Local News: Messrs. Hodgins and Jamieson shipped two car loads of lambs from Shawville on Thursday and one car on Saturday morning last.
The brickwork of Mr. J.A. Smith’s new building adjoining Mr. R. Hobbs’ was completed last week. The buildings have now a united frontage, the whole presenting the appearance of a substantial as well as imposing block, one of the largest in town.
No match: No competitors showed up at the Society ploughing match advertised to take place on the Lawn farm on Wednesday last. Directors P. McNally, J.M. Clarke and Secy. E. Graham were early on hand and staked off the ground in readiness for the contest but no one came to participate. The day was very favourable for the match, but it seems every farmer in the neighbourhood was engaged at the threshing mills and could not attend.
The social given by the young people of St. Paul’s church on Wednesday evening passed off very pleasantly indeed and many were there to enjoy it. A short program, consisting of a few musical selections by members of the choir, short addresses by rev. gentlemen present, and an exhibition on the graphophone, comprised the entertainment, cake and tea being served during intermission. Ven.Archdeacon Naylor filled the chair in his usual pleasing and acceptable manner.
Shawville had a visitation from a band of burglars at an early hour on Sunday morning about two o’clock. Two of the robbers were surprised by several young men who happened to be up later than usual and were about to disperse for home when they noticed a white horse and rig standing on the east side of Mr. J.H. Shaw’s store, close to the coal oil house. They gave chase, doubling back on Main Street, heeled it up the latter as fast as their legs could carry them. The robbers vanished in the darkness and that was the last they saw of them. Meanwhile an examination of the abandoned horse and rig and the stolen property was being conducted when the further discovery was made that the outfit was evidently used in advertising and disseminating the cure all nostrums of “Prof.” Gagnon of “Naw-Kaw” fame.
Downtown, where everyone headed for, was soon all excitement and bustle. A plan to corral the robbers or prevent their escape in some way, was talked over, and it was shortly arranged to dispatch parties in different directions to cut off any probable avenues of escape. During the evening several rumours reached town of the burglars having been seen at different points along the railway track, but upon investigation they turned out to be vacuous yarns.
It is reported that one party stationed near the brick church at Bristol had a brush with a couple of men who came along in a buggy; the men did not stop to parley, however, but putting the whip to their horse, succeeded in eluding the vigilants under cover of the bush near Norway Bay. It is strongly suspected now that the burglars are closely connected with the theft of Mr. A. McCredie’s horse some weeks ago.