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Home My WebLink AboutThe New Era, 1882-05-18, Page 14CIATN'PON NEW E1IA, THURSDAY, MA.Y IS, 1882. ihotvn. IZonit# LOCAL IOTICES. Wonted, 500 bushels o# POTAToes for which the highest price will be. paid. Taos. CooPicx, Clinton. Tsai cheapest place for Lounges in Clinton is at A. Bennett's, Huron 'Street, one door west of the marble 'works. pn account of Queen's Birthday ' falling, oat Wednesday. next seeelc, advertisers will much oblige its by handing in copy of in- tended changes NOT LATER THAN IIIONDA;Y MORNING. MR. RRowLANDSjust out from London Eng., a short time; has been engaged las salesman in the store of'Mr. S. Davis.' MR. J. SHIPLEY sold a team of mares last week, to an American, for the sum, of ".x'460. The priceis an evidence of their superior quality. MR. CHAS. COATES, whohas been at Quebec in the interest of .Doherty Organ Company, has returned, after effecting a large number of sales. i MR. ARTHUR TwITOBELL. (brother' of Mr. James Twitchell) has moved his fam- ily down from Amberly, and: becomes a permanent resident of,Clinton. MR. WELSH intends to erect a frame house on Isaac street; near the G. T. and has given the jobto Mr. H Stevens, who will quickly push it °forward. • SOME BEES.—This week" one of our townsmen. shipped _$120 worth of bees to a gensleman residing near Toronto.— There was a "hum" in that shipment, sure enough. About thirty appeals have been entered with the Town Clerk against the assess - anent roll for this year, ,the 'most of them. beingmerely changes that have ;taken place since the assessors finished their work.. AFTER an illness in bed of .'a couple of months, Alexander George, second son of Mr. sObas. Cruickshank, quietly passed away. bei' Mond y morning. The parents have the sympat ray of the community in their bereavement. - a IT WOULD be wellfor farmers in. the laeighborhood of Clinton to look after all iyoung cattle that they permit to run at large, as a by-law is in existence in town to impound such if within the town limits, and they are very liable to stray into town with cows that are owned in ttown. Mx. S. FITZIIMONS, jr., has returned from the northwest, and says "he has had --all-of-that country--he-wants". When he left Emerson the people there were just able to come down; to the first floors` of their houses, houses t he water having sufficiently ofibsided. Oi! ;4'i'auitsnAX a horse belonto Mr. 11. Elford, Holmesville,-whiltiein front of a house, got frightened by the wind blowing the buffalo robe, and . start- ed to kick: Beforeit was got under con- trol, it had kicked the dashboard ;'and•• shafts to pieces... LAST week, while cleaning out the eel- Iar of the store, Mr.. Hugh Combe :carried. out an armful of straw and other refuse. A few moments after it was all: in flames, either from spontaneous?; combustion -.or the action of some chemical that, might have got spilt on it. ONE day last week Mr. John Roes met with a nasty accident ; while cutting a piece of timber the axe glanced arid`' en- tered his foot, cutting the cords thereof,, and making agash nearly six inches long,: He will be a sufferer for some time,) but is able to getaround with the aid of a Crutch, LIBERAL MEETING.—A meeting of Re- formers will be held at the Coii'ncilRoem, to -morrow (Friday evening) at 8 p. m, sharp. to appoint delegates to attend the West Huron Convention at Gederich, on Tuesday next. The meeting last Friday was largely attended, let this one be even THE father of Mr. Chris. Dickson; of this place, died suddenly in McKillop on Sunday last, particulars of which appear elsewhere. CARBONATED BEVERAGES.—Mr. P. .o. Foy, late of 'Peterborough, has moved from that place to Clinton, and brought with him a large and complete set of ap- paratus for the manufacture of the above named beverages on a' mammoth scale. these drinks have been made here pre- viously by other parties on a very small scale, and they only had very primi- tive means, but Mr. Foy's apparatus con- sists of four retorts, capableof sustain- ing a pressure of 500 pounds, one being a generatorand the three others containing water, through which the gas is made to -pass to free. it _froth _all _impurities. _thus producing a pure:'carbonated_drink. -He" will also manufacture a superior drink de nominated' Belfast Ginger Ale,which will. be an excellent beverage for the summer season. He has procured a strong and stylish vehicle,and a beautiful "span of horses for the purpose of delivering his beverages. As he is determined' to offer nothing but the purest and best of articles; we have no doubt he will meet with the most extended patronage. PElisorrALs.— Mr. John Mooniest has returned from Dakota. Mr. W. Hartt, of the Bank of Commerce, Galt, has been visiting his parents here. The benign countenance .of, Mr Wm. Broadfoot is again seen on 1 our streets. Mrs. John Gorrell is still a sufferer from infla4mma- tory. rheumatism. Mr. W. L. Newton we are pleased tossee, is able to get around again, though very weak. ' Nelson, Carson, formerly of this town, has gone to the Bruce Mines. Mr. D.: McCorvie has re- sumed his former position in connection with the `:firm of M. McTaggart & Co. Mr. L. P. Davis returned on Saturday' from St. Paul; when he left that city Mr. A. Matheson was at that place. ` Mr. H. Fitzsimons, who has been seriously ill at Emerson for several .weeks past, isnow able to get around. Mr. Kenney was last week called to -London, owing to the ill- ness • of his mother, who still ,continues very low: Mr. Jas. Twitchell has about recovered'.. from his recent, illness. Mr. Galbraith, editor of the Nelsonville (Mani- toba) Mountaineer, paid us a visit on Monday. Mr. J. Boles has been a sufferer from a complication of ailments, but is gradually recovering. Mr. Britton, son- in-law of Mr. W. R. Watts) and who was, lately livinp here for the benefit of his health, has again engaged in business .in. St. Louis. ,'Mr.Will Jackson is contem- plating a bsiness, trip to Winnipeg. Mr. W. Pay, ma ager of the Welland Railway, paid" a flying it to,hisson, on Monday. BRIEFS.—There are a few loose planks in different parts.. of the town that,' ,should be nail"ed":down. Clinton has the reputa- tion' abroad of being the beat horse ,mar ket in this -section—which accounts for •the;many buyers that pay business visits here. .A neat iron fence has -been -erected. by Mr. S. Davis, around his residence on Rattenbury street; we are glad to seer that -the practise of making' open fences is be conning- general -:_Mr J:_:lluit. has the_ foundation for his new house on theRase line, completed. ..A: correspondent of the Blyth Review,. from this .town, goes for the Seaforth.correspondent of. that: paper with a pretty sharp,stick. —Annual meet- ing of the shareholders of the Mechanics' Institute; in the connceil room, this;even ing. So coneise was our ' report ` of the Huron Presbytery meeting held. at Sea forth, Iasi week, that the' Expositor, in- stead of •writing a Report,: copied it entire.: • The . Band. of Hope, organized here a' short tin e.ago, has.eince::been die -bank :ed-nopun: intended. Every store did its full complement of business.on Saturday, as there were crowds in town.. On Fri day morning a cow' got into a well kept ard1?enin the west end -of the town, and: it required the well -directed services of three ladies and a', gentleman to get, .the brute out again. A correspondent:cf. the Wingbam'Times, from this place; flatter- ingly refers to Mr. J. Connolly, the late- ly appointed assistant master in the Model' School. here. - The weather is still quite, cool, owing to the' presence of large fields' of ice On the coast of Newfoundland. Mr. Moffatt, who died., in: