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Perth
Courier, July 1, 1898
Shocking Murder in Almonte
A cold blooded murder was committed in
Almonte between 1:00 and 2:00 Wednesday morning when Henry Grey, a night watchman for the Almonte Knitting Mills was shot
and killed. A blacksmith shop is
situated across the road from the knitting mills office; the murderer had broken
into this shop to procure tools for burglary. Mr. Grey, seeing the man, went out towards him and was shot.
He fell and died without giving any alarm within about twenty feet of the
blacksmith shop. Mr. A. Sheriffs in the nearest dwelling—his daughter heard
the shot but did not think it was more than a fire cracker.
The noise had awakened Mrs. Sheriffs who noticed that the office door was
open and thought she heard a moaning noise.
She aroused Mr. Sheriffs who went out and saw a man lying and moaning.
He thought he was intoxicated and got a neighbor to come and help take
care of him. When they came to Grey
he was alive but unconscious and expired in a few minutes without speaking.
Dr. Burns, coroner, summoned a jury and opened in inquest.
It was found that the bullet had entered Grey’s side near the heart. The inquest has been adjourned for future evidence.
Mr. Jas. W. Wylie’s woolen mill, was also badly wrecked.
Burglars entered this building drilling the safe but the door would not
open though it was completely wrecked and was easily opened with a bar.
The mill is situated across the river some 300 yards back from the barber
shop. No trace or clue is known of
the perpetrator.
Elphin:
The youngest son of Randolph
McKinnon was drowned in Dalhousie Lake on Saturday evening while bathing
with four other little comrades. Alexander
Duncan, 15 year old son of Robert Duncan, made a plucky attempt to rescue him.
Alexander Duncan who had his clothes on when David McKinnon cried for
help, stripped off all but his shirt and went in but the struggling boy caught
his hand and would have pulled him down but he shook him off when he came up
again. Alex made a second attempt
but the drowning boy caught him by the shirt when a fearful struggle took place
and poor Alex got out very much exhausted and his shirt torn off, unable to save
his comrade.
Jas.
Baird and William Strachan of Mornington, Perth
County, were renewing old acquaintances here recently.
The former left here 43 years ago and the latter 49 years ago.
Both see great changes in things hereabouts during that long period.
Elm Grove:
Patrick Ryan has been very bad
with rheumatism and has not gone out for weeks…..Willie Gallagher was married last week to Miss Barrie of Perth, our school teacher.
We note with pleasure the results of the
recent exams in McGill Medical College the names of C. H. Brown, B.A. who has taken his M.D.C.M. with honors.
A.A. Lang of Almonte; G.P.
Bearman of Bell’s Corners; R.
McLean, B.A., Arnprior; and D. McD.
Robertson of Perth are among the graduates.
Holden Love and W. A. Wilson
have also successfully passed in their respective years.
On Thursday, June 16, a report reached
here that Albert Stewart had been
drowned. The result was only too true although the details of the report are not
yet to hand. The daily papers
stated that Mr. Stewart and a companion named Deschene were drowned on Monday
evening, June 13 about twenty miles below the mouth of the Crow River on the
Coulonge while driving logs for Messrs. W.C. Edwards and Co.
Their bodies have not yet been recovered although diligent search has
been made. Mr. Stewart was married
last fall to a daughter of William Miller of Middleville and a few days later left for River
Dessert, Quebec along with Jas. Deachman
and P. Wright, also of this place. When
the winter’s work in the woods was finished, the deceased and his companion
Mr. Wright went river driving which he was engaged in when he met his death.
Much sympathy is expressed for his bereaved wife who is residing at
Middleville, the suspense is due to the failure to recover his body as well as
the difficulty of communications with those on the scene of the accident
rendering the affliction the more grievous.
Era
Miss
Boman (or Roman?) of Bishop Street, Montreal, is
visiting her sister Mrs. J. H. Mendels of
this town.
Miss
Helen Foley of Fallbrook arrived in town on
Wednesday morning after a year’s stay with friends in the Prairie province.
She was on her way to Ottawa.
Perth
Courier, July 8, 1898
(Not Transcribed in Full) Almonte
Inquest—The adjourned inquest on the body of Henry Gray, the night watchman of the Almonte Knitting Mills, was
held in the town here yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. A.G. Horten said: “Shortly
after 1:00 I heard the loud moaning of some one near by.
Presently I heard some one running by on their tip toes.
I was much too afraid to go out”.
Mrs. A. Sheriffs told about being awakened by loud moaning.
She awakened her husband and they both went down stairs but could see no
one. Mrs. Sheriffs went over to a
neighbor for help. Mr.
J. Rosamund said he was called up by telephone and reached the scene of the
murder shortly afterwards. Mr. Gray
was quite dead. By all appearances
he had died from heart failure. He
did not know the deceased had been
shot until the undertaker found the wound.
The deceased was in the habit of carrying fire arms. His night clock showed he made his rounds from 1:00 am and
the murder was committed shortly after that hour.
Dr. Kelly, who made the post mortem exam, was called. He exhibited the
bullet and sections of the body where the bullet entered.
The bullet entered the right side one inch above the hip bone, severing
the main artery which leads to the heart. The
wound was sufficient to cause death almost immediately.
The inquest was adjourned until July 8 at 2:00 pm.
Thomas
Cosgrove of Brooklyn, New York, printer, returned
home on Tuesday after coming to attend his brother’s funeral last week.
Carleton Place Sensation—The junction
town has its sensation last week as well as Almonte. It seems that Peter
Blair, 75, came home from Stittsville to Carleton Place on Saturday and died
on Sunday somewhat suddenly, the spark of life going out as he was endeavoring
to get into bed. A wife and four
children survive. The body was
entered in St. James Cemetery on Tuesday. Now
comes the question. On formal
information, Dr. Burns, coroner, was summoned to Carleton Place on Wednesday to
hold an inquest, it having been alleged that there were suspicious circumstances
in connection with the old man’s death. A
jury was empanelled and six witnesses were examined—Mrs. Blair, her son
Joseph, William Cameron, D.H. Griffith of Lorain, O., Dr. E. McEwen and John
Lamb—and nothing that would indicate unnatural cause of death was developed in
the evidence. The body was exhumed
and Dr. McFarlane made a post mortem examination of it.
The inquest then adjourned until this (Thursday) forenoon.
Gazette
Return of Convictions for the Period
Ending June 14
Trespass:
Jno.
Reid and Jno Denham, Henry Rescroft, Wilmer Fleming, William Wright, Robert
Hornebrook, Andrew Armour, Fred Griffith, George Stewart, Loren Griffith,
each fined $1
Drunkenness
Jake
Angus and Frank Bennett, each fined $5
Drunk and Disorderly
Jacob
Leslie, Dinah Harper and John O’Hare, each fined
$2
Selling After Hours:
Michael
Dixon and F. Lambert, each fined $20
Sale of Liquor During Prohibited Hours:
Jacob
Morris and George A. Jackman, each fined $20
Disorderly:
William Nicholson, fined $5
E.
St. James, and Jas. Phillips, each fined $1
Breech of Game Act
Thomas
Needham, fined $5
Insane
David
Morreau, committed to gaol
Battery
Robert
Cowie, complainant was Frank Boothroyd, fined $2
Assault
Robert Cowie, complainant was Archibald Calhoun, fined $1
Mrs. D. Logan, complainant was Duncan Ferguson, fined $1
Alexander Short, fined $5
J. Molin, fined $5.25
Richard
Duffy, fined $1 plus costs
Congregating on Street Corners:
George Dixon, Reginald Simpson, James Ennis, George Black, Jas. O’Neil, Thomas Willoughby, W. Willoughby, Charles Thornhill, J. Murphy, H. Easton, each fined $5.25
J.
Huddleston, John Davis and Ed. Marquette, each
fined $1.50
Vagrancy:
Jacob
Thompson, William Henry, Esther Majory, L. Shaw, Susan Bennett, Jno. K. Elliott,
each received six months in gaol
Throwing Balls of Snow
Jas.
McAllister, fined $1
Practicing Medicine Without a License
Dr.
W. McKay, ten days in gaol
Causing a Disturbance on a Public Road
John Salter, fined $9.75
James
Nolan, J. Conlin, and George Nolan, each fined
$5.25
Refusing to Pay Wages
William Hogg, complainant was Alexander C. Fraser, fine was $40 plus costs
Perth
Courier, July 15, 1898
The inquest brought out nothing new in the recent Almonte tragedy and the jury returned the verdict “that Henry Gray came to his death by a hot wound in the abdomen caused by some unknown person”. The case has been handed over to the Crown authorities. The Ottawa Free Press of Saturday published the following: “there are likely to be new developments in the Almonte murder case before the next 24 hours that may throw some light on the mystery and perhaps bring the guilty party to justice. The promised reward of $1,000 has been the means of cutting off information for the press at the present time but it is almost certain that the police will be passing on facts that will lead to the arrest of some one. There is a young man living in this city by the name of Wall who is said to know who the murderers are having met them at Smith’s Falls after the affray. He is expected to report to the chief of police and give a description of them. One is said to be “Michigan Charlie” and it is thought they spent the night in Ottawa after the murder.”
Perth
Courier, Aug. 5, 1898
The Dominion Government has issued their annual blue book giving a report of dividends remaining unpaid and unclaimed balances in the Dominion for five years and upwards prior to Dec. 31, 1897. From it we copy the entries appearing in reference to Perth:
(Transcriber’s note, below the columns are given as “Name”, “Last Post Office Address”, and “Date of Last Transaction” and “Amount”
T. Allan, British Columbia, May 4, 1876, $l7.62
T. Coulter, Perth, May 11, 1893, $15.14
John Kemp, Perth, June 15, 1870, $6.51
John McMillan, Chicago, April 23, 1877, $22
T. Willoughby, Perth, June 15, 1870, $47.77
Tennant and Company, Perth, June 13, 1870, $5.63
John Stewart, Balderson, April 13, 1891, $16.
H. Stevenson, Perth, April 10, 1883, $100
M. Jackson, Harper, Nov. 22, 1888, $150
Samuel McIntyre, Smith’s Falls, Jan. 4, 1892, $1,000
Mrs. Mary Thompson, Perth, Feb. 19, 1892, 420
T.A. McCulloch (in Trust), Pincher Creek, Feb. 5, 1892, $10
Jno. Campbell, Drummond, April 13, 1892, $212
Martha Willows, Balderson, July 26, 1892, $175
Mary Rathwell (or Rothwell), Perth, Dec. 22, 1892, $100
Isa. And John Richmond, Perth, June 8, 1897, $93.
Robert Phillips, Perth, Feb. 3, 1891, $205
Thomas Barrie, Perth, May 20, 1892, 4316
Simon Collins, Perth, July 4, 1892, $80
W.B. Moore, Maberly, March 4, 1891, $2.35
Kate O’Connor, Perth, May 21, 1887, $5
A Cameron, Perth, no date listed, $3
R. Neagle, Perth, Oct. 30, 1890, 412.50
J.
Cameron, Perth, June 30, 1892, $8.85
Alfred
Croskery, J. Ferrier and J. Pinkard left for
points in Dakota via Grand Trunk Railway on Tuesday evening of this week.
Mr. Thomas Campbell and party,
numbering five, also went by the Grand Trunk to North Dakota, last week.
George
Purdon has sold his farm in Drummond near the
first tollgate, to Robert Roberts, 3rd
Line Bathurst, for $1,400 and intends buying a farm from a relative in
Dalhousie.
Perth
Courier, Aug. 12, 1898
A little visitor has come to stay at Allan
Izatt’s. It is a little girl.
It is the joy of the whole household.
Brightside: William Miller of
this place intends moving to Manitoba on the first excursion; also Clyde
Craig and Peter Murray intend going for the harvest.
Miss
Ida Ferrier of Almonte is visiting her aunt Mrs.
Walter Ferrier of this town.
Hugh
Ryan of Toronto was in town on business on
Tuesday. He is looking well as
usual.
Mrs.
John Holliday from Vassar, Michigan is a guest at
her sister’s Mrs. Walter Ferrier of
Perth.
Mrs.
F.W. McVeigh of Detroit, Michigan is in town
visiting her mother Mrs. T. Reid.
Perth
Courier, August 19, 1898
Middleville: A great deal of sickness around at present.
Andrew Baird is quite
indisposed. James
Muir is still seriously ill. Mrs.
Thomas Manson is still confined to her room. Mrs. Thomas Pretty,
Sr., had a paralytic stroke last week and lies in a helpless condition.
Her son Daniel came down from Toronto to see her.
Middleville: Mrs. Elwood of
Smith’s Falls and her sister Miss Bell
of Toronto are visiting their cousin Mr.
C. Jackson of this place.
Watson’s Corners: Mrs. John Lorimer
was the guest of her niece Mrs. W.
McChesney last week…..Mrs. A.E.
Park presented her husband with a young daughter last week.
Harper:
A little visitor has come to brighten the home of Albert Leighton. It’s
a boy.
Messrs
Daniel O’Neil and Harry Jackson of Bathurst; James
Dougherty, Fred Rowatt and William Murray of Perth left on the Grand Trunk
Railroad cheap excursion for the Northwest on Wednesday.
They went to Dakota via Kingston.
The farm once owned by Alexander McGarry, 7th Line Drummond and later by William
Hogg was disposed of on Tuesday by mortgage sale to John
Armour, Jr., North Burgess for $6,000.
There are 200 acres on the farm with a good brick house and find
outbuildings. Mr. Armour may remove
to it soon. The late occupant Mr.
Hogg left for the Northwest Territories a few days ago.
Perth
Courier, September 2, 1898
Blair Was Poisoned
Ottawa, Aug. 30
The Coroner’s Jury at Carleton Place,
in the Blair case, returned a verdict last night that the deceased Peter
Blair came to his death on June 26 by being poisoned with Paris Green but by
whom administered is unknown. It
will be remembered that Blair died suddenly at his home at Carleton Place the
morning after his return from an absence at Stittsville where he was working as
a laborer. An autopsy showed he
died of poison in the shape of Paris Green and as there were some suspicious
circumstances, an inquest was held. The
principal evidence yesterday was that of Mrs. Blair.
She testified that Blair had come home complaining of having been ill for
days, also with a bad cut on his leg from an axe. He was vomiting all night.
She gave him two times a teaspoon of ginger in hot water but nothing
helped. Paris Green was in the
house about three weeks before his death. The
coat and pants had been burned because it was better to do so in case of blood
poisoning as Dr. McEwen had pronounced the cause of death to be.
Kane, the man who had been spoken of, was in there when Mr. Blair died.
He came on the 28th. Kane
had never made any suggestions about the witnesses’ husband. Kane first came to the Blair’s house to help dig a
foundation for the house. She had
always agreed with her husband. She
did not want him to do work away from home but he insisted upon going to
Stittsville as he could more easily get work there than at home.
The coat on which Mrs. Pollard, a daughter of the deceased, found Paris
Green, was identified by Mrs. Blair as the one the deceased brought from
Stittsville in April last and was hung on a beam in the shed from that time
until the discovery was made. The
other evidence taken elicited nothing of special interest and the jury after
some deliberation returned the above verdict.
Auction Sale Lands in Drummond
Estate of the late John Gray
Rear Quarter of Lot 13(?) 15(?), 12th Concession Drummond, 50 acres
East Half of Lot 19, 12th Concession Drummond, 100 acres
Part of the NW Quarter of Lot 17, 12th Concession Drummond
Lot 8, north side of Mississippi River
Village of Milford, Township of Drummond
The Herald says that Dr. Harold Burgess once of Carleton and now a practicing dentist at
Vancouver, B.C. was married in Colborne, Ontario on October 24 to Beatrice
Head of that village. Rev. Mr.
Duncan, Presbyterian minister, performed the ceremony.
The Herald says that a young man named John
Devlin was killed at Almonte Saturday night while getting off a car on the
Pacific Express. It is thought he
was caught in some way and thrown on the rails of the wheels of the train, which
passed over him and crushed his head out of all recognition.
He was about 17 years of age and was employed as a weaver at the
Hawthorne Woolen Mills at Carleton Place and was a steady, industrious young
worker.
The household of Thomas Pink of Pembroke is sadly afflicted by the death on Sunday of
his son Harold, a lad reaching into manhood. His uncle W.J. Pink
of this town attended the funeral on Tuesday.
Perth
Courier, Aug. 26, 1898
Mrs.
Mary Dowdall of Almonte has received a draft of
$1,000 an amount of beneficiary on her husband the late John Dowdall who died on
May 18. The money came from the
Catholic Order of Foresters.
Boyds:
The home of Wesley Willows is
brightened recently by the visit of a baby girl.
Prestonvale: Mrs. McEwen
arrived home last week after spending a few weeks wither daughter Mrs. Draper of
Rockland……John Draper has
purchased a farm from Michael McCafffrey.
This was formerly owned by Joseph
Miller.
Middleville: Three of our young ladies have departed from our midst this
week—Misses Nellie and Sarah Somerville
and Miss Maggie Rankin. The two
former have gone to Dakota and the latter to Winnipeg.
Middleville will miss them.
The Almonte Gazette says:
“Rev. John M. Kelly of the
town McMillan, Michigan has been spending his holidays with friends here.
He was married on Monday to Jennie
Stewart of Drummond. The party
drove to Almonte in the afternoon and in the evening Rev. Mr. Mitchell was
called upon to perform the ceremony which made twain one for better or worse.”
Mr.
and Mrs. James Bennett of Bathurst have gone to
Brockville to spend a week with his sister Mrs.
Brady.
Miss
Bella Lochead of New York City is spending a few
weeks vacation with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Lochead of Caroline Village.
Mr.
and Mrs. William Hunter of Port Elmsley celebrated
their Golden Wedding on Aug. 17. Mr.
Hunter is 72 and his partner is 66 and both are hale and hearty.
Out of a family of 12 children, four sons and four daughters are still
living, all of whom were present except J.F. Hunter of Bossevain, Manitoba. L
Rev. R.C.H. Sinclair of Oliver’s Ferry was the minister present.
The tide of emigration from Lanark to
Manitoba and the western territories still continues much to the loss of our
town. Yesterday Mrs. W. Perkins and her three children and Misses Minnie and Annie Perkins left for Oak Nook, Manitoba to join
the other members of their families who went out west earlier in the season.
Messrs. John Easton and George Easton, Jr., left for the Rainey
River district where they propose taking up land while among others who left for
the west were Messrs. Jno. Watt, Jas. E.
Closs (or Class), Thomas Cameron, Jr., and James Henderson.
Era, Aug. 24
Farm For Sale: East ½ of Lot 26(?) 12th Concession Bathurst 32
½ acres, well watered by a never failing well and creek which runs through the
farm. Farm buildings are all in a
first class condition. Dwelling
house is 26 x 30 feet in which there is a good stone cistern and cellar.
There is also a lime kiln on the place.
Christopher Donaldson.
W.T.
Wodden and family have left for British Columbia.
He intends going into the mercantile business there.
Mrs.
David Nagle, 5th line Bathurst has gone
on a visit to her brother Samuel Kerr
of Orillia, accompanied by her son John and Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McTavish of Elmsley. They are also stopping off at Toronto to visit relatives
there.
Frank
Gemmill, son of the late J.R. Gemmill, founder of the Lanark Observer and the Sarnia
Observer, was in town last week stopping with his cousin F.A. Hall, Barrister. He
also visited the place of his birth, Lanark.
Mr. Gemmill is a mail clerk in the employ of the government.
Lanark Links: Dr. Mather of
McLaren’s Depot is removing this week to Middleville where he will continue to
practice his profession.
Middleville: Dr. Frank Mather,
a clever young physician, graduate of Queen’s University, will locate here
this week. His office will be in
the Commercial House, upstairs.
Perth
Courier, September 9, 1898
Mrs. J. McVay, after spending a month visiting with her mother, Mrs. T. Reid, and friends in town, left for her home in Detroit on Friday last. Her brother, D.E. Reid hardware merchant, accompanied her to spend a short vacation in that city.
Property to Sell in Perth:
The neat new frame house with good cellar on Peter Street Caroline
Village—Thomas McLaren
It is reported here that O’Brien, the man recently arrested in Winnipeg and now on his way east in charge of Chief McGowan of Smith’s Falls, is a bigamist with more than an average record of female conquests. Up to the latest advice, the prisoner has been charged with having no less than five wives one of whom is the daughter of a prominent farmer and dairy man of this section. O’Brien spent several winters in the vicinity of North Augusta and was looked upon as quite the ladies man.
More on this same subject:
Harry
or Joseph O’Brien, who was traced to Manitoba by
Chief Constable McGowan, of Smith’s Falls, and captured in Portage-la-Prairie,
charged with obtaining $2.50 under false pretenses, is now in the Perth gaol
awaiting trial. He is also wanted
for bigamy and does not hesitate to own that he has 14 wives.
His latest victim in the matrimonial line is a Miss
Halliday of Smith’s Falls. He
has also two wives in Toronto and the others are scattered here and there.
For all this, O’Brien will no doubt get his just due after his fraud
episode has been disposed of.
Perth
Courier, Sept. 16, 1898
Elphin:
The weather has turned quite cool…..The frost was so hard as to make
frost on Saturday night…..The threshing mill is on its rounds…..grain is
turning out well…..The corn is mostly cut…..Hugh Weir is laid up with a gathering on his leg but is a little
better…..George McConnell who is in
the Kingston Hospital is improving…..Robert
Bain, Jr., has had a slight attack of pleurisy again…..Duncan McVean went out to see Dr. Kilborne last week…..Mr.
Storie of McLaren’s Depot buried his two year old child yesterday.
By another issue we expect the Courier
office will be moved from its present location to the premises in the Kellock
block next to J.F. Kellock’s drug
store.
O’Brien,
the wholesale bigamist, was tried on Tuesday, here, before Judge Senkler for
larceny committed in Smith’s Falls. He was found guilty and allowed to go on a suspended
sentence. On Wednesday he was
arrested by Detective Sleeman of Toronto for bigamy and was taken away for trial
on that charge.
Perth
Courier, Sept. 23, 1898
Harry
Borrowman, son of George Borrowman of Stillwater,
Minnesota, enlisted in Company K, 13th Minnesota Regiment and served
in the campaign in the Philippine Islands in the late war between the U.S. and
Spain. He was slightly wounded at
Manilla but is recovering. He is a
nephew of William Borrowman of Middleville.
Ludger
Legault having sold his house on Beckwith Street
near the bridge intends erecting a residence for himself on his land beyond the
railroad tracks west of the station this fall.
It will be a solid red brick two story house.
Farm For Sale: East ½ of Lot 13; NW ½ of Lot 12, 10th (?)
Concession and rear part of lot 14(?) in the 9th Concession of North
Elmsley, 250 acres. There are fifty
acres of bush, 125 under cultivation and the rest is pasture. Our farm is extra well fenced and well watered.
It is within one mile of school; one and a half miles from a cheese
factory and three and a half miles from Perth. Dwelling house is first class
with a very good cellar. Daniel
McKean, South Elmsley.
Mrs.
William Tippins and Mrs. Alexander Kippen have
gone on a visit to their sister, at Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Mrs.
John Ritchie, her mother Mrs. Thomas Dennison and her son Burton left last week to spend the
winter in California. They are
visiting Edmonton, Vancouver and other places of importance along the route.
Perth
Courier, Sept. 30, 1898
House and Lot For Sale:
South Street. Comfortable house, stable, cow shed; acre and a half of land;
good orchard. William Potter
Elphin:
Peter Campbell and wife are
here now from the township of Hibbert visiting friends.
Both are old residents of North Sherbrooke.
She is a daughter of Chief McDougall.
Return of Convictions for the Quarter
Ending Sept. 13
Vagrancy
William Harper, Rosanne Jamieson, six months in gaol
George Stephenson, two months in gaol
James Thompson, John McKechnie, William Hurley, David Merryot(?), William Hurley, David Williams, one month in gaol
Thomas J. Duan, $2, default to 15 days in gaol
Dinah Harper, four months in gaol
Archibald
Dancey, Mary Dancey, John Newton, Frank Powell, 14
days in gaol
Loitering on the Street
Melville
Tetlock, Howard Moffatt, William Moffatt, William Greene, Wilmer Fleming, Lorne
Griffith, Michael Lee, fined $1 each
Willfully Wounding a Dog
Robert
Wilson, charged brought by William Bremner, $1 plus $4 damages
Trespass
John P. Kelly, James Wilson, Thomas Bell, Charles Hammond, charge brought against them by James Gillies Estate, fined $1 each
Alonzo Sherwood, Guy Lloyd, William Black, William Kirk, Henry Carson, Fred Horton, Percy Graham, A. Isherwood, John Kearney, prosecutor brought by Thomas Lowry against all, each fined $1
F.
Carson, charged by E. Henderson, fined $1
Disorderly
George Ferguson, fined $4
Charles
Miller, Alexander White, William Farrell, fined $1
each
Selling Liquor in Less Than Three Half Pints
William
Prescott, fined $20
Abusive Language
M.C.
Ross, charged by Mrs. MeLean, fined $3
Obscene Language
Martin
Conlin, charged by R. McGowan, fined $1
Causing a Disturbance on a Public Highway
M.
McGuire, fined $4
Using Horses and Wagon Without a License
Vince
Bradford, fined $1
Riding Bicycle on Sidewalk
Robert
White, fined $5
Assault
Dennis Driscoll, charged by Mrs. Driscoll, fined $5
William Balfour, charged by John Miller, fined $1 plus costs
Michael McCaffrey, charged by Joseph Horricks, fined $1 plus costs
John H. Bensett, charged by Robert Murphy, fined $1 plus costs
Mary
O’Brien, charged by Harold Prince, fined $1 plus costs
Drunk and Disorderly
Joseph Tysick and Louis Palmer, fined $2 each plus costs
William
Dewitt, Albert Hall, Michael McQuaig, fined $1
each plus costs
Threatening
Louis
Palmer, bound to keep the peace
Selling Liquor During Prohibited Hours
James
E. Rathwell, James Presley, George O’Brien,
fined $20 each
Refusing to Pay Wages
Henry
Brace, $7.40 plus costs
Petty Trespass
James
Little, John Burns, John Wright, each fined fifty
cents
Fast Driving
John
Lee, fined $1
Breach of Town Bylaws
Noah
Leclair, fined 41
Furious Driving
Thomas
Vaughan, fined 43
Fast Bicycle Riding
William
Houston, fined $1
Breach of License Act
H.H.
Dickson and Henry Grace, fined $20 each
Insulting Language
Martha
Leclaire, charged by Mary Leclaire, fined $1
Perth
Courier, Oct. 7, 1898
Middleville: A little girl arrived at the home of R.C. Somerville last week……Mrs.
Albert Affleck presenter her husband with a baby girl on Tuesday last.
Miss
Lucilla McCue of Fitzroy returned home Wednesday
after visiting her sister Mrs. Alexander
Abercrombie, Scotch Line, and friends in Perth.
Joseph
Duval, managing superintendent of the CPR car
shops here has been taken to Montreal for treatment of a severe attack of
rheumatism and heart trouble.
It will be news to many here to know
that one of Lanark’s sons served with Col. Roosevelt’s “Rough Riders”
during the Cuban War and was with that regiment when they made their desperate
but victorious charge up El Coney. The
person to whom we refer is William
Manahan, son of Thomas Manahan of Winnipeg but formerly of this place.
Mr. Manahan was born here but went west with his parents a number of
years ago, settling in Winnipeg. Subsequently
he went to Montana where he followed till lately the occupation of cowboy.
This developed in him the latent germs of cool and daring courage as well
as fondness for excitement and an indifference to danger.
He enlisted at the first call and before leaving the ranch his employer
gave him his choice from among fifty ponies.
He selected an excellent one as he enjoyed the distinction of having the
best horse in the regiment. Mr.
Manahan was present at all the engagements of the “Rough Riders” and very
luckily escaped injury. At the last
word received from him, he was on his way home to Winnipeg, bringing his steed
with him. Era
Perth
Courier, Oct. 13, 1898
Tatlock:
Mrs. W. J. Rintoul is at
present visiting her daughter Mrs. Albert Affleck of Middleville.
Middleville: Ed. McFarlane has
left us. He intends to open up a
shop at Ashton…..The remains of Mrs.
Peter Guthrie of Darling were interred in the cemetery on Friday last.
Perth
Courier, Oct. 21, 1898
Lanark Links: The funeral of the late Mrs.
David McLaren which took place on Thursday last, was one of the largest ever
seen in this section, showing the esteem in which she was held.
John
O’Neill, the old Bathurst collector, has removed
to town and brought a wife with him whom he joined heart and hand to on October.
3.
Althorpe:
Mrs. T. O’Brien, an old
resident of Bathurst, passed away on her way to live with her daughter Mrs.
Bedaur of Bedford…. Mr. J. Badour
and bride visited his brother here.
Watson’s Corners: Mr. Millar of
Kingston who has been visiting his daughter Mrs.
(Rev.) J.A. Leitch left on Monday for his home…..Miss Jessie Stone and Miss L. Rodgers who came to our village two
weeks ago, came to an end by the very sudden death of Miss Rogers on Saturday
morning at 10:00 after a few days illness. Inflammation of the bowels was the
cause. Deceased had had two or
three similar attacks before. The
funeral took place on Monday from the residence of her brother-in-law Jas.
McDonald of Dalhousie to the Perth Cemetery.
Middleville: Mrs. C. Jackson
presented her husband with a son and heir.
Boar For Service: The subscriber has a thoroughbred Chester White boar for
service at his residence. Fifty
cents per service. Malcolm F. Ferrier
Grand opening of the handsome English
Church on the Second Line Drummond first service on Tuesday, Nov. 1 followed by
a harvest tea. Special preacher Rev.
Canon Cowe, D.D. Almonte organist of the day Miss
Drummond of Perth.
The building now occupied by the Courier
was erected in 1848 by John Ellis who
was up to that time a clerk in the store of Hon. Henry Graham. Johnny
Ellis, as he was called, was the son of a tailor named Henry Ellis, who kept a shop in his wooden building where the
jewelry store of William Northgraves
now stands. He had been a sergeant
in the regular army of Great Britain and the wars of that time being over, he
settled down with many of his ex-comrades in Perth.
The son John kept a store for a few years in his new building then sold
out or retired and finally died on the premises. His widow lived a few years more in the corner of the
building now occupied by J.F. Kellock,
then she removed from town and the history of the family in the place ended.
Among the latest occupants of the building was the late Severin
Ferland, a French Canadian who was a well known merchant here in his day.
His son Oscar, who learned the trade of painting, is still living and has
taken the Courier at Alpena, Michigan. The
lot was bought from the Hon. Henry Graham, the latter gentleman built his block
on the lot at the river side in 1832.
Perth
Courier, November 4, 1898
Frank
Thoborn who left Almonte a year ago for British
Columbia for the benefit of his health, died near Kamloops(?) on October 21 at
the age of 21. The cause of death
was dropsy. He was a telegraph
operator. His mother and sister
live in Almonte.
Auction Sale of Farm Stock and
Implements—Lot 21(?) 23(?) 11th Concession Bathurst Albert
E. Gallagher.
McLean,
the tailor, Lanark, turns out the best work in the county.
He keeps the best cloth, best trimmings and guarantees a perfect fit.
Perth
Courier, November 11, 1898
Drummond Centre: Miss Bertha L. Tennant
is spending a few days with her sister Mrs.
R.D. Halpenny.
Prestonvale—Matthew Gould, a former resident of this place, passed away on
October 19. His remains were placed
in the burying grounds at this place.
Dalhousie:
We are sorry to learn that William
Lock, of Winnipeg, formerly of McDonald’s Corners, is gradually getting
worse, the disease being cancer of the throat.
Some time ago he underwent an operation to have the tumor removed which
gave him relief for a time but soon broke out again, further down, in such a
place as to make it impossible to have it removed and he now is waiting
patiently for a call from his Father above.
Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water—Peter
Hope
The Kingston News of Friday says:
“Today Deputy Sheriff and Turnkey Lee of Lanark brought to the city two
prisoners, William McQuade, sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary for stealing sheep and James
Ferguson, sentenced to two years for the same offense.
Two years ago McQuade served a term in the penitentiary for horse
stealing.
Lanark Links: Mrs. David Headrick
and family left our village last Tuesday for Manitoba.
Her husband and eldest son have been there all summer and were so well
pleased with the country that they purchased a farm near Star Mound in south
west Manitoba.
Lanark Links: Word has been received from Alf
and James Roberts, who left some time ago for the Klondike.
They are now in Dawson City and at the time of writing, engaged in
fulfilling a contract of cutting 200 cords of wood.
Lanark Links: The many friends of Mrs.
Bartreau(?) will learn with regret that the trouble she had a year ago in
one of her arms which caused here to go to the hospital in Ottawa, has returned
again and that she is likely to be forced to go back to the hospital for
treatment.
Elphin:
Duncan McVean is on the sick
list…..Mrs. Neal McVean is still
very poorly…..Mrs. Neil McFarlane
had a slight stroke but is improving…..Daniel
Geddes, Jr., was down for a few days visiting friends.
He looks well for his age.
A.E.
Gallagher has sold his farm in Bathurst near
Fallbrook to William Ashby for
$1,500.
Perth
Courier, Nov. 18, 1898
The body of Mrs. George Poole reached here on Thursday last from Brandon,
Manitoba, for burial on the Scotch Line. Deceased,
whose maiden name was Rebecca Moodie, was a daughter of Alexander Moodie of the
Scotch Line and whose death is a great grief of her husband and friends.
She died after an illness from the effects of a cold.
Her age was 41.
Perth Courier, November 25, 1898
Ferguson’s Falls: Thomas Rathwell’s bright countenance is still brighter these days owing to the arrival of a visitor at his home—it’s a girl.
Auction Sale Farm Stock and
Implements—Lot 3(?) 8(?), 3rd Concession Drummond Sutton Frizelle
A young lady named Kathleen Young Cameron, whose remains were buried in Perth a few
weeks ago was the daughter of the late Dr.
Duncan H. Cameron of Emerson, Manitoba and a grand daughter of the late Peter
Cameron of Bathurst. The
deceased was also a grand daughter of Ewen Cameron of Arnprior on her mother’s
side.
George
Purdon of Drummond has bought Jas. Purdon’s farm
on the 7th Concession Dalhousie, 200 acres, for $3,500 and will take
possession soon. James Purdon
intends to remove to Manitoba.
Perth
Courier, December 2, 1898
A good proportion of those who gave up
on Ontario and bent their eager steps to the Klondike Eldorado have returned
with their thirst for gold assuaged. The
Carleton Place Herald has this item: “Our
esteemed friend R.C. Miller of the
Pembroke Observer who went out to the Klondike in search of gold with a party
composed of Dr. Boucher of Ottawa and John Kennedy of Pembroke, have returned
fairly disgusted with the country. Edward
Irving, who went out by the Hudson Bay route to the Klondike, also returned home
with Mrs. Miller.”
Auction Sale Farm Stock and Implements:
Lot 30, 9th Concession S. Sherbrooke
Miller Robinson
Auction Sale Farm Stock and Implements:
Lot 31(?) 9th Concession N. Burgess Daniel
Egan
Thomas
Quigley has sold his farm on the 2nd
Line Bathurst near town to William
Carnochan of Carleton Place for $3,700 and has removed to Perth.
Martin Dowdall of Drummond
near McPhail’s, has sold his farm to John
Code for $3,000. John
A Dodds has disposed of his farm near Glen Tay to William Pegg. Mrs. F. J.
Spaulding has sold her farm on the Scotch Line to Andrew Allan, a neighbor.
Wayside:
Miss Livy Poppelwell is
visiting this week wither cousin Mrs.
Burton of Glen Tay……Miss Maude
Rice visited her sister Mrs. George
Richmond on Tuesday.
One of the most beautiful monuments to
mark the resting place of the dead that we have seen for a long time has been
placed in the English Church Cemetery by S.
Sutton, Jr., at the grave of his mother.
It is an exquisite design executed in the lovely Bay of Fundy granite and
is about 15 feet high. The finish
is superb and rivals glass in smoothness. The
latter is one of the best specimens that could be seen anywhere.
The work was done by J. Beal and easily proves that he would take first
rank in his line of work in any part of the world.
Pembroke Observer (Mr. Beal is the son of Charles Beal of Perth.)
Perth
Courier, Dec. 9, 1898
Auction Sale Farm Stock and Implements:
Lot 18, 10th Concession S. Sherbrooke, Malcolm
McNaughton
Auction Sale Farm Stock:
Lot 14(?) 10th Concession S. Sherbrooke William
Peters
Perth
Courier, Dec. 16, 1898
Brooke:
Miss Minnie Marks has been
very ill but is getting better again.
Watson’s Corners: John Parks, Jr.,
has returned from Manitoba accompanied by his uncle William Nairn and Mr. Jas. Gibson, who are revisiting the places of
their birth.
Auction Sale Farm Stock and Implements:
Lot 4 9th (?) Concession Drummond Arthur
Cooke
The monetary prices offered by the Clyde
Division of the Sons of Temperance of Lanark in connection with the highest
number of marks taken by a pupil at the entrance exam at Lanark, on the subject
“Temperance” was won by Cecil M.
Brownlee son of William Brownlee. The
winner was only twelve years old at the time of the competition.
Wayside:
Miss Kate Leonard of Bathurst
is spending some time with her aunt Mrs.
H. McKominsky……Thomas McKerracher is visiting his sister Mrs.
Jas. Ewart…..Mrs. Michael Murphy is spending a few days with her sister Mrs.
S. Frizell.
Perth
Courier, Dec. 23, 1898
George
Mitchell of Winnipeg who graduated from the
Courier office in 1878, is visiting his mother in town after an absence in
Manitoba of ten years.
In William Quarrier’s annual report of
the National Orphan Homes of Scotland we note among the names of the many
helpers of these homes who have passed away during the year that of our late
fellow townsman Dr. J.D. Kellock.
The report appears in the Glasgow Daily Mail and we take the following
extract: “On the 23rd
Jan., Dr. J. D. Kellock of Perth, Canada, was gathered home. He was a practical
helper in finding Christian homes for our children and in doing many kindly
things to help forward our Canadian work. He
leaves a wife to mourn his loss and very many friends will miss his loving
sympathy—ourselves among the number. He
died very suddenly while in harness, coming home from attending a patient.
So his entrance into glory was indeed a transition.”
James
Clark has sold his farm of 100 acres the front
part of lot 26 in the 5th (?) Concession Bathurst to Richard White, a neighbor, for $5,000.
George Patterson, barrister, of Winnipeg, son of James Patterson of this town, has been appointed chief clerk in the Attorney General’s Department in Manitoba.
Perth
Courier, Dec. 30, 1898
Harvey
Lowe of the Palace Livery has put in his already
large establishment a new fancy pleasure sleigh. It is three seated and is a Russian comfort cutter with the
best of equipment for pleasure driving. The
vehicles were procured from Thomas Hicks,
carriage maker.
A dispatch from Kingston, Dec. 27, says:
“A few miles north of Sharbot Lake, Richard
Richardson, employee of Messrs Avery and Thompson, met his death in the
woods. Deceased was engaged inn
felling trees and had just succeeded in toppling over a monster pine. In falling, it became tangled with a hemlock and in trying to
free it, the hemlock fell, striking Richardson on the head, crushing the skull
and killing him instantly. Deceased
resided at Sharbot Lake where his remains were removed.
He leaves a wife and family of five small children.
William
Hope, tinsmith, had a unique representation of old
time fire and lighting apparatus’ in his window at Christmas time.
Built in the window was a brick fire place with wood apparently blazing
and around were the old fashioned candle sticks and tallow candles burning with
the old punched lanterns with the flickering tallow candles lighted also.
Along side were displayed the modern parlor coal stove in all its beauty
with up to date coal oil lamps lighting both of the windows.
The Almonte Gazette publishes a
biographical sketch of Eliza Smith (nee
Tennant) who lives with her son Thomas Smith in Lanark Township.
The aged lady was born in County Carlow, Ireland in 1799(?) on Sept. 15.
She can yet read without the aid of glasses and is in good health.
She is a member of the Church of England.
A portrait of Mrs. Smith illustrates the article.
Ferguson’s Falls: Mr. Robert Craig’s
home has been the scene of a happy and somewhat unusual reunion lately.
The occasion is a visit after an absence of almost 17 years of their
daughter Mrs. Charles Hollinger of
Ramsay County, Montana; Mrs. Hollinger is accompanied by her daughter and grand
daughter—Mrs. Fred Baker and child.
Four generations therefore, celebrated Christmas together.
Wayside: Mrs. James Gould went to Almonte on Wednesday and remained until Friday to attend the funeral of her relative Mr. Campbell of that town……Mr. Richard Conlan of Eganville visited his sister Mrs. John Byrnes last week…..John Farrell visited his sister Mrs. Thomas Poppelwell on Sunday
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