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volume 2 no 10 stouffville ont friday may 3 1889 whole number 62 travellers guide rains leave stouftville station main line v branch as follows- goixo west sutton mixed express mixed mail mail mixed sutton mixed express 825 n m 1100 4 23 p m 757 9x8 a in 905 010 p in 5 59 stouffville markets fall wheat sjruig wheat flour per cwt barley rye peas fens black eved oatu bran per ton shorts per ton hay potatoes per bag butter lard geese per lb turkeys per lb chickens per pair ft 98to 0 9s 2 so 0 40 0 60 0 00 0 os 0 28 0 00 0 00 17 00 0 20 0 00 o is 0 12 0 os 0 q0 0 00 l oo 1 00 3 15 0 50 0 00 0 55 0 70 0 32 is 00 20 00 is 00 0 30 o on 0 21 0 14 o oo 0 12 0 70 church directory methodist churchrev george brown pastor services at 1030 am and 7 pm sabbath school at 230 pm pray er meeting on wednesday at 730 pm young peoples prayer meeting xhursday at 8- pm congregational rev j unsworth pastor services at 103c am and 7 pm sabbath school at 230 pm prayer meet ing on wednesday at 730 pm presbyterian- rev mr knowles pastor- services at 1030an1and7pnl sabbath school at 230 pm prayer meeting every wednesday evg at 8 pm- baptist rev mr barker pastor ber- vicesat 1030 am and j pm sunday school at 230 pm prayer meeting on wednesday at 730 pm church ok england rev mr os- borne incumbent setvices at 245 pm sunday school at 1 30 pm meetings of societies and boards village council on the second tues day of each month v director ok mechanics inst on the third tuesday of each month r t of t on the second monday of each month a o u- w first and thud mondayofeach month in daleys hall beneficiary certi ficate given for 2000 in case of death h johnson master workman j urquhart recording sec public school board on the first tuesday of each month masonic lodge wednesday on or be fore the full moon of each month farmers club each alternate friday t o f first and third friday of each month fred w hill b a barrister solicitor etc formerly with nforphycv miller toronto office sanders block formerly occu pied by the late mr mclean stouftvilleont james obrien licensed auctioneek for the counties of york and ontario drders by mail or telegraph will re ceive prompt attention charges mod erate james obrien i stouffville ont dickson taylor 4 mccullough bimtiaters solioitorn etc money to loan omens daleys block manning arcade stouffville toionto r a dickson a m taylor bcl jw mccultoechbci kerr macdonald davidson 4 patterson barristkbs solicitors notaries public ftc- offices masonic buildings toronto st toronto and main st- stouftville j k kerr qc w mcdonald v davidson jxoa patterson k a grant robinson dentist will attend at millers hotel stouftville on the isth and a thetremont house markham on the 20th of each month roscmans hotel mount al bert on the 14th victoria square on the 2ut when these dates fall on sunday the monday following will be under stood- new top buggy the undersigned has a orand new- top buggy for sale cheap apply to j b jerman stouflville ap 5th 1889 cedar posts for sale the undersigned has on hand about 1000 liist class cedak posts for sale h mcdonald march 8th 1ss9 stouffville thoroughbred bull i have for service on my premises rear lot 2 con 9 whitchurch a thor ough bred short horn btjxl abraham stouffer mar gth 1889 543 mos thk pabis hair cutting and siiaving parlor stand one door west of sanders block main sty stouffville a complete ladies and gents hairdressing parlor haircutting singeing shampooing curl ing etc ilahdressing for balls parties thea tres etc in the most fashionable styles j w shankel proprietor hospital remedies what are they the growth of intelli gence in medical matters has given rise to a demand tor a olas3 of genuine reliable medicine the opportunity of the ignorant quack who grew rich curing everything out of a single bottle has passed to supply satisfactorily this demand this list of reme dies has been created they are the favor ite prescriptions of the most famous medical practitioners of the cy gathered from the hospitals of london paris berlin and vien na prescriptions which cost the patients of these specialists from 25 to 100 are here offered prepared and ready for use at the nominal price of one dolar each not one of them is a cure all each one has only the reasonable power of curing a single disease and each one keeps is contract sufferers from catarrh diseased lungs bronchitis asthma consumption rheumatism dys pepsia elver and kidney complaints fever and aguo neuralgia female weakness loucorihcca or nervous debilityshould send stamp for descriptive catalogue to hospital eemedy co 303j west king st toronto canada if your druggist does notkeep these remedies remit mice and we will send direct oo take notice i have now on hand a large quantity of dry flooring also all kinds of lumber shingles lath lime gray and white land plaster land and barrel salt cement plaster of paris hair all kinds of bill stuff on hand and cut to order joel baker stouffville april io 1ss9 local items now is the tim to scrub and put down carpets get your brushes and tacks from silvester dougherty the have piles of them new proprietor- mr martin of new lowell who has lately purchased the queens hotel took possession yes terday it willno doubt maintain its reputation as a firstclass hotel usk diamond wall finish the best thing out silvester dougherty prospective messrs sanders sangster and leaney were at several places last week smelling for gravel and concluded that gravel hill pro duced the very article take em off it is reported that horses and cows are allowed to roam at large at the east end of the village the inspector should look them up spofford has a special ready made clothing and carpet sale all this week and next tenders the village road com mittee ire advertising for tenders to supply gravel on the streets this is right and it is to be hoped that they will put main street in proper condi- tioiithen the street lamp business will bo attended to and everything will be lovely farmers club the next meeting of the stouffville farmers club will be held on friday evening may 10th at s oclock the discussion will be upon the subject the best method of hoe- culture and will be lead off by the rev h knowles these meetings should be of great interest and profit to farmers and should bo largely at tended see spoffords great advertisement on last page he also wans you all to glance at the window as you pass by arbor dav today being the first friday in may is set apart by the education department for the clean ing and beautifying of schools and schoolyards and the planting of flow ers and trees the object is a good one and should be entered into heartily not only by pupils and teacher but by trustees and parents who should sup ply the needed trees and other necess aries it will be interesting to learn next week what was done in the differ ent schools entertainment the young people of the methodist church of stouffville will give in daleys hall on monday evening- may 6th at 8 p m a grand musical and literary entertainment consisting of solos duetts quartettes and choruses by the choir assisted by the stouffville orchestra who will al so give several choice selections read ings and recitations by miss s- pearce of markham miss unsworth mrs eck and others of stouffville the program will be divided into two parts during the intermission coffee and cakftwillbc served by the young ladies a grand time expected all welcome admis sion only 10 cents plow lines and rope of all kinds at silvester doughertys lecture on monday evening last w f waddell lectured in the hall on the failures and triumphs of prohibi tion the audience was small he preached at the methodist church on sunday evening and addressed the audience on temperance at the close of the service after which he intimated that he wanted twenty dollars to make a payment on a horse he had recently bought to replace eno he had lost this town has been pretty well overrun with moneymakingshowf for uu- known purpqgcsand people are getting tired as it takes about all ones spare cash and leisure to attend to home con certs for local purposes the third partv on tuesday evening last a fair audience assembled in daleys hall to hear the platform of the new party explained by rev mr duff of toronto iic meeting was under the auspices of the gospel tern perancc society the speaker in the course of his remarks discussed at some length the nature and methods of political parties and endeavored to show that canada had reached a period in her history when the organization of a third party seems to be a political necessity the audience evinced the closest attention throughout and at the close tendered the speaker a unanim ous vote of thanks after the lecture it was decided by a vote of the meeting that the gospel temperance meetings should be held every four weeks in stead of every two weeks as formerly and that the officers should bo elected for six months instead of three the officers for the ensuing six months were then elected the proceedings of the evening were enlivened by the stouffville cornet band who also re ceived a cordial vote ot thanks for their valuable services moxev to loan on farm property- apply to r j daley shoot the hat and get a new straw- one irom bray you can select one to suit you from his large window mil school board a special meeting of the village school board was called on monday evening last to consider the means for relieving the lowest division of the school which is in charge of miss wismer there are over 80 pupils in that room while the aggregate atten dance of the whole school is about 200 of course this difficulty is to be met with in every graded school and arises from the preponderance of small pupils the expediency of hiring a fifth teacher o placing some of the primary schol ars in the next room was discussed and the latter course was decided upon for the present although it was recog nized that this course would spoil the giading to some extent spofford has a special bargain day every thursday but come as early as possible to avoid the rush sad accident a very sad event which resulted in the death of one of the brightest and most popular of the boys in our village occurred on tues day morning last at about 10 30 am willie miller of the mansion house was going down town and stood on the side walk where the west track crosses the street waiting for a freight train to pass watching the train he did not notice that some cars were moving- down the track on which he as stand ing the car struck him and knocked him face downwards on the ground the wheels of the car caught his leg dragging him along on the planks over to the side of the road when picked up it was foundtliat one leg had been crushed down in the space between the planks and the rail and the flesh and the sinew stripped to the bone off the calf of the leg also his hip was smashed and a large portion of flesh torn out his injuries were frightful and when he was removed to his home a large pool of blood stained the ground where he had lain al though conscious his pulse was al most imperceptible and he seemed to be insensible to any pain dr s l- freel was called in but could do noth ing while this lasted the injured boy lingered on till the afternoon when he passed away the sorrowing friends were completely prostrated by this calamity and they have the sympathy of all willie was about thirteen years and seven months old and the young est son of the late elijah miller who died two years ago his remains were taken to the baptist cemetery on the 9th concession markham for burial the service being conducted by the revs j barker and geo brown a large number of friends and acquain tances attended his last sad rites veksoxaxs mr h l vanzant is seriously in disposed with rheumatism miss barker has opened an infant school over mr dougalls store messrs r j niddery of clarcmont and j banbury ofaudley were in town over sunday mr jas leaney of toronto has been visiting for a few days with his nephew mr a s leaney mr edwin huber of toronto visit ed his sister mrs t a von buseck on monday and tuesday last mr fred miller miss annie hop kins mr wwatsonand other friends of the miller family were in town on thursday- attending the funeral of willie mill sporting squibs ed crane will have to do the heavy work for the new yorks this season uxbridgo baseballists arc slow in getting to work according to the jour nal a nine from uxbridgo defeated one from port perry at a game of baseball at the later place 2g to 4 the international baseball season opened on tuesday last the torontos were beaten by toledo hamilton by syracuseand detroit bv london we take back what wo said about london stouffville public school standing of pupils of stouffville public school for april fifth class j stouffer w mccarty bbougherty fourth class h wales w barkey c urquhart and b obrian equal senior 3rd class c flint k johns a stover junior 3rd class no 1 win wales hattio barker susie myer junior 3rd class no 2 r park e wales s peterman second book no 1 l percy r yake e yake second book no 2 m browns- berger n clark m minns second book no 3 s thoraan m yake p clark first book no 1 john barkey leslie park nora morden first book no 2 l widdifield j dickson a widdifiokl first book no 3 s size w booker a armstrong toronto street market from thursdays globe the ttrcct receipts of grain today were very small and prices steady about 100 hughes of fall wheat sold at 105 spring is nominal at 105 to 107 red winter at 105 to 106 and gonss selling at 87icto 83c barley steadv 100 bushels selling at 18c to 52c oats steady 500 bushels sell ing at 30c to 88c peas 56 to 57c and rye coc hay qmct and steady with sales of 15 loads at 16 to 18- straw steady at 10 to 1150 a ton for bundled and 7 for loose dressed hegs 725 to 7c0 beef 350 to 5 for forcqnartcrs and 050 to 7 50 for hindqiurters mutton 7 to jo lamb 0 to 11 veal 750 to 9 round about us reports of the damage done by the storm last week come in from all directions there arc 12011 persons of the name of smith employed in the united states postal service sir edward sullivan suggests au american bride for prince albert victor of wales john james session a young man was arrested at aurora on wednesday 24th ult on a charge of bigamy barrio authorities offer 10 reward for the conviction of vandals found destroying- shade trees correct mr w wood butcher aurora has made an assignment to ii c robin son for the benefit of his creditors a dividend ot 20 cents in the dol- lar was paid to central bank creditors on may 1st a further dividend is ex pected soon john larney alias molly matches a notorious crook was arrested along with a pal at the union station tor onto on friday last the salvationists of oshawa have purchased a lot and intend to erect a whitebrick barracks capable of ac comodating 1000 people a company of dudes attempted to rescue a fellow dude who has been try ing to mash a lady in toronto on sat urday they were badly worsted by the police a mysterious ball of fire passed over newmarket one night not long ago causing considerable consternation professor kent is inthat neighborhood very likely missmyra hurrell a pretty type writer of hamilton is suing thomas ocallaghan a wealthy londoner for b f p to m her heart she consid ers is damaged to the amount of 50- 000 o e corostoek caledonia minn writes i was suffering the most excruciating pain from inflammatory rheumatism ones application of dr thomas eclectric oil afforded almost instant relief and two bottles effected a permanent cure the port perry standard is riled at the government for not making au appropriation for the proposed new dam at the devils elbow or scugog river below lindsayand want to know whether the interests of messrs dundas co of lindsay have anything to do with the reluctance of the govern ment to take action in his matter about 7 oclock on sunday morning last the g t r limited express from chicago loft tho track about two miles from hamilton and plunged into an immense water tank the train was demolished and about twenty people killed and the wreck taking fire the bodies were burned into an unrecogniz able mass david walker of the walker house exaid capt hall and a h dixon of toronto were passen gers on the train and all escaped in jury most of those killed were ameri cans on the way to celebrate the wash ington centennial and their friends who came to identify their dead had only a few medals watchkeys and such things to guide them it is now be lieved that one toronto man named chas frazor is among tho dead his friends having identified a watch and a piece of chain as belonging to him the cause of tho accident is a mystery it is not known whether it was caused by an open switch or a broken axle one of the scarboro farmers who had been troubled considerably with tramps and beggars taught his dog to keep them away from the house the dog soon became very adept in dtstin- guishing a tramp from a neighbor shortly after spring opened when tramps bcgajrijo make their appear ance in the country a couple of lady missionary collectors called the dog watched them very knowingly from the time they entered tho gate until they asked for money when he pounced upon them tearing the dress of one and scaring them both very badly news o y -s- hm