of | Wife, who accompanies him, a pleasant and plant ina mill de m yi crow me Askixe vor Iscrsasxy Pay. -- This Perth, is ie presen a _= a nt ton Mr. Michae: Ready, residing in Shakes- | profitable time fell week a «deputation will be sent by the the Medical and Surgical eet, the "ate and hostess were made the re-| peare ward, was severely bitten by a dog Death rrom Caxcer.--Mr. Donald Brotherhood of kemen and the Rattle Creek, Mich., for the t fit cipients of several handsome ts. laet week Mr. Ready discovered the} Ross, sr., of the G.T.R., for many years a Brotherhood. of Conductors belonging to} }osith We earn that be : Srratronp Base Bat Leacce.--A | #nimal, and he was preg despatched. | resident of Romeo Ward, Stratford, died was the Grand Trunk Railway of this section, | has received conat. erable benefit f from the e fieeti of bessballista was held. at the | If he bad killed 100 of these usclesa brutes | on Friday last, after a lingering illnexe er to Montreal, to seek audience with the medica treatment accorded him there. : ing | Ho pod laat Friday evening. running about Stratford, he would deserve | from ra in the stomac eek. Thege was $1,500 in one of his} officials there and demand an increase ot We hope when he returns to Stratford, from the Smith | ¢*¢mption from taxes for five years. was highly respected by his tellow- work: | pockets, aaa miller, formerly | pay. The increase to be asked for is 20 | that he will be in the full enjoyment of Pater york fv Collegiate Institute, and Sertors Fatt. --On Wednesday last Mr. | men and citizens generally, was evi-| a resident of, and condueted a flouring | cents per day for tockamen and 75 cents good heal a .-McBride was ap- Henry Bowes, of Stratford, had the mis-|denced by the large atiiiines at the | mill \in Mitehell, and was wel: known to Per day for conductors. This increase, the Too ate -For some ka . ' ee Mo. H. Dufton sec'y. | fortune to fall some 40 feet off a wind. funeral obsequies on Susday many in Stratford. will on. an re : = I ain winted « ee anc I: : peer ting with th vin 1 ¢| Specimen of a large ornamental piece of The following were elected ger H.A. | mill, which he was assisting to erest, on The Collegiate Institute footballers and | 'Taig Burtpase Boom.---On account of ooting a the py giv en to employes ironwork in the shape of a "lion ram- Jameson, Geo, rk, G. £. R., fr, McKim"s farm, 2 miles from this city, | baseballers met on Wednesday last. Mr. | the large influx of G TAR. employees to the Canada South pant,' m on exbibition In the Vice-Pres.; John J. Hagarty, Sec'y- Treas. | on the St. Marys road His forehead was |, Mayberry was chosen president of the foot- Stratford, while the new shops are being} Havixe Loans or Fes with a Pistot.--| window of Messrs. Dunsmore & Sans ; An executive committee of two meinbers | cut witli a wrench he had in his hand at {bali cinb. All the other odicera of last built and the increase in the staii of | One day last week a named | store. It waa intended to ornament the ' from each club, to be appointed by their | the time, and beyond a severe shaking-up | year were re-elected. Afterward a mechanics at this point, the G. T. R.| Dow, (son of Mr. J Dow, of Avon | sutral pediment of the new Court House. : reapective clubs. he is not otherwise injured. This is the | ball club was organized as follows: Wm. pore ie purpose ting immediately | ward, the well-koo temperance-Grit | ft was placed in position on Tuesday. i Laws Texxia Cuun.-The annual meet. {| tecond fall the young man has had, and | McBride, Pres.; all the other teachars, Vice ou thei property inthe vicinity ofthe station crater) was in Mr. W. Steele's veteri but wns slmost immediately taken down, ; ing > of 'this club was held last Friday, when | his escape from death seems miraculous. | Pies.; A. Tilley, Sec -Treas ; G M. Robert..| and works, awumber of nest cottages for | office, larking with a student named Jehan | ¢,, although it looked large and fercoious 4 the following gentlemen were chosen otf- eer tevlne pinche lant wre ite son, Wire Hamilton, A Macklin, managing en a gfe Thompson Pagar te the other veh saga enough in the window, it appeared more i. . - Vie didy, hav S teal ac o | commnuttee. umg@ing, o eric! been | pee C terinary p " Pees w. Maynard; Boc'y. Trees W. al » between two of which he went, New Ratewar ror Srratvorp.--A | ordered to femove his staff to Stratford | gn old pistol, which oo Dow's atten- hens oe The asrbitecs ©. Young. Committee of Management, thus escaping serious consequences. deputation, consisting of the Mayor of immediately; and set them to work on the | tion so much that ted it at Thomp- | has ordered a round ball or globe to be K. Eardley Wilmot, F, W. Gearing, Win Rea Estate Sates.--Mr. Geo. For- | Ingersoll, the Mayor and Reeve of Ayl- new residences. Before July sets in there | son's bead and pall the trigger. But put in its place, which ey show that la Lawrence, FP. 1. C. McDonnell, H. M.| man, real estate agent here, as as effected | mer, and a number of other Western wl. ~ = addition of over 1, hyo peop 7" ---- wouldn't go off, so it was re- | Stratford owns the whole of the earth. dohnson, H. 8 Patterson, George Kay, | the following sales the last few days :---|tlemen, waited on the Minister of Feail. tratford's ion, every day y! T. B Mothersil, A. J. Watson. Son Mr. Welter's house, next to rR. Jaly's | ways at Ottawa, on Thursday last, and | #4 _bringing= new comers and their | it went off, and so did the top of one = oon gt gost 1 ss Dare eed "changes were made in the admission fee} cooper shop, at $525; Mr. Burritt's half | urged the granting of a bonus to the . Thompson's thumba! The bullet did i am = ma 0.0.5 nA ~ this sank. ane of which was making a of the Daly Terrace brick block, on Erie] construction of a Tine of railway from work preggo hat nc rie Sgr minal fee for ladies, establishing their | street, the pottery to be changed into | Stratford to Port Bruce on e Erie. the 9 xatea membership Reap Estate Cu HANGES. 'Schonn veo. Bi or meye re two fe. pera houses on, or near, corner of Gore ud Neilson streets; Mr. pica ery stand and dwelli " Queen and Ontario streets neat cottage on Cambria atreet ; Bilbe's) liouse op Victoria street, gtacery, opposite Sillifant's Thew's good mR on corner of : Mr. Vanatter's and grocery shop attached, fr. ameron's (late right at K. K station; a neat ~~ house and | lot on reen shutte Queen and Al rt sts.; and a nic $260; that good ta, near corner of e Gothic one-atorey house, on Queen st., lately vacated by Mr. Severe, at only $500. S&S Mr. Forman's list herein for fuller oo # Doo Netaasce --Stratford is over- out with guns, and shoot t citizens turn nine out of every ten of the stray dogs which roam through our streets. Seriously speaking, the dog ' nuisance is becoming unbearable in Strat- t ord. "cura which run wild from dewy eve, and then make their howling and yelping inform us that y a day passes that and adults are not attacked by the vicious children early morn to night have got some 150 dogs on their list for this yer If they had 1000 they would be far rt of the real number ot cura whose habitation is in the City limits, 5! . City canines, were informed that in that whole terre | there were only three people who that they owned dogs when they were sessed ! The at a corner of the atreet the other day with one of the as- counted 96 Council should Onsszavanca.--We notice 4 his annual to observe the 6th of citizens "* Arbor Day," for the P and tal trees ornamen: Ta the thes of thin hin igs yl this ci ius uees ocee ate were aed oie , McLarty for the amount of b wd and many of them were 6 or 8 inches in ie 4 1 dents s ry for 88, the ame Matarie aed ee ~ --- They had been nursed and a signed by { and one Evans, who now let bi tak ) aie eiecencs tended with becoming pride by the former live in the State Mr. Box alleges that | | ers 6 note aha tied bce ts owner of the property, and it was no n the note was suld to him ine hy by MeLasty, and agg ve seapeni ys yd p> to eee shade when --_ that rie was Soe ae Bechet will Rreenhouse, Pieper E cnrough that Serciford, | es oar ere McLarty denis hands. In the Silver Leaf Geranium Mtr. night roug' rt of Stratford. he signed accuses Bor of Flynn was ' before the Police having gp ne ge oer ury at the last sit- looking Magistrate by Chief Herrington, and gave | 4;, pr] the Disision Bourt. Mr. McLarty as an. exc Rte ager op ese ent a long and axons = tion, there- one ore tajered nie hows house, - When asked wh bate "oe a : pte signed the note in pe et authority from Ald. house... He wrote his signatare several ~"Begorra, to | times A Fanrct saat His Worship the Mayor has issued upon the ay next as -- a shade ta, etc. aan Mr. Edward , took his little axe Henry Schonmeyer's three houses, corner Gore and Nelson streets, being Gregg's, at $900, and the two small one to-Me,t, W,-Mills,.at 3300--two yet left for sate--see Forinan's list herein ; Mr. Dyer's - and two lots on Dufferin st, to Mr. Pilling; Mr. Richardson's house and two lots, on corner of Queen and Albert sts., to Mr. Rierden, $800, and lot No. 200 in Gordon's Dunham, who will build on it at once. lots left there yet, at $75 each, or 860 eac for the 1 together survey, to Mr. 4 y has the contract for the brick and Tos sara Thomas Henderson for the plastering; Thomas Orr, the wood- work ; Jeffry, the guivanteel iron and tin work; Thomas Cale & Son, ntings glazing, cto. Mr, Graber is an old citizen, and has prospered since coming to Strat- he hes shown in erecting fine business buildings which would be an ornament to any Canadian city. May -- still at- tend him is the wish of Tux ' A Fine Prorgrty. --Less shen two years ago Mr. Joseph Whitcharch purchased the two completed northern residences in = y Terrace, Erie street, and also a land adjoining, to ---- any un- sightly stables bei is_having the t completed houses finished in the bast site, --_-- in gaa, water, ani every conveni- We te our old friend ry on his igo rer and wisdom. About ten years a beh ee at a cost of SiS con and ¢ Mr. "Whitchoreh motitese put to is "Poside $4,000, there isn't a bonanza in store for sue pw ll then _ ane -_ know anything about ¢ boom which is in store for ented A Rica Garr Ghana wit PaRgTRy, --Mr. Richard Bo: me of St. Mary wealthiest pe aloe ins recently charged by Mr. Daniel McLarty, of the sanié town, with ed gg a Police Magi- oe lg te O'Loane last etowtas I it was { it for the saonaystan ' The line will run from Embro and Aylmer, thence to Port Bruce, connecting with the various intersecting lines. Foravpo-anp Cigars, -- ue re- port af the House of Commons shows Stratford to have ranked well among the cities in payment of revenne on cigars and also on tobiccoes. The figures stand as follows Tobacco, Brantford, $16.903 ; Guelph, $8,455: Hamilton, $170,596 ; ; St. Catharines, $5,075 ; 20: ti f ; and Windsor, $3,208 On cigars London paic 9,354; Hamilton, $20,364 ; Brantford, $24,067, and Toronto, The actual number of cigars en- red for consumption during the year -- the ee was 92,046,289. ne.--We took a atroll through Sir. 7. M. _ Struthers' mammoth d ry & establishment ito largeat in Stratford, extending from Market st. sas through ts Erie street. The stock is replete in . departments, and shows off to good ad vantage. We were shewn into the myaster ious « ment known as the Indies mil- linery show o-- and our eyes were fairly dazzi uty and costlinesa articles on display --not to speak of the Mi n and their staff of assistants. It almost wale Tux Times reporter regret that he was not a bachelor. A Surnewp Stratvorprre,-- The gra Sun of the 16th inst., said :--'* Mr. A.C Macpherson, ee he merchant, of this city, hae parchased propery mo = oecupied by Sloan & Wallis, as @ ant, situated on the east side of Mainest st, directly opposite the city hall. Mr. pherson intends removing the Sen buildings and erecting theteon a fine three- story block. The ty ced will be constructed = e The young speculator above mentioned is son of Alex. Macpherson, of Stratford. summer in rnham' which we a this merni We found Mr. B. fully prepared for ¥ time, ld it ever reach us, In te he has asion 30 a8 to be strictly frost proof. _The price paid for this sears whe $8,000 cash. We | | understand nd that an fr at at an advance was im: a = Mr. Thos. throwing ugh a nie, he pioneer dale cemett pu the amy glare around thef 'Ballan Mr. Blezard. of Pete 'boro, or good-natared looking Mr, Rayside of Glengarry, as they sit betore the oid fircplace discussing the vesner and crops with Moses Uates, and fling confinually at a big-bowled pipe, from the burn Fample persons. "removed Mr. 10 a wife an@ grown up family of sons and daughters % mourn loss He was well off in this #rorid's goods, and was an open- hearted; and n , one who was thought of and respected by all who ed his acquaintance. In re | wet itics he wafalways a.loyal Conservative-- true alike @ his Queen and country. His funeral toa place on Monday, ani was one of the Ingest witnessed here fdr some time---his @mains being interred in Avon- cy. Peace to his ashes. Roberg. Barker, the recently a ed care-taller of the new Court ieee, a Soath Perth, rning logs legislative halo of wisdom -Pionzer nag, os Friday ames Boyd, of oa short Sinan at the age of yd was one of the few onecrs of Stratford, for al- tho nt of the township of Do w- always prided himself on being a rdian. Mr this localit# about 13839, from Ancaster with his family, came having removed leaves '@rorivity.--Tux New Court : Hoven 'sn Davarn, --On oo Maney evening | boo last Robert [J al : Dizp Misa L. ¢ a } who noted for coking G more rie thin doing either harm oc good, Ciesxixo Crossrxcs.--It seems to be an extraordinary thing Ts street merebants pay nearly one-third of our taxes, they have to pat up with dirty cross- ings at their doors'or clean them- selves, Year after year the complaint goes on, bat relief very seldom if ag comes. It is 6 shame and a disgrace that a flour- ishing city like Stratford should have its principai thoroughfares in the shape they are in, and our merchants forced either to clean them or sink out of sight in the mire. The fact is just this, the members of the Council in gene the Board of Works in particular, have not the slightest idea of their duties to the public. i le and talk less it would be better. Oem A Fooirsu heer pag hago Andison of Uarr Mr, Ald. McLarty, of Stratford, tg some financia! trans- actious lately by which wctg latter found imeelf. left reac fe = aome gment was given favor of McLarty, and the Sheriff of Oxferd ---- in met Andison ---- Andison t told him that it was in his pocket, that it was his and he was amicable settlement was Away Frou Homwe.-- Georgiana k one BY When be aaked for it { The co frail | as. After; ursin gaol Andison re:; E. Red Bre. ar. a eated the rats of t rege reference to the rise and p otier, the sermon was altogether Seathie priate and out of place. Why preathers will persist in dragging in the "tin-pot temper- atce racket * comprehension. Oud Fellow if he imagines that the mem- bers of that body either deserve temperance or any ae 'curtain lectures on sue! occasion Sr. am Mineral Water. -- Messrs, J. H. Naamyth & Co., at erable expense have secured the wholesale agency for Stratford and surrounding country for this celebrated mineral water. There is no doubt bat St. Leon springs, _ Mackinnaee Co., Leon has algo sell it by the glasa, - a fountain in , Call and their a his of the | ssitintens of theee ~ niet whe.