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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-01-19, Page 10• ,CLINTON NEW ERA, • THURSDAY, ' JAN. 1 J, 1682•• TEA c1nNG. —Mr. Jas. A. Philp, former- ly of Clinton High School, is teaching this year in S. S. No. 5, Morris, at a sal- azay. of$$415. He hakes his home' with his brother, Rev. Jos, Philp, at Belgrave. Lor SOLD.—Air. J. W. Mills has just sold a quarter acre lot on Dunlop Street, to Mr. George Powell, of Wingham;'for, the sum of $205, which is considered a very good price. lir. Powell intends to erect a house on the lot as soon as he can cto so. The lot -adjoining the `residonce `of. Mr., E. Holmes, formerly belonging to Mfrs.. D. B. Strathy, has been exchanged to. Messrs. Doherty & Gibbings, for other property. NEsztz,Y A Fran. -A few day's since ,a lady in town; wishing the stov=e to` .cool, took. out the coals therein, and threw them outside. Some rag mats that had been lying on the e floer she also int on la; bench outside. Going out soon after; she was alarmed to find the mat"s on fire, and had it not been put out at once, a serious. fire might have been the result. :. O TUESDAY at bunch of lath Was left leaning against a atoe in lIr. 111cGafro 's new store, .on 'Albert Street, While the workmen went to dinner. Wlien bey re- turned the. bunch Was on fire, and 'a -role burned in, the floor. Of course the' fire, was "qutcklypuf Out' before?gaining:; fur- ther lheadwa'r BAND or' Hoa n:.—.i meeting was']held at the residence of- llr,. T., Stevenson, o_ Monday evening;. to form n :it temt,erance organization to•be k>iown as .the Banca of; \ Hope, when:the following were appointed \ officers.-�. C, Carr, President ;.James' \'1hompson, Vice -President;; Fred.Fisher,. • Sehretary ; H. Foster,Tre,asstlr,er.. The next meeting will beheld is tthe Temper= . ance Hall; on Monday evening, when all interested; dung • or; old Ore invited to - attend A I;CPEzt,Ar3ur;DAvcr, OF CAiis.--• For° some time past' Seaforth and: (oderich people have been complaining of the scar- city of cars, and urging increased..rail- way accommodation. ' Inorder to give a quietus thereto, the Grand 'Trunk : took the --matter in Band last wee; ndsfiiled, "jam up," the sidings at both places. Shippers were more thin satisfied they 4iac1 so many cars they did not know «kat to do with them, and -instead of cotpii-' menting the company"they almost cursed thein for giving more than was wanted. Such is gratitude. AXOTHEri E V NG •M_-0-14iNE AGENT iN 1JIFrICti-1,1—C.':W, Graham former-• ly Manages of the Singer 1Ianu�acturrng Cols. branch office here, was arrested on, Wednesday ;evening on -a: charge --:of onl . bezzlement, ^;and, after examination' com- mitted to •Goderich.:gaol. He 'was •smite allowed out on bail'. • The company's col ' lector at St. Catharines; and. a oanvasser at Brantford have also been arrested late ly, and other arrests are likely to ,follow The company- are liberal with their agents in regard`to remuneration so 'that•there• no necessityfor stealing. LITEitJS Y, SOOIETT.—At the regular' aneeting of'the^Literary Society On::Thurs- day evening' there was a good attendance. No set"'.discussion took •.place in the House of Commons;'hilt spirited and vi; -I' orous addresseswere. d•.livered against the: policy of the govern p�.it, to which equal ly as spirited replies' re made by 'mem-, bers of the government: Before the ad jotirnwent of the House, the Premier.; Mr. A l Taylor; handed.in :the= resignation;, • • of his. goveriinient; and 111x: D. C Carr; was called upon'te felon a :nevv ininistry. The members of which will be announced to the House this evening f • NonrxNATr0Ns.- • On Saturday Messrs. Jas. Thompson and JG,•ibbings • were. nominated for the.Councilin St. Andrew's. Ward, and Messrs: Searle; Davis, \y ight,. and Worthington, • in St`. George's' Ward.. Messrs.Davis and Worrthington.have re-; signed, • andthe naives that willconse•' quently go before/the electors are those remaining:. Polling takes place an.Satur- day. The gov "•nment :Will ,again require to amend.. they law relating', to municipal elections's, asyihat clause which now allows candidate./to resignaipto.the day.of elec tion, the means of putting:munici palities to considerable additional expense,; by persons•being nouiinatedwho have no cleixe whatever to—stand, • • ' Tiir •On> sT :IN>3AarIrA:T.-VVe .be Iieve.that Clinton calf jdstlyl y'claim t0 possessing among its residents, the. earliest• settler in'this 'part of the county, in the person of Mr. Wm; May... In the year. - 1332;.with his parents, he settled'. on the, farm now Worked' by llrs son', just outside, - of town: 'lhis.section.Was then.Iiterally; a howling wilderness," as' there was;only • two settlers between - this and ' London.• Mr. May, states thatthe first barrel of pork they bought,. after. they had beer here for_ sorrre time;, cost $32` peri barrel, salt vv as' -60' a barrel—which is slightly higher than, it can be bought` for at ];resent No,; moneY,.. scarcer, was seen for 14 years. Mr. May asserts that:after.a' fevv. settlers came into the neighborhood, it, 'was no uncommon thing, at a clearing or.' ether bee, to have frothing but potatoes and salt to:eat. --A little taste of such-.Iiard-'. ships as these .might make': the Present` generation more ; apprecih,tive of then~ privileges anctcoinforts. • Pi.itso�cALs l e•are. muck pleased to: learn that the wife• of Mr: J: Bicldleeombe has returned 'home completely restored to health. Miss Minnie Read, 'ofthis•place,i who'holds a good situation in Chatham„ ishome for 'her holidays -Miss Coll has returned to her duties at the hospital;- . St:Catharines: Gaoler Dickson andivife, off • Goderich, were visiting friends here: en Monday." Miss Creasor, of Ogren Sound,' • who has been visiting!, here'for sortie time, and her sister, Mr:s..J. _Macwhirter, left Twit week for Owen- Sound... Mr..- Alfred Jackson, .of Clinton; was registered- in Winnipeg on- the 10t11 inst. • Mt.'Calvir Callander has returned from Dakota, ZS i.' James Grant;' -of this place, had sufiicie t 1y recovered from his late illness..t as- sume his duties as teacher of•S• S. 0 8 . Goderich township, on Monday T. "Jos; i Whitehead left on, Monday, •fo Ottawa,{ where he has.....busingssi with t >'e govern gent in reference to a• claim 'for; railway work performed in the wes Messrs. W. and .G..Acheson. anal `1` '1Ickenzie, of Goderich, passed 'thtot,,h on their way, back from Manitoba; n Tuesday: • , Brrsiz:gss CHArNOn.-Mr. W. Moore grocer, has taken Mr.'7G. Sharman,. of Mount Forest, into• partnership with him, and the business' will in future be conduct,' 'ed by them. This gentleman is not un-: lrnovn,to the people of this neighborhood, having'.sometime ago resided hereabouts. IT HAS been suggested to us,.in view of the suffering in .:Muskoka from a lack of bedding; etc., that the, ladies of this place see, what articles they can collect of make up, to relieve; the same. -A meeting•,of ladies will therefore be held in, the Coun til Chamber, on Tuesday afternoon next, when it is hoped there will be a large at- . tendence, to take steps towards affording( the,snfferers some relief. Cit TON possesses r quite a lot of living ''curiosities of one sort or another,' and .we. venture to say there 'is not as bright a specimen, iii. many .places Th Canada as the following --A •gentleman residing, here, about 40 years of age, has the repu- tation of never having:told a falsehood or,, in anyway having ,eolored the trlth Aird,. What is more, if We were to give•the naive of the gentleman; there bre Very i' NV: but :what would endorse th'e assertion: .-ALtitio.itsts ter, all•kinds of f rm produce.. keep Very :than; With a• slightly upward' tendency, wheat having advanced about two cents, and pork gone up to 8; cents Iier. pound. • Good beef is scarce a,nd C9m niands•a yerl:high •figure for this market,, sellingat $6 aiid'r$7 per'100 pounds.: Hay i:s -somewhat easier and more abundant, and wood 1a• coming in•very:freely and of fret ed at 1o1v er rates. The ` low"rates, 'cif ^freight to: the seaboard hos considerable influence>'in beefing prices up -on wheat,. pork apd shay, .for' although the :latter is. not' ;shipped • from"::here; a considerable amount is being sent :to the' New Iork and Bostonniarkets. • Potatoes aregreatly, ;in demand and will bescarcebefore seed- ing. Farmers should take care of thein' for:seeding, . `'BitrEiss. 11lessrs Newton & Dennis have a new ,sign. Mr. Win Shipley mov- ed' into Iiis handsome new. residence :en •the'Huro,n.Road last week rSonae faun err bring :very large roads of green, .wood to town-:;:ofthey, ivereto vvnigh;a load; they would be ;very. much 'surprised at its weight. • A private letter•fronr., Win ni- Di- peg,. just'receivecl,say s: ` The w either has been very miild lately; not more• than, 25° below •aero,' that uiay be 'a ild for Winnipeg r1 farmeron;;the market, 00 Friday, said " he invariably•found Clinton; two or three .cents a.bushea higher than. ;any .other market Id the connty," The 'effects of Mr. Jos, Coventry were:sold by theme bailiff'. on Saturday Sufiieiently snow fell�n Saturday morning -to:Make. capital sleighii g and the farmers and their fans- ' lilies rver•e� it in furl force in the afternoon if it 1" rt tam rt will. vvillon last #or a s ao e, be of rntrch se vice in facilitating vv ork anduuproving.bi iness,.... 'The crayonpor trait of Alt. Peter:Ctriftte1nn,drawn by Mr. Stewart of Berimiller, anti�pr.esented to Mr. Cantelon by' the:Templars� of Beni -railer; hasbeen;on elli,ibition itstlht to eol_'Tr C, Diel son fol several.. dans, and is a judged a•splendid pietnre The aftnoun nient • in' the London Free Pres at :‘' Dr. Glasgo, of-Clintozi, had - boughokt the practice of' -=Dr _Tye, rot- Chi tliam,'' iri� ust mean someother C11nton.than this; for there is no such doctor here -this is theonly'place ©S!thc name in the •pro- vsince ;there is letow nship:in:the county of I ineoln' ;famed(linton:. There is very. little or,no'snen in the' direction, of 'Boy - field three miles north Clinton, there is- three .times as'"much . as, there is here Cordwood and saw logs • are now being ir urled in in large quantities A new bolter and.some additional maohiner•y .has arrived for: the Doherty Organ Co: Messrs. Doherty &Gibbing§ -rave moved -to.the Peirin;Block,'' The council of18S1' held 18.,nieetings: 1llessrs WW Doherty & C;o well the first` to avail fhemseli:es of the set Yiees""o# th'e Collector of Ctistoms at this plece. Harry Call ha gone:to Mani toba ;:webel.ieve he lias no intention '(or means) of speculating in„land. Qn Tues= day evening, while•.a..class at•theFIigh •Schoel Were taking a lesson in chemistry, and the:riianufaeture Of certain gas was - being illustrated,: one of tale bottles crack- ed,. allowing the gas to escape, causing.tbe scholars to leave • the .room to. avoidthe., very bad smell .and poisonous gas' Three degrees ,: below zero on':•Tuesday night. gr. Price; inspector G. W. R., was here yesterday, in;performanceof. his, duties' he is•,snspecting, the stations on the `line of the:Q.. W. R. • The Conservatives.ofthe South Riding meet here in Convention; to -day. -,...• • . Huron_ Conary k[cheai Aero talion: The regular.nieeting of this gssociatian was held -at the Commercial Hotel; here,. last week. A number'Of medical nnen `.were present, viz Drs.Stewart'and Buri }hitt, Brucefield; HIyndman, •Exetr; Duna - can, .Seaforth; Graham and Holmes, Brus= sels;; Yeung,'Lon desbore; ack'id, Lu'ek- now; Bethune, Ningbo -1n; Taylor, Goode rich; and Williams and Worthiugtenr Clinton: `'h large number of eases 'were shown, among thein being epilepsy, 'ane-' rriia, paraplegia, locom`oter ataxia; necro- sis, andaneurism, all Of great interest and very instructive: It being :the •' annual meeting; :theelectioii of,officeirs took,plaee after theother,'bniness Was Over,. Dr: W r: Holmes Was electe.'d President-, Dr. }3urlbrirt,' Vice- President •And Pi.. Stew-' art, Secretary -Treasurer,' which closed the: session: • OiWfcllows' AnnivexsarY.' On Monday evening Abe Oddrfellow•s. of this -place 'celebrated =the tenth ':anniver- sary of the ;establishment of their' order ;here, by an oyster supper in their rooms, 'in. the Victoria -Block's Among -those present were.several visitors and, friends who were not;Members oftheOrder. After all had their "inner wants'' abnnda;ntly, supplied; Mr._,Iohri Smith wa4.43.pppointed• chairman; and delivereda•short address On. the operations jand general character of the. order. Short addresses -were also giv en by Messrs: H. Thompson, EP; P Mar- tin, P; Robb, 11. Haywood, -,T, McKenzie, W':•Bowie, A. Pay., H. Foster, A. Arm strong, T. White, ;W, 11.. Simpson; A. :H. Manning and W. G, Potts. Messrs. H, Fisher, J. Worsen, 1,' Taylor; and A. -Bale gave recitations,•thatof The Chilly Man” by /be; latter, being. exceedingly laugghable.` _At inteita1s ,during the pro- ceedings .alessrs. Bennett !'at d J. Cole gave' several songs+ the` latter' playing ;in.stru-, mental a;ecomlianiments on :the organ. The. proceedings were brought to a close at a seasonable Maur, after a very . pleas='. ant .evening had been spent. Oslo of the finest stocks 0 GL tail V E • G'I:ovEJ, 111 0 =' and,.:.6.-buttons.. • CLOTH LISLE THREAD 8-7; SILK F01: Hien incl .Boys, .i be seen at 0 7EBY SIZE. AND 'MARE adles. CHILDREN'S GIOVE+S ands.- ;MITTS L Dl'Es KID .,MITTS. S ,l>J oui ;5001:: KID• GEO:E 5 Having ptuehasecl some very desirable LOTS of COTTON GOODS, before the rise, we would as�: oiir customers and the public generally to see what we -have. Ducks, Denims hfte• O'ottons, Care C:ottns Y Sheerin 9 s, C h-eck Skirtings' and . ®tto aces: PRTW PRO TS. PITO NT Jl'O 1'1 &'1'CH, IN• ALT, SIZES AND SIi APLS,; OUR ASSORTMENT OF GLOVES m 9S TUE : LARGEST IN TUE' COUNTY,. COL QR:Ei C ASHMIER1 Lack L s . Vires COL CR D US B� O® e �S G _ QOD tr.., • Itt051 Je RIosItV .. SHOP," N*ro mhe successful man fog our free 'suit a' :clothe as :. .ROBT. -CARTER, QF HULLETT, ho has called and left his measure' for the suit w ich will be made.- :up this week in first-class style: ► LT S. 1s -still . getti` g lover, which counts for the.Bi fRedu ti g cons we.h b n •ir , _ ave. •ee ,_ g ving, and .we• w•�LI . till . co.nti n 0.0).-to� red u c` t�h � e e paces ...tinti 4.