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w rg ftfff if if toninmk volume 2 no 17 stouffville ont friday junetl 1889 whole number g9 m travellers guide trains leave stouffville station main line 3nd sutton branch as follows going west sutton mixed 825 a in expres3 1100 mixed i 422 p m mail 757 east mail mixed sutton mixed express 908 a m 935 010 p m 559 stouffville markets fall wheat spuug wheat flour per cwt barlev rye peas leas blackdyed oat bran per ton shorts per ton hay potatoes per bag eggs butter lird geese per lb turlcys per it chickens pur pair 98 to 0 98 2 80 0 40 0 00 0 00 0 os 0 28 0 00 0 00 17 00 0 c 10 c 10 0 12 0 08 0 00 0 00 1 00 1 00 3 15 0 50 0 00 0 55 0 70 0 32 18 00 20 00 18 00 35 0 i 0 12 0 14 0 09 0 12 0 70 a church directory methodist church rev george brown pastor fvices at 1030am and 7 pm sabbath school at 230 pm pray er meeting on wednesday at 730 pm young peoples prayer meeting 1 hursday at 8- pni kcongregaticnal rev j unsworth 1 pastor services at 113c am and 7 pm sabbath school at 230pm prayer meet ing on wednesday at 730 pm presbyterian rev h w knowlesr lastor- services at 1030 am and 7 pm sabbath school at 230 pm prayer meeting every wednesday evg at s pm- baptist rev mr barker pastor ser vices at 1030 am and 7 pm sunday school at 230 pm prayer meeting on wednesday at 730 pm church of england rev mr os borne incumbent services at 245 pm sunday school at 130 pm meetings of societies and boards village council on tbe second tues day of each month 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 thiid monday of each month in daleys hall beneficiary certi ficate given for 2000 in case of death h johnson master workman j urquhart recording sec puislio school board on the first tuesday of each month masonic iodgli wednesday on or be- fore the full moon of each month farmers club each alternate friday i o f first and third friday of each month fred w hill b a rjarrisver solicitor etc j formerly with morphy cv miller toronto offico sanders block formerly occu pied by the late mr mclean stouffvillcont james obrien t icrnsed auctioneer for the counties of york and ontario orders by mail or telegraph will re ceive- prompt attention charges mod erate james obrien stouffville ont burns i taylor mccullough buviiwtevs solicitors 35tc money to loan offices daleys block manning arcaile stouffville toronto mtayuib c l s w burns wj mccunoigii bcl u ken mcuonalil davidson a patterson ibyvkrisxkrs solicitors notaries runt ic etc- lncrs masonic buildings toronto st toronto and main st- stouffville keru qc w mcdonald idson jnoa patterson r a grant -jk- kb f day robinson dentist will atlend at millers hotel stouffville on the istli and a the tremont house markham a on the loth of each month rosemans hotel mount al bert on the 14th victoria quire on the 2 1st when these dates fall on unday the monday following will be nnder- ood- cedar posts for sale the undersigned has on hand about 1000 fitst class cedar posts for sale h mcdonald march sth 1ss9 stoukfvillb to rent carriage and blacksmith shops for merly owned by messrs j e raymer stouffville- possession given at once applv to j a todd stouffville may 3rd 1ss9 lost on friday june 14th 1889 between p barttiolomews and the hist side road on the 7tb con whitchurch a avil- low basket containing a pair of scissors ladys cap specks and other articles if the finder will please leave the same at philip bartholomews or at tho post office ritigwood he will be suitably rewarded hospital remedies what are they tho growth of intelli gence in medical matters has given rise to a demand for a class of genuine reliable medioino tho 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 tho favor ite prescriptions of the most famous medical practitioners of the day gathered from the hospitals of london paris berlin and vien na prescriptions which cost the patients of these specialists from 25 to s100 are here offered prepared and ready for use at the nominal price of one dollar 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 abthma consumption rheumatism dys pepsia liver and kidney complaints fever and ague neuralgia female weakness leucorrlnea or nervous debilityshould send stamp for descriptive catalogue to hospital remedy co 303j west king st toronto canada if your druggist does notkcop these remedies remit price and we will send direct go to mertens studio of artistic photography for youk photograph work where you can get firstglass work at lowest prices photos from a post stamp to life size copying vie wing etc- crayon portraits a specialty wjmertens main street take notice i have now on hand a large quantity of dry flooring w 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 siouffville aprirft 1889 local items the pakis hair cutting and shaving arlor stand one door west of sanders block main st stouffville a complete ladies and gents hairdressing parior haircutting singeing shampooing curl ing etc haiidressing for balls parties thea tres etc in the most fashionable styles j w shankel proprietor ton tefritorry ifsinen every sorry to see so men going over omain when we have i oiery way real estate we wish to call at tention to mr r j daleys advertise ment in another column any one interested would do well to call on mr daley and get particulars concerning the properties he offers for sale ecclesiastical the baptist pul pit was occupied last sunday morning and evening by elder hainer of new market and tht jlcthodists on the same day had the pleasure of hstning to an old stouffvill boy rev paul flint juvenile picnic miss mary uns- worth and her sunday school class with some other young friends had a very enjoyable picnic on monday last in the fields just south of tho village we understand miss unsworth is to soon leave for winnipeg on a visit the youngsters as well as her other friends will miss her westward ho messrs jas park and dalton eekharut started onjpries- day last for we wish our success still many of our to uncle sa a bigger more desirable heritage of our own domijjhmpday tho ladies aid of the stouffville congregational church will hold their annual strawberry fes tival on monday july 1st 18s9 in daleys hall strawberries and ic cream served from five oclock dur ing the evening the usual entertain ment consisting of music recitations etc will be given admission free the public cordially invited john r clarke as previously announced by posters and in this col umn john r clarke will deliver two of his lectures in daleys hall on mon day and tuesday evenings next his subjects are to and fro in london and every day folk admission prices 25cts double tickets 40cts children halfprice the lectures are under tho auspices of the presbyterian church the weather it rains every day or so doesnt it let us see the oldest inhabitant says that although he was not present at tho time of noahs little excursion by the way it rained that time too one of his an cestors was and since that time he has not known such a continued long- drawn persistent regular and con stant season ot damp wet moist disagreeable weather except in eigh- teonhundred and everso few when it rained every day for six weeks the o i- probably is thinking of glasgow where it rains every day except when it snows not wanted it is complained by a number ot our citizens that nearly every sunday bummers from neigh boring villages are to be seen on our streets more or less intoxicated indulging in furious driving profane language and otherwise making themselves a nuisance this matter wants looking into these fellows got their whiskey somewhere and whoever sells it to them ought to bo dealt with summarily one of the great argu ments of the whiskey party against the scott act was that nobody respect ed the law and thereforo tho act was no good as we are to have licenses let tho dealers be consistent and respect the law which they have worked so hard to obtain pkrsoxals messrs r graham and r j nid- dery of claremont were in town on tuesday evening mr and mrs b rowan mr and mrs a s leaney and mr and mrs a von busock have taken up summer quarters at jacksons point reeve sanders was one of a commit tee of three who visited pittsburg pa on monday last nt the expense of the metropolitan street r co who want tho privilege of running an electric railway on yonge st sporting squibs the oaklands of toronto defeated the markham team at baseball at tho latter place on saturday score 12 toll lindsay celebrates dominion day by a baseball tournament they offer prizes of 50 and 25 to tho winning team the return match between the stouff ville and uniouville baseball nines was played on the grounds of tho latter on the latter on saturday last owing to tho heavy rain during tho early prt of the afternoon the grounds were in a dreadful state the water standing inches deep in some places the gamo was begun about 430 and as ttie score shows it was any ones game till the sixth innings then the boys found the ball and pounded out seven runs and virtually won the game hoidgo pitched and clendenning and wallace caught for the visitors while hemming- way and gormley ed eckhart occu pied the points for the useless nine mi a fleury umpired the game in a most satisfactory manner and it is to be hoped that visiting umpires will be treated with as much fairness in the future on our own grounds score by innings umonville 221001035- 14 stouffville 1 2 4 0 0 7 5 0 4 23 mr jacob d miller newburry writes i was troubled with inflam mation of the eyes so that during nearly the whole of tho summer of 1882 i could not work i took several bottles of northrop lymans vegetable dis covery and it gives me great pleasure to inform you that it cured me of my affliction it is an excellent medicine for costiveuess ialesttne it was very dull around hero sunday as the most of the people were attend ing the conference at altoua there has been considerable rain for the past few weeks but it is very good for the light soil mr baker has stumped his aidehill farm and is planting fifteen acres of corn and beans mrs edward hill of colorado is spending a few days with her brother william mr and mrs wm a qunntz have gone out to woodbridge on a visit we wish them a pleasant trip and a safe journey mrs gallaway from gcorgina is visiting at her fathers the members of the christian church are making preparations for their party on the first i there was a good attendance at the gospol temperance meeting lit the presbyterian church at ballantrao on friday night tho president w h jones occupied the chair and sarah e gray presided at the organ a fine programme was presented readings by several gentlemen rev mi mc- quay was present and delivered an excellent address on temperance the next meeting will bo held in the chris tian church at church hill on 12th july mount ah1krt mr watson and wife who have been spending a few weeks with their amer ican cousins at yoiingslown pa iiaye returned bale and hearty another picnic on the 18th about forty of our young people took a rim down to musslemans lnk6 where a pleasant tlmo was spent at boating etc the fate of the new pgs inst turned out by our brtchcrand bakir seems un fortunate the baker had a big run away the first time he bitched to il and our butcher also bad a big runaway miss lillic mann is spending a few days with friends in stoufiviue dr armstrong has 1 amoved to zephyr in place of lr campbell who has removed we wish him succcas in bis new field on 1st july the presbyterian church bavo airanged for a grand garden party which is to be held at the residence of mrs douglass on the 7th con a good time expected mr carrie and dr gould from tjx- bridgo spent a few hoars in town on thursday last reviving acquaintances atilxcourt miss mary patterson of toronto is home for a few weeks holidays mr mckay is in toronto attending the presbyterian assembly last sun day be preached at embro his old home and mr monroe of that place filled tbe pulpit here m and mrs t parker of toronto mr john parker of philadelphia mr c haddrillof toronto and miss nellie lovington spent sunday with mr and mrs w a kennedy we hope they all enjoyed their visit mrs fullerford of st catharines aud miss burton cf thorold aro visiting at mrs t kennedys mrs fullerfords mother mr angus the c p it agent here and his wife and family have been dowu with diphtheria but we aro glad to say they aro all recovering tbe york pioneer excursion was very neara failure this ycaronly 3 or 4 went from this station miss maud uaslett of toronto spent last sunday with her sister mrs w h ferguson the long expected comes off at last small boys and two or three women have your pans ready for next wednes day the annual part of the presbyterian church hero will be held in the grounds adjoining the church on july first tea will be scryed from 4 to 6 after which there will be speeches by several prominent gentleman in the church if the weather proves fine they expect a good time for some weeks past mr e abrams has been missingnumbers of his fowl and the other morning when he got up he found a large coon in his hen house between mr a aud his dog his coon- ship was quickly dispatched but not until ho had destroyed 14 or 15 of mr as best fowl cooney weighed 12 pounds tramps are tramping along the rail way lines in large numbers this summer hardly a day goes that from two to four are not seen passing along the c p r and sometimes as many as nine or ten are seen in a day last week as a freight train drew into green river station tbe conductor in passing over the train came across seventeen of these fellows on his train and when tho con ductor ordered thorn off they refused to go and when he attempted to force them off two of them drew revolvers some thing ought to be done to put a stop to this kind of work a week or livo ago a couple of these gentlemen broke iito the unoccupied house of mr amos thompson where they made thero supper and went to bed but mr t was sotry to find bat when they left they did not take all their cbiapany with them the fanners institute picnic held at ellosmcro last friday was a grand success the day was all that con id be desired for such ah occasion and a very large crowd of people took advant age of the fine weather to have a days pleasure at one oclock a foothall was played between the 2nd eleven of ellcsmcre and the 2nd eleven of agin- court which resulted in no goals for cither side then a baseball match was played between the useless nine of uniouville and aglncourt clubs this game was well played resulting in a tie then a footbnl match between tho eliosmere and scarboro village teams was played resulting in 3 straights for scarboro and during this time thero was speaking in the bush by gbsmith m p for east york and mr wilson reeve of york township and mr xvwrcy of wentworth president of tbe central farmers institute in tho evening the literary society gave an entertainment in the ball which was wel attendee rjcceds of the day amounted to tho handsome sum of two hundred and twentyfive dollars toronto street market from thursdavs globe the receipts of crain on the street to day were fair and prices steady one load of spring wheat sold at 97c fall and red winter nominal at 95c to 96c and coosc at 78c barley steady with sales of i00 bnpbels at 48c to 52c oats steady 200 bushels selling nt 3lc to 82c peas quot ed at 58c to fioc hay quiet and steady three loads selling at 13 to 14 a ton- straw nomina at 9 to 11 a ton for bundled and 6 for loose dressed hogs 7 beef 4 to 6 for forequartcrs and 8 to 10 for hindquarters mutton 7 to 8 lamb 7 to 9 veal 700 to 9 tcjw i 7