| Sagan: eevee Hat Mom mans BTR, ONS a? Che | Stratford, Sime a VOL, XIIL> AND @ity Loral Mtems. The weather has been very fine since last Satarday. Smith is recovering from his attack of rheumatic fever n interesting letter from Toronto came to hand too late for this week's Times. Rev. Kt. Ker, of Stratford, was offered the rectory of Petrolia, but he declined the offer The Court of Revision i+ still workin at the 1554 assessment. They expect to finish this week. ity Loral Hews. Der. J. A. Devlin, formeriy of Arthur, Ont., has located in Stratferd, having his office and resideace on Dow nie street, near the G. T.R_ sta _ asd opposite the Reading Khoom viin comes highly re ommended as « physician and as 4 Citizen from his former home, and Tur Tistes believes he will. be sticcengful in building up ® good practice in this city. os is of & genial, social disposition and rannot help but become popular with classes of citizens Lacrosse Championship. _STRATFORD, OnNT.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1888. Se ocr ~J semseeeneeenre--revent Sinaia timnig oe City Loral mens. igain Bearied Over! The libel suit ----" by against #x-Mayor Bact hia heen distnissed, muletei in "characther " at £10,000 as was wrong'y reported. . B. Wilson "not ten cen The Recent Highway Nobbery, On Wednesday afternoon week the case } young men, Allen and 1! of assaulting and rob- mILitany paxot RT TO SURGEON HANATAN, Dr. M. J, Hanavan, of Stratford, hav- in ing reoaired the appointment of Surgeon of Mfantry Secnool, at Londen, Ont., aor GROUr officers of the Bsth (Perth) Battélieg, determined to give him a suit. able farewell banquet. The event came off on last+Phursday evening, at the Com- mercial Hotel, in this city, and a very ryable evenirg was spent. The even- pad Wagdnything but pleasant, rain poar- ing in @rrents, and as the military and their gate filed into the dining hall, one would 'tuve thought they had swam to _ a of operations. The "Army in COUNTY OF PERTE GAZE OTE. NO. 671. THE NEW 4. 0, F. HALL, The Opening rromeonics, It is quite unnecessary to say that the christening services connected with the opening of the handwme new Ancient Order ot Foresters' ball, io this city, were marked 'by a bor untitul supply of water. y the Stratford Foresters is met by a downpour of aqua pura which has a disagreeable and damp- ening effect upon those who take part in them. hureday night was no exception to the rule--it not only rained, it poured down, the windows of heaven were faisiy opened, and it seemed ant if a minia- -- ow aes was creditable to the Foresters, bothww « society and as citizens of Stratford. "ae beliewed it was the finest Foresters' ball - Canada. (A volce--"* Hamilton beats it." Well, he was not jesious, and aa many of that city's best people were coming here tolive, they Weald #008 MAKE Die hall eqnal to Haniilten's. (Hear, hear} Strat- ford had not a bay nor a mountain te point to with pride, but they had « people with indomitable pluck, sot afraid of hard work or a little mad, and the of public balls like this and the Oddfellows' cm Market et. proved it. He knew the principles of Forestry well enough to know that it was a good society, bound tagether to assist their fellow men in distress, aad hehe > wee I A. i be ; a be i r reabyterian hy mn books, T< onic Sol Fe eohetponny 7 wr Prade sale at J. H. I Dafton's, Mr. H. Bruce Gordon, of Winnipeg, is hr-Strattord visiting friemt«.~ We regret to learn that his mother is dangeroasly ill, A meeting of the Stratford Hunt Ciub will be held thia (Wednesday) evening at the Albion hotel. ally, boys, for tally-ho. Tite choir of St. Joseph's church will hold the next of their popular entertain ments in the G. T, R. Institute on the Z3th inst. Mess... Kidd. Bros. of Listowel; et Chicago. Volunteer colt to Mr. J - Mabee, barrister, of Stratford, for $1, 000. Rev. Father Quigley, of} Stratford, was recently presented by the boys of Avon Ward Separate Sct.ool in that city with a complimentary addre+s and shaving case. Conductor H. R. Wills, who has for a tong time been a popular conductor on the G. 3, & L. E. division of the G. T. R., has resigned the position to go into "business at Mr. R. Me has « brick house to let or for sale. This is a splendid chance for the rail 'or w fature home now, before the market price gets up next' Yor amusements of all kinds Shaver & McPhee hav assortment. They have jast received some cabinets of #ta- tionery, canvas and old Saxton papet- cries that are elegant, to say the least. Subscribers who are in arrear to Tux are will please remember that our office is kept every Tuesday and iday ekenlng Bont bie afraid to eal: and get your | To-morrow (Thareday) beng Thanks. r 4) service will be-held in e Hote Memorial church at 7.30 pm. Ttev, Mr. O'Meara, rector of St. James' church, ag Marya, will preach on the +» father of Mr. David , of 3 'ord, died in the -- ¢ of Guelph, on Tuesday, 13th inst. Funeral will take place in Guelph on Thursday. The store .will..be..closed_.until Friday morning. lice are going ahead with the Bas i killing. They have confined to mongrels and puppies of low so far, bat next week s will be put | on in plain clothes, and an indis- criminate massacre wlil be ineugurated, Cheap Simon, the popular cheap clothing man on Market atrevt, this city, is doing a rushing trade in men's and boys' goer. both ready-inade and tailor-made. people of this vicinity, and cea pune pene ta the a folks, have the greates in the cheapuess of Cheap Simon's go, and are always pleased with what buy at his store. The Los Angeles {Cal.) Cactus ot Octo- Ber Vsti ayes --" Dee G: Hamilton Crittin; who left Los Angeles very much in debt, went to British Colambia, wherehe bonded 5,000 acres of coal land for $200,000 and then sold out to a syndicate for $500,000, He is now said to be about to return and pay off his.indebtedness at the rate of 100 cents on the Mr. Geo. Pike, aon of Mr. Joln Pike, of _ Downie, gave Tus Timxs a cal! on -- past; Mr. Pike- Mr. we in L. work o th meen River, British Colum greatly taken up with the rar West, and reports that the Stratford colony there are all orp et He will only remain a couple of wee A certain eotuiiows es unnecessary to menti taken upon himself the duty of doggi: citizens after night--lurking in alleyways, doorways, behind fences, and other places. What his intentions are, none but himself whose they have received insta uctions to see that he "moves on" like other people after night. very dog tag is numbered, and « record ho ne, flicted upon the owner of any i belonging to fw M Levert was a very decided = were» crowdéd with fepuudaites i and the. me Bodine ' " TS On Satunlay morging Me. WA, Gibson secretary of the Stratford lacroase club, re ceived from Turonto the pennant won by the club in the western district champion. ship for 1*S3, and is sow on view. The club met on Saturday evening at the Windsor hotel to make arrangements to go to Paris on Thankagiving Day to play for the intermediate championship, and we ope they will be as successful there as they were all the season. Attempted Train Wrerking ° the mixed. . teh inet Saturday night by putting two square aticks of ti r between the rails. Had a heavy one, and was going slowly, there would have been a terrible disaster. The object of the hends was to run the train down the which is om a very about half a mile east of the station. it been tle night mail train, nothing would have saved it from a complete wreck. The ic has ¢ intense excitement, and every effort will be made to discover the viltains. Imported Hand Music for Stratford, The band of General Booth's Salvation Household Troops will arrive in this city Dharaday-..next.{ Thankagiving..Ds ~4 15th inst. They come from London, Eng. land, and comprise 27 well-trained musi- cians under command of Sta tafl-Captaia Appertey, late of Her Majesty's service They hava orgsnized about twenty months, and have already travelled over 5,000 milea through Great Britain, over half the distance being covered on foot. _do/not receive any aalary, ~ cordial ratif ag enccemin Canada, being engaged fame: for the new" 'Salvation } Special ser- Salvation Barracks, in Strationd Shieh no doubt will be largely attended, and prove in an i The band will ize: home of Rest in Toronto. . vices..will be held in the new tions that has as avery | visited Strattord. The Globe Christmas } r The Board of Trade slision of the Globe | eteer was a special number which opened the eyes of many shers Canada can do, The Globe has set out to beat its own record in the forthcoming Christmas number, which as seen from advertisement published sevebatne be ready for deli i ber. This fine edition will be splenaidly "illustrated and will be accompanied by three pres- entation abet the very finest that the color printer Chief sinvu, these will be a faithfal reproduction of a .. O'Brien, president of the Royal Cana- { Arts, the ---- a and, as the matter Ay all wri tten y will be of..the highest clags and amen "iw mechani- cal execution the Christmas number will be all that fine paper, new type = the most skilled workmanship can ma St. Andrew's Society. The annual meeting of the members of Stratford St. Andrew's Benevolent Society was. beld last W ely evening at the yal hotel. Amorg th shcearet Ballantyne; M. P. P. (president), W. Mowat (sec.-treas.), Sherif! Huossie, Alderman Payne, Andrew Macnair, Alder- report of the man- agers that the applicants for pecuniary assistance during the year were but few, and that all authenticated cases ad been relieved. The net balance in oeanl of Messrs. A. Macnai and Alderman Gibson. ri chaplains and auditors were re appointed. The mode ef celebrating their patrom} officers for the care and pot a whick they conducted the affairs of the society during the past year, closed the proceedings. ey bernie te were dwell' Globe. {The above com oe exehiel, nodvrortiured the ea SUE What Tie omg testified to, and the magistrate gave the accused the "benefit of the doubt" and they were discharged. Itia to be hoped these young men will so conttuct themselves in the future_as to warrant the Magistrate's decision. Another Ot Settler Pasard Away. Another of Stratford's oldest residents was called away on Wednesday, 7th inst., in the person of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Duperow, widow of the late Chatles Daperow, at the age.ol 65 yeara, and 91 da *. > Peceared ~ had bese ailing for some time, and the loas of her hasbaud reyed heavily upon her mind, She was Tm at tutton-Cranswick, Yorkshire, England, and emigrated to Canada, with her late husband in the year 1844, coming to the present location of the city of Stratford in 1815, which was then bat a go | in the vast Queen's bush of this sec- rome hree of her family survive . Norman Dupefow, of To- and Mra. Murdock, of Fowlerville, Michigan. These were all present at the funeral on Saturday, which was largely attended by citizens, and the members of the Salvation Army in a body, One by one the g old pioneers pass Away from the sted 'of their toiling and struggling in the forests forahome Peace to their ashes. es aren Presentation to ex-Chidf Tas a last week copied ie Toronta Empire's account of the presentation of a "neat purse" to the Stratford Tagerol tion that the whole business was a ' take Rag far we were from 'being 'tem cli rom last week's Ingersoll "Tete a ce caused many a smile to overspreac countenances of our citi- zens who oo the facta of the case. The using It is coreg that an order-loving, law- 'abiding ames, | people who will openly support such a man as this, whom three judges said they would not ve on oath--the discharged chief of police of I Stratford, a» man who has a struck off the rolls as a constable wn has been tried for assaulting women cy 2 wonder if this is all that is due on that contract entered into, guaranteeing a cer- -- amount so long as he was eut of a Will Wilson's particular admirers and defenders, the a? boys, copy the above? We shall Important Business Change Contempiated. An announcement nt of a ---- sale by the firm of Messrs. David -N purentan '. Hogg Hl ag decided nership in a business in Toronto, the whals of the stock here is to be slaughtered The store was c' yesterday (Tuesday) to allow of the reduc- tions in prices being marked on all classcs of goods, and this morning commences a sale which must reduce the stock by some $20,000 worth by the first of February. The news of* Mr. Hogg's intention was a with regrets on all sides, as revel his residence in Stratford he has himself to -~ a a very "git citizen ad accessful business man. ring the entlerman's career a a Seabee | he made a host of friends among lady customers in this locality who always relied on' pro- r treatment at his and those in the Perth County -- a of receiving immense induce to buy. The stock, remaining afte Jan's eth, farnitare, et. will be for sale. Owing the terrific _[redy THANKSGIVING aa annriee For to-morrow (Thuraday) evening, at i aivlonks uansuall: , Offertory the aillani'e "Came, Thou euat of of Eve be sang. The wertian otk 'aun with the 'Gloria in Excelsis." --The Deniocrats have been hopelessly beaten in n the United States, and from the i ¥ pfell-on.a Jonen,plank.thestherovaniag and The reverend th" is forever wiped out. Harrison aud ¥ ive one of | Morton, as President and_ Vice. concerts. She iene 2ist, under the a ae ee nN the Ci : Bend, Go and hear Washington. re marae on payee the following | - otmeamanatee: ree never ATT Tutry waiter greater dith culties, The spread was something in advand@of what has been usual in Strat ford; aa ghence at--th tte Mine West Hagarty, and his staff of assistatite, were attentive and prompt in filling wants of the gentlemen pevount. The bi tot fare ranged as follows : sor. Maccaroni oye. " rina. gece Salmon ro i Sauce. Chichen: Serviapet C3 Cystom: --Grape Pehy Goose -- Apple Sance. a a @auce Duck --Grees Peas. --Cranberry Sauce. ROLLRY Leg of Méiton- faye 8 -- 'orned oot and nee ", rkled Port Wine. Blanc Mange. Charlotte Russe. <enaT. Filberts. Raisins Almonds. Celery and Cheese. Tea. -Col. McKnight filled the duties of rted the guest of the edi "Sharp, of Si. Matyi" re. S of St. mea White,. we the vice-chair, sup- ex- ex Lieet + Wm. Smith and aod orphy, Listowel, illan, ann Waterloo Hatt.) Simon on T. R., Thos. i * and ees he Queen," ~ wae nro that chook the and Lieutensat- "They a are Jolly Good Fel- pre and sai" Rary and Volunteers "-- = ea. an in which he re- joiced- at Dr. a al. G "ng ing he was leaving the ---- and Local ems0n. Sharpe, although regretting the Dr.'s de- parture, they rejoiced at his promotion, and were -pleased~that a few mites' ride separated him cal his old friends. Lieut.-Col. eon the toast of ** Our Guest," a whie was received with great applause. Paymaster Lawrence then read an ad- dress as follows :-- To Sargeon M. J. Hanavan :--The officers of the 28th battalion regret your from medi ---- in the exrentment { medi " D* Royal School of Infantry in London. tionship which has existed be- and the 28th battalion, has nature and with you in the largely extended sphere of usefulness to wines 2 in the neighboring oy you have been We are led from our eas bs sally seco that there you will coesaful - ee epg around pry: desire for your future bappiness WW. Lawazxca, R. 8. McKsienr, Mo * Aeriealeasal and M rear reir Sig "* Railway P na and Lira Simon Long. wag ai an ine oe, . "The Press "--Mayor rong of -- Lieuts. Hagarty and Rey. | Ww. W. Carson; the 'popular pastor ft Ottawa, ™ City of Stratford" Butler reaponded in a few a epncopeilice if marks... "The Learned Professions "--Captain Cc 'onsequently at .t the hour of of opening, 8.3 ng ° ere was only -- in the hall, and these vieeuged-tine: aeveke and went through the drying process Aboat 150 people were present at 9 o'clock. About two are ago the two Courts, ** Pride of Perth," No. 6,835, and ** Good Intent," No 5,988, decided to build a commodious hall, and last week witnessed the completion of one of the handsomest -- ters' halls in the broad Dominion of building committee . con- Snood od Wm. Geondoa., chairman ; James. Gorrie, treasurer ; Frank Pratt, secretary, and these gentlemen may well feel proud, as well as their brother Foresters, at the success which has attended their efforts. The work on the building was com- menced late in 1887, and the winter pre- vented ita being completed at the pare set down. It ia a three story, brick front, ¥" of with Ohio cut 'ame acings, being 95 feet long by 274 feet wide. The height is 64 feet. The mason work was done by Messrs. Filey Bros., contract price, $9,000, their father having pone after -- the contract. The round floor has by wd fitted up by A ctageene eee, asa 8 store for Messrs, Franke & A nok. a sawten, red take session next week. e x and wood work of the 'walling was peg by Mr. Ben. F. Youngs The wood work is of white pine, oiled and var- nished. The ceiling is a beautiful piece of workmanship, and the whole aay ec is = the latest style of finish, In th are two hot air furnaces, oe the second -- are ing throughout. suites of offices and all conveniences, and to the «tore. to Racther-apantsrrmts Oe ne ouies oor in the bal of the Cours, | | fit tothe '} 37 & 27 feet in size, with a 30 foot ceiling aie the necessary caib-eachin. The room is lighted by two dont. uindens a concave sky-ligh pea stained glass, which sheds raya of "ot bn od t over ~ the: whole Interior. are well constracted easy to poping although it cansed the Mayor to by Win Th laz a $150. The weed wert in oil finish was done by Peters, & McBride, of don, and the plambing by Jeffrey Bros., Dunsmore & who put in the furnaces. Son will pone in the gas fixtures. P. C. hk. Ald, Gosden corn 3 ear Cc. ap bye. ag Mayor i i ale on "ie left lefeiby wo pout o rat For tede weet Shean jor it. | He sia building had been first pro- jected about two years ago, when, after numerous ~--_ the matter took a --_ ted, and "the work proceeded wit! about 0 one year and a half ago. The was to have been a last Doaiaber, but winter closed in so the gels, ") and ds theéré Was no inimediate Prospéct of of rental, the completion was not as might have been. He apron rosperous condition, on hand when par operations were begun about §3,- 000, leaving them $6,900 to borrow, on which they pay i'r per cent, per annum. He estimated that the courts would easily make a yearly cto Eh Bh 3 0 invested Th 4 Tt Was) still required to 5.90 an aed y be sug- gested that it be done b h member buying stock to the extent yf $1 $10. Three hundred shares would clear the bu ae i the example set on their beautifal banner above Bro. Pratt's head, (a splendid paint-_ ing-of-the.Good Samaritan.) they--weald-- prosper and "yas the reapect, ---- and esteem of ail good citizens, (Applause.) Johan Pratt followed with a well executed mouth organ solo; and Miss McKenzie and Messrs. Ireland and Foote sang the "Minute gun at sea," in an artistic manner. Mesars. Seager, Fraser and Wettiaufer gave choice instrumental guitar anieehinwt.. the iving some somik son Mr. 0" Caaas Ad Theased" the riseting in a brief and appropriate speech. He ded hia congratulations to of the previous speakers on the excellent struc- ture He new little about Forestry but waa sure it must be an excellent associa- tion, being purely charitable in its motives. He expressed pleasure at seeing ladies nt and ar ga = ey should be in- cluded in = order. (Applause.) M Vill.ams, of St, Marys, perman- ent secretary of the order in Canadas, He complimented the Foresters on the appear- ance of their hall, which was « credit to ed city. He was pleased to see present. Husbands would find ite benefit to have their wives present as in future when they explain they have been to lodge their wives win know what kind courts, It has been established 54 years, snd has 915,000,000 capital invested throughout the world, Canada there were 76 courts with an aggregate Paver se of 80,000. The courts in Stratford had spent $14,000 in the city. t $4.0 week and their doctor. here was a Juvenile branch in -- wi rder_ which he tho lendid institution. = are now 2 a Zone courts, (Applause.) Mr. John Welsh (on an official of the much than had gone anal age safely. Ranger J Foote con- 1 remarks about oe workings of the Order. He moved a vote of thanks to the ladies who had as- sisted the programme. Ths motion was seconded by Bro. Pratt and unanim- ously carried. After God Save has 6 heat girl and pat his wife The girl had $1 600. which the hotel- reson They bave gone to the States. all. zat went to Manitoba about eight yeacs ago. dislocated "his shoulder. had to be chloroformed while shoulder was po fiero Bans was however, A ee Saas eee ofa place™ 16 908 ~ALGRRGAOOREREEE AAI RAR ORLEEE 0 RP {2s eager