Perth Courier - Comings and Goings
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Auction
For
Bigamist—Mr. James Watson, shoemaker,
formerly of
For
Extensive Purchase:
Mr. Hugh Byron has just returned from the
To Manitoba: Three of our young men, Messrs. Jas. Coombs, Thomas Kirkham, and Thomas Scott will leave this town for Winnipeg next Tuesday.
For the Asylum—On Monday morning last Mr. John Lee, turnkey of the Perth jail, left here with two lunatics in his care bound for the Rockwood Asylum, Kingston. The unfortunate were Edward Lee of Bathurst and a young man named Ferguson of Dalhousie.
Hymeneal—They still go! Mr. M. Edward O’Brien, Prescott, and for so long our dearly loved townsman, has gone and taken a fair daughter of Kingston for his wife. And now, also, Mr. James H. Stewart, assistant teacher in the high school here, has done a similar thing, his bride coming from Carleton Place. There are yet several young and old bachelors both in Prescott and in Perth who should go and do likewise without further delay.
Smith’s Falls: Quite a large number of young men have left this place lately for California and more are going immediately. Our townsman Mr. William J. Magee, carriage maker, accompanied a group of emigrants to Nevada, where he has landed safely.
Smith’s Falls: Mr. Turgoon, barber, and Mr. N. Bawlf, left for Manitoba last Tuesday. Mr. Turgoon has received an appointment as Landing Waiter at Winnipeg and we believe Mr. Bawlf has prospects in the same direction. Mr. Turgoon will make a careful and efficient officer. Mr. J. L. Reed, who has been a prominent character in all of our municipal meetings, has removed to Pembroke.
Gone West: Dr. Duncan H. Cameron, of this place, who recently graduated at McGill, has gone to Western Ontario to make his first business stand in life.
The old post office building at the corner of Gore and Harvey Streets was knocked down at auction sale last Tuesday to Mr. Michael Cathcart for $1,200. The purchase includes the old brick building adjoining. The rough cast building, once owned and occupied by Judge Deacon of Pembroke was brought in by the mortgage Professor Snodgrass of Kingston for $850. The latter building had fine grounds attached but the house was not of the kind that could be readily sold and the mortgage consequently went low.
Almonte: The exodus to the western countries continues—on Wednesday Messrs. George Storey, James Latimer and William Boyd and families of Huntley and Fitzroy departed thence.
Mining in Colorado—Mr. George Oliver, Perth, has accepted the position of manager of a silver mine in the Colorado Territory. He will start for that part of the world in June, probably to remain till winter.
Smith’s Falls: Mrs. George Houston of Fitzroy Township states that the scarlet fever has been prevalent in that section. Mrs. William Fulford died recently and Robert Carruthers of Huntley lost three children to the disease.
Appointment of Assignee—Mr. William H. Grant of this place has been appointed official assignee for the County of Lanark. Anyone who has a notion of going into insolvency will find Mr. Grant able and willing to help them. Mr. James Dowdall, Almonte, of the law firm McDonnell and Dowdall, has also been appointed an assignee for this county.
Mr. Fred W. Casey, Smith’s Falls, has been appointed Notary Public by the Lieutenant Governor.
Sheriff Thompson left town last Tuesday evening to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law the late James Wilson, of Buckingham, Quebec.
For Manitoba: Mr. John Mair, Jr., Lanark, left this station last Saturday for Manitoba where he intends to remain for a month or two “spying out the land”.
From Colorado: Mr. George Oliver has returned from Colorado but intends going back there for the winter and taking his family with him.
California Correspondence—In last week’s and this week’s issue will be found most interesting letters from California by Mr. Gavin Toshack, lately engaged on the editorial staff of the Almonte Gazette. Mr. Toshack has told the story of his voyage there in very graphic terms and we hope to publish his experiences in the “land of the gold” in the shape of equally interesting letters in future issues of the Courier.
Removal—Almonte: The Rev. J. K. McMorine, who has been for many years pastor of the Congregation of St. Paul’s Church (Episcopalian) in this place will remove shortly to his new field of labor at Prince Arthur’s Landing. Mr. McMorine will be missed by many besides his congregation after the part he took in matters of public interest especially in education, which won him general respect.
On Saturday last two men, Mr. James Richardson and Mr. James Taylor, both of North Elmsley were out in a rowboat on Ottway Lake about three miles from Perth. Taylor was rowing and Richardson, who was rather the worse of liquor at the time, was standing up in the bow holding a bottle of liquor in his hand. While in this position the latter lost his balance and fell overboard and his companion being unable to render him any assistance, poor Richardson was drowned. The lake at this spot was searched for his remains but at the time of this writing, the body has not been found, though the destroyer of poor Jim—the bottle of whiskey—was picked up floating on the water nearby. Deceased was a laboring man, hard working when sober, good natured and reckless when inebriated, in which state he was found very often, it turns out. When will men take warning and society banish the demon of alcohol from its limits.
New Bakery—Mr. William A. McLaren will open a new bakery in Dr. Grant’s new brick building on Gore Street in a few days.
Pembroke: Found at Last: Early last Spring, it will be remembered, we noted the fact that Mr. D. Fraser, Sr., of Pembroke town, had become lost to his friends and relatives. Since that time, nothing was heard from the unfortunate man until the end of last week when his remains, in an advanced state of decomposition, were found in the bush of McLeuw’s (?) farm, Township Ross, opposite Portage du Fort. A fire had run through the bush near where the body was found and his feet had been burned. The unfortunate man had evidently wandered about until either overcome by fatigue or cold or both, and afterwards froze to death. Deceased was one of the earliest settlers of this place. His funeral took place last Monday.
Accident in Lanark Township—While going homeward last Saturday night, the wagon of Mr. Archibald Campbell of Rosetta upset and the load of filled bags fell upon him and buried Mr. Campbell completely and kept him there until about 8:00 on Sunday morning. The recovery of the unfortunate man is doubtful.
A worthy citizen of North Elmsley, Mr. Robert Brown, is about leaving for Colorado in the far west and before setting out will offer for sale his farm property, implements, etc., by public auction on Wednesday, 15th October. Mr. Glenn Oliver and family left town on Wednesday for Colorado where Mr. Oliver intends devoting himself to silver mining.
On Wednesday morning last, Mrs. W. P. Henderson and family and her sister Miss Georgina Dunnett set out for California, their destination being San Jose near San Francisco where they intend taking up permanent residence. Their many friends here wish them a pleasant journey and a safe arrival at their new home. Mr. George Dunnett, their father, will follow them as soon as his affairs here can be settled up.
Mr. Archibald Campbell of Rosetta, mentioned last week as having met with an accident, has since died, his funeral taking place last Sunday. The deceased was a native of Scotland and well known in Lanark Township.
Mr. Duncan McQuat of Dalhousie left here for Manitoba last Thursday morning.
Auction Sale—An extensive sale will take place at the residence of the late David Brownlee, Dalhousie, on Monday, 5th November at 11:00 a.m.
We are glad to learn that Mr. W. McKenzie, son of Rev. Mr. McKenzie, McDonald’s Corners, Dalhousie, carried off the $100 scholarship for General Proficiency at McGill College, Montreal. Mr. McKenzie worked hard for this well deserved honor and succeeded in obtaining it over many other students.
A notable want in Perth is about being filled up. Mr. William Mortimer has made arrangements for getting the milk from the dairy of C. A. Matheson and will serve it out to customers delivered at their door this winter and from then on. The arrangement will be commenced in about a month from this date. Meantime, Mr. Mortimer will call around to find out who may wish to become customers. The milk furnished will be first class as Mr. Matheson’s cows are notably excellent ones, while, coming from his dairy, the milk will certainly be the pure article.
Posted: 14 May, 2003