Grimsby Local News
—Notice—The country tresurer's office will be closed July 20th, until the 17th of August, 1891. Thomas
Keyes, Treasurer of the County of
Lincoln.
—Geo. F. Little, express engineer on
the Kentucky C. R. R., was visiting his
father, Benj. Little, a few days last
week.
—A grand garden party and social
will be held at the residence of Jas.
Game, Grassie's Corners, on Thursday,
Ang. 20, '91. Admission and supper
15 cents, other refreshments extra.
—Jas. Dunlop, of St. Catharines,
will be in Grimsby on Tuesday and
Friday with a full load of cabbage,
beets, early vegetables, cabbage, celery
a.nd caulifower plants. On Friday
he will go to Hamilton.
—Services at the Baptist church,
Grimsby, begins at ha]f past ten o'clock
each Sunday morning, instead of eleven
*s formerly. This allows of Sunday
school at or a few minutes before twelve
o'clock. The evening service begins at
7 p. m , as usual.
—Mrs. Fred Teeter and son, Mrs.
Konkle, Mrs. Dixon and Mrs. Fehl, of
Pittsburg are visiting friends in Grimsby
—Percy Teeter is spending his vacation in Simcoe, at E. Udell's.
—Miss Fannie Byrne, Mr. and Mrs.
Hay of Toronto, are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. E. Udell, of Grimsby.
--B. Bell and wife of St. George are visiting at R. M. Griffith's.
^—Miss Belle Reed of Montreal, and
Miss Effie Williams, of Hamiiton, are
visiting relatives and friends in Grimsby
^ Notice — Thursday, Aug. 13, Prohibition Day
at Grimsby Park, will be
a temperance day throughout. The
W.C.T. (Women's Christian Temperance) Unions of Lincoln and Welland
Counties will hold a public meeting at 10:30 when addresses will be
given by Mrs. Cavers, Provincial President, Miss Phelps and others. Miss
Asher, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Anderson will provide a good ???? programme. Hon. M.V. B....
going on at J.H. Johnston's ??
and fancy goods depot, the next ten
boys after the winner guessing nearest
the correct number will receive a beautiful fountain pen.
—Wanted -—Two fresh milch cows.
Apply to J. E. Henry, Winona.
-- J.W. Bengough, of " Grip," Toronto, will give a chalk talk at Grims-
by Park on Friday evening. There
will be three busses waiting at the
Park House to take the Grimsby peo-
ple home
—Wm. Brown, of Abingdon, spent
a few days this week visiting friends
in this place.
^^Next Sunday Dr. Macintyre, the
popular Chicago preacher, wilt be at
the Park. He will preach at 2:30 p.
m. He will also lecture on Monda*.
at 2:30 m. on "Buttoned up people
and on Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. on "Fun
on the farm." To and from all those
services the bus will run every 20
minutes.
 -- Sam Jones will be at the Park
from Aug. 20 to Aug. 24. He will preach on Aug. 20th and 21st at 2:30
p. m. and on Aug. 23rd at 11 a. m.
and 2:30 and 7:30 p. m.

-- Auction Sale—There will be sold
by public auction at Grimsby Park, on
Saturday, Aug. 22, at 2:30 o'clock p.m., the following valuable properties :
Cottage No. 1, with lots 5 & 22;
cottage No. 2, with lots 7 & 25 ;
cottage No. 3, with lots 8 & 20. Also,
in seperate parcels, 75 choice lots, also
74 shares of stock in the Park Co'y.
The cottages contain a considerable
quantity of valuable furniture, which
will be sold with the cottages, and
will be open for inspection previous to
the sale upon application to Mr.
Homan, caretaker. The three cottages
above referred to lie east of the hotel
and are in all respects commodious
and well built. The remaining lots
are vacant; 162, 163 and 164 lie on
the front immediately west of the
hotel and the remaining lots are front
lots lying farther west on the open
bluff. These lots are the most desirable that remain unsold and no other
opportunity will occur again for ob-
taining lots having the view that these
lots possess. W. H. House, auctioneer.
-- The steamer Carmonia will run
an excursion from Grimsby Park and
Grimsby to Burlington Beach on the
Civic holiday, Thursday, Aug. 20, '91.
The boat will leave the Park at 11:30
a. m. and Grimsby wharf at 12 o'clock
noon. Return tickets 50 cents. The
boat will leave the Beach at 4 p. m.
Ontario School of E. and O. (Elocation and Oratory)
One of the best if not the very best entertainment that has been given on Grimsby Park this year was that given by the Ontario School of Elocution and Oratory last Saturday night. The temple was packed and everyone was delighted. The following program was carried out:
Programme -- Part 1.
Duet...............Miss Burns and Miss Lazier
Reading..............Prof. A.C. Mounteer, B.E
Duet........Miss Kate Ebbets, Hoboken, N.J.
Solo......................................Mrs. Harrison
Solo..........................................Mr. Tinning

Part II
Instrumental.................................Mr. Clark
Reading....................................Prof. Brown
Solo..........................................Miss Mihell
Reading...........Miss Gilbert, Baltimore, Md.
Solo...................................Miss Mayflower
Solo.........................................Mr. Tinning
Prof. Brown, Prof. Monteer, Miss Ebbets and Miss Gilbert 
of the School of Oratory did themselves great credit in the readings
while those who took part in the musical .....