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WELLAND-55 YEARS AGO
[The Welland Tribune and Telegraph, 26 April 1921]
From the Welland Tribune of April 19th, 1866, we condense the following items of interest:-
*The trouble in the management of the jail was still in full blast, a new turnkey, L. Southworth, succeeding Nick Wall.
*A mournful accident happened in A.H. Cosby’s saw-mill, by which Jos. McIlvene had his hand badly mangled with a saw, requiring the amputation of two fingers.
*The village of Clifton (now the city of Niagara Falls) is beginning the erection of handsome new town hall.
*At Port Colborne, a man named Moriarty, walked in the harbor on a dark night and was drowned, leaving a widow and seven children unprovided for.
*The Columbus company of volunteers, heretofore stationed at Port Colborne, were stationed at Stonebridge, and moved there by Captain Carter and a tug.
*A revised list of County Constables is published, those for the Village of Welland being: S.N. Pattison (who was also high constable for the county). Wm. Campbell. Samuel Gilchriese and Patrick McAndrew.
*In Welland markets the prices were as follows: Spring wheat, $1.12 per bushel; white wheat. $1.50 per bushel; red wheat, $1.35; flour, $3.25 per 100 Ibs.
*The Fenians were reported as congregating at points in the United States, but s yet had confined themselves to making speeches and issuing proclamations.
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