[Welland Telegraph, 18 December 1891]
Mr. W.J. Best is wishing the readers of the TELEGRAPH the compliments of the holiday season, requests that they will give him a call during the coming week and leave their order for turkeys, ducks, geese, chickens, sausage, beef, veal, mutton and pork. This year he is selling fresh pork at from 8 to 10 cents per pound, accordingly to the cut. In fact, all meats are being sold at the lowest possible prices. Mr. Best says that he will have a finer show of meat and poultry this year then has ever had before, and for quality he is ready to challenge any of the city butchers. Do not forget that his store is next to the post office, and that from now till the end of the year the early closing by law will not interfere with his keeping open every night until his numerous customers are served.
[Welland Telegraph, 18 December 1891]
Mr. W.F. Guest announces in another column his display of Christmas meats and holiday poultry, fatted and slaughtered especially for the holiday demand. A large number of beef, mutton and pork carcasses are on exhibition, from which the most choice cuts can be obtained. He has any quantity of poultry of the best quality and at the lowest market prices. See his announcement and call on him.
[Welland Telegraph, 18 December 1891]
The cable for the new incandescent electric light system arrived last week and was placed in position on Monday, the current being turned on the same evening as a test. The light was very satisfactory, although the dyname was run at only about two-thirds speed. The regular service was commenced last night, and though it is probable for the first week the service may be a trifle unsatisfactory, its patrons are quite satisfied that after a few nights their light will be fully up to the promise. All the connections have not yet been made, but the wires are being put in as fast as possible. If Mr. Page would inaugurate an all-night system the patronage might be increased.
Another Petroleum Well Struck in Humberstone A Deep Hole in Bertie.
[Welland Telegraph, 18 December 1891]
The oil excitement in the township of Humberstone is growing, and from present indications bids fair to assume the nature of a boom. On Saturday, on the Troup farm in the 3rd concession, another good well was struck, which gives a good example of oil, so pure that it burns well in its crude state. Various estimates of the capacity of the two oil wells are made, which give the product from one to ten barrels per day. The company, which is virtually controlled by the great Standard Oil Company, has leased all the available land in the vicinity, giving the owners from a 10th to a 15th of the production, but since the last find those who have not yet leased their property are holding out for better terms. Now comes the question: What is the company going to do with the oil? And the most feasible answer is they will erect pumping stations and force the oil to the other side of the boundary line, unless legislature steps in and puts on a heavy export duty or prohibits its exportation in this manner. The great huckleberry marsh in Wainfleet is mostly under lease, and it is said this property gives good oil signs. Another well is now being drilled on the Johnson farm, and a plant is being erected on the Peter Barnhardt place, but the drillers and members of the company are very reticent in giving any information regarding their intentions or the capacity of the wells. The company is making a test of deep drilling on David Sherk’s place in Bertie, and a few weeks ago reached the Trenton rock at a depth of 2,800 feet, when the machinery gave out, not being adapted to such deep probing. Heavier machinery will be put on the work, and although the company are using every secrecy in the matter, they have not concealed the fact that the oil indications are good.
The Provincial Natural Gas Company Finds Oil in Humberstone
[Welland Telegraph. 11 December 1891]
Food for a new boom has been discovered in the township of Humberstone. Several weeks ago the Provincial Gas Company struck oil at a well on Peter Storm’s farm at the depth of 887 feet, but the matter was kept very quiet until all the property that could be obtained in the vicinity was leased.
The oil is said to be a first-class sample of petroleum, equal if not superior to the Pennsylvania product. Another well is now being put down in the marsh of Mrs. Troup’s property, just north of where the find was made, and if this should pan out good oil there will likely be a boom.
Arrangements are being made, and some of the appliances are already on the ground for pumping, but the capacity of the well cannot be determined until the pump is started.
[Welland Telegraph, 4 December 1891]
Everybody who has ever been in Welland knows Magistrate Hellems, and everybody who meets him has a good word for him, unless, perchance, a hopeless evil-doer who chances to fall foul of him. To the “bad man” he is a terror. His rough and unkempt exterior is only the covering of a warm and generous heart. The boys know this, and are ever ready to take advantage of it. Some little time ago it was learned that he intended paying the barber a visit. Mr. Tonsorial was taken into confidence and a plot was hatched which was carried out and caused a suppressed smile all over the town. He got into the barber’s chair, one side of his head had been shorn of its graceful load of flowing locks when the barber was called out. The latter evidently forgot about his customer until his patience was worn out, and when he came back to the shop the magistrate, half shaven, was very angry, and if there had been any charge standing against the barber just then he would have got the time. When the story leaked out, of course, everybody was amused.-St. Catharines Standard.
[Welland Telegraph, 24 April 1891]
Mr. W.G. Somerville, of the firm of Somerville & Tremble, agricultural implement dealers, is taking an interest in a portable corn harvester, which was patented by Mr. A.A. Lundy, of Fenwick, on the 14th inst., in Washington, D.C. It is a machine that must commend itself to every farmer who grows corn in large quantities as with a team of horses a boy can harvest from six to eight acres per day. The corn stalk is caught between two rollers which presses off the cobs and elevates them to another set of rollers which does the shelling, when the cobs are elevated into a wagon which may be run along side of the harvester, or allowed to fall on the ground. It is certainly a piece of farm machinery that will overcome the difficulties now existing in harvesting corn. Any farmer wishing to see a draft of the same or a model should call or write to the patentee or to Messrs. Somerville & Tremble.
[Welland Telegraph, 24 April 1891]
During the past week the well known flour, feed and grain business conducted so long by Mr. Robt. Cooper has been sold to Messrs. Taylor & Moore. Both members of the new firm are well known throughout town and country. Mr. Taylor is from Pelham and is a brother to Messrs. A.E. And J.B. Taylor. Mr. Moore is from Thorold township. Last week’s negotiations were entered into for the purchase of the business by Messrs. Taylor and Goodwillie, but the latter gentleman dropped out and his place was taken by Mr. Moore. Both members of the firm are wide awake men, and although many will miss Mr. Cooper’s familiar face at the old stand, they will have the assurance that the business will be carried on in the same enterprising and honorable way that has characterized it so long. Mr. Cooper has found it necessary to retire from business in consequence of failing health, and will, for the present, place himself under the doctor’s care. With his mind relieved from business cares we trust he will soon regain his old time vigor.
[Welland Telegraph, 17 April 1891]
A reporter, attracted by the pretty things displayed in the window of Mrs. Crysler’s millinery rooms, dropped in to get a more extended view and talk about the spring styles. While an ordinary every-day newspaper reporter may not be a connoisseur in that department devoted to the decoration of ladies’ heads, he is an average judge of what looks nice, and when he stepped into the showroom it was only his natural bashfulness conduced by the presence of ladies, which prevented an outburst of adjectives of admiration. The display of millinery is truly magnificent and comprises so much that is exquisite and fairy like, that the limited space at disposal in these columns prevents an adequate description. In opening the millinery business here Mrs. Crysler struck the key note at the outset by engaging Miss Somers, a milliner of artistic taste and practical experience under whose designing genius and deft fingers the raw material is transformed into visions of entrancing loveliness, and whose acquaintance with what is fashionable and becoming and what is not, makes her a valuable aid to assist ladies in choosing what is suitable. The bent of fashionable head gear this season has run into laces and flowers, plumes and feathers appearing on only a few of the new shapes, although they are still in small demand. Almost every pretty flower is used, but lilacs, pansies and roses, are most popular and fashionable, popularity giving preference to the two first named. Most of the hats are turned up at the back with a wealth of brim in front. Among the numerous new styles is the Ploct, trimmed with flowers and ribbon, a very pretty thing on a young lady. Toques are still very popular and several were displayed in various styles of trimming, but the prettiest were those in gray with lilies or pansies. The white Leghorn, a broad brimmed hat with a wealth of white fleecy plume, was like a glimpse of fairyland, and is a very popular style. The Resida, a French shape, is another handsome hat. The “Peek-a-boo” is a cute little thing, and one on display, trimmed with black lace and yellow roses, was a captivating article which drew much admiration. Then there is the Langdon and the Aurora, and many others, all of which vie with each other for public favor, and seem to receive about an equal share. For children the Leghorns and large flats are most in demand, and very pretty they are when trimmed with ribbon and wreaths of flowers. Nearly all colors are used, but light shades of gray, blue, rose and heliotrope worked in pretty combinations are the most admired. Mrs. Crysler has commenced most favorably, and is sure to receive the liberal patronage of ladies of Welland who appreciate her efforts to please and the remarkably reasonable figures at which the goods are marked. Every lady should call, and though they may not purchase they will be cheerfully shown all the goods.
[Welland Telegraph, 10 April 1891]
Mayor T.F. Brown, received a letter on the 19th of March, from the Hon. R. W. Scott, of Ottawa, asking if the town would grant a company which he represents a bonus of $25,000 towards establishing a grass factory in the town. The mayor in acknowledging the letter, asked for further particulars and received a reply to the same yesterday, in which the writer (Hon. Mr. Scott) stated that his company purposed starting forthwith with one ten pot furnace, which will give employment to 60 men, and to add during the following year another furnace, giving employment to from 150 to 200 hands, with a capacity of turning out $100,000 worth of work annually. If the scheme can be worked there is no doubt but what it will prove of an immense advantage to the town, and it is hoped that the mayor will succeed in putting the matter through.
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