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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-07-20, Page 10CLI TON' ivEERA TIiUTtSDA1', JUI,Y ?i),; 188'4.. Mn. 3AS. �DERS0 has taken :1.en h(r, S. T: Holmes into partnership with him in the livery business. HURSEs ion D_&IcaxA.—On Saturday Messrs. 1.. Battenbury and J. Mooney, of. this place, shipped by boat from. Gode rich; about 45 horses, for Grand Forks, Dakota. They ,also accompanied .the horses, which Were in charge of J. Ratten- bury sr., F. Rumball jr, and J. Fox. Bzcrer E G. - Mr. Perry, Doolittle, of Aylmer, was in town. last Wednesday,. having come all the way_ from Watford, in 'the county of ,Lambton,. en a bicycle: The. distance is about 73 miles, and is a better day's travelling than most- horses would accomplish.' CuEc ERs.—On Friday .list Mr. RIc- 'albli,rof London„ who is . recognized as one uftbe nest-ehteeker-player-v=ia-Ca; was in town and had a set-to with Boney Campbell, five genies being- played, one each of which was won by the players, and the other three were -drawn.; THE HURON' Lzvn STOCK Assooi .- Tion.-Anneeting of the' Officers and Di- rectors of the Huron hie Stock;ASsocia- tion, will be held at the Commercial :Ho- tel, IJotel, Clinton, on Tuesday July 25th, ,at, 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of.consider- ing the propriety of holding a fall sale of stock. . ' SCHOOLS CLOSED.—Last Thursday ternoon the Model School was dismissed fOi,the Holidays by Mr. J.Cun,inghame; one of the trustees: Prior to closing, the scholars from. all the divisions;: gathered in Mr. Connolly's room, and'under his leadership, engaged in singing, a number of pieces being rendered' in good 'style. HIGH CHARGES.—As showing the ex orbitant rates charged by the Canada Pa-: cific Railway we may mention that they charge more for sending a threshing,ma chine from Brockville to•Pembroke, a dis- -lance:of about 130 miles, than .,the .same machine can be sent forfrom bere .to Hali- fax, a distance of about' 1300 '•miles -or ten times.as far, - SoMEpf the Clinton magnates. are 'busi- ly engaged, quarreling over the manage:- ment of their High School, and are writ ing to the papers, abusing each other about the matter. If they wish to .kill what has long been a well conducted and creditable institution' in their town, they; will persevere in the work they lave un dertaken:-Seaforth Expositor A DEAD BEAT. -A in-aiing by:t"he name of Clark, who has begoien' stopping' around town. for, a; short, time, ordered a sprit of clothes from a business house here. He called for them last IV ednesday, pro tnising to pay for them in''the afternoon,. but he skipped Mit without so doing, and; is therefore a suitaheatl. ''To the'initiated he is known. as " the padlock swindler..," and is nothing more or less than an una , dulterated beat. OLD RErics,---l.irs. \Viii Smithson,".of. this town,has a cbuple of relics in herpos- session, that show the workmanship'of a -'b one. tire. e--bf tlre�e rs-an oak chest about one font deep_, by two long;: made in the year'1688; the -;face of the chest, is coveted with carved work �sMehl is well done, and the chest appears as sound as the day it was.inade. The other - is a beautiful _•china cup: and saucer over one hundred years old.';; Both the articles. were brought with her irons the old' country. Fr n. — On Wednesday eightlast while some parties were tossing a ball with a lacrosse stick, the ball bounced and struck Mr: J. Hediger full inthe eye, inflicting a :very painful wound. "For violating the by-law, by ,,:playing;; ball on- . the street, J. J...Williaits was sm umoned ,before the Mayor and fined $1,, 'and' costs-. J. Irwin was up for the sa;nfe offence' and was likewise treated i<t is the 'intention. of the Mayor in futurOto fine all parties found playing ballon the street: ATTEMPTED Surclnw One day ;last -week a certain individual'intown who has' for ;some time back being drinking to excess, attempted - to commit suicide by Banging himself to a rafter in the house. hen discovered by his wife he was black • .in the face and. unconscious, but 'she cut him down and lie soon after recovered from the effects of,his rashness.,A little;. while after be:st.ripped 'stark nked said sitting down in the middle cf the room, amused himself by singing at the top of; his' vrnce;. SERVED D HI ,I iuur—On Pri'clay even_ ing last a youth nettled McDonald, who' was under the influence' of liquor, did his best to get Up -a disturbance with` several parties, until at last he succeeded in meet, ing one' penton wouldn't tai.e any: of his.. "sleek ""—anal vi ho relic Sum t walLule rited -pounding.' :When; -"he got borne he- found that he had in sone Way lost over $30 which lie had in his ,pocket, but it ;turned out that a friend wit .mbre . sense than he. possessed, had taken the money '1'71:Way to prevent him squandering it. C,IIARGE or SrAnnilo.-Oil Saturday a young bran named Watters was tried be fare MY h • TIFiester, on ,,ti dTarge tit at tempting to stab_..a youth named Beatty.' The parties to the case belong to. the .7th.': con. of Tuckersniith, and it appears they' had fight :a few daysfr. n d a before, e, t drings -which it was alleged Watters used a knife on Beatty, who appeared in .court Some- what bandaged up. The evidence for the prosecution. not -being- considered-- clear; enough upon .which to commit the prison tit; .he was accordingly •diseharged: The tlily previously Beatty had been up before Mr. Strong, of Seaforth, on a charge of assault • preferred by Watters, and was fined 7 and costs... BIrrT— tR.A .car load of butter was shipped to Montreal on S'aturclay;•by Messrs J. Hodgens aud-Pay. &;'WViseman= furnished all of it except about 20;tubs. Already: this year:Mr: Hodgens has han- died nearly six hundred tubs. These par- ties did well -to sell as the price paid here, is slightly, higher •than -quotations will warrant, several wholesale houses having recalled their. buyers until prices .come dowu;_As pastures -have been good in Eng- land, butter is nOt likely to:rule high, and we believe it would he 'wisdofor those holding stoolm s to dispose of them without Ifi'aiting fora rise. Monday's- Globe, a good autliority Ort this subj'ect,says:—`But- ter very quiet, shippers, cannot operate at presentprices and State; that until, prices ome down. 8e to 4c per lb. they -will notlie blc to bty :" THE Cosax.ar,---One of the most suc- cessful concerts, financially and otherwise, ever held here, was that given under the management of Mr. Morgan, last Wednes- day evening. The programme, an un- usually long and admirably -varied one, ryas well rendered throughout, evincing - very vincing very_ careful preparation on the part, of those: assisting therein. '• Among the pieces worthy of special mention were Dancing o'er the waves," by Misses: Straith ;and Brown and Messrs. Jones and Jackson, wylieh was..`particuharly well rendered. The "A 'I3 C" duet, by Miss Davis and Mr. Morgan, was well done: and .quite amusing. Mr. Bond's concertina playing was something magnificent and plainly pt-• showed that he was an adel in the use of this instrument, -.and the hearty encore given. him testified the appreciation of the audience. Mr. Morgan and Mrs. Whitt have long. been recognized as excellent`. amateur singers,.. and their rendition of "O'er the hill,; o'er the dale,- and other pieces .in which they individually took part, showed that. they were still -worthy of this .designation. - Fairy Horgan • and, aggie ac s e • l -prodigies, executed their parts exceedingly well, and promise to become in the future eminent musicians. 1lrs. Newton's instrumental piece was much appreciated, as her'play- ing always'is. " The Quaker's courtship," by Fairy Morgan and- Master George Hodgens,. was very amusing. The duet, " Hear me,. Norma," by '_hiss Callander , and IIr, T; Jackson; is one of the old' fa- vori$es, particularly when,as well render- ed as,on the present occasion. A trio,, by Dr. \Villiams and Messrs. Connolly and Jones,' was highly appreciated' bythe•au dience. The'eantat , 'Reward of merit," performed in theopeningby a, large num- ber 'of children dressed, in 'White,'could not have been more 'effectively gwen. The coin pan yrendered their, pi;ese in ex : cellent.style. Mrs. Morgan accompanied most of the singers on. the 'piano.' Not withstanding the perfect jam in the.hall, and ...the: excessive heat,.excellent order was-Maintained:throughout. ,Those who, had the management .of the: concert in hand; p'r'ominent and zealous anion g which: n as T. Jackson, jr., who also- advertised it well and extensively, have every ;reason to: fell 'pleased at the result of the entertain - meat; rivhieh `netted'about .8127 over all expenses, Bstu i s Mr•. J. R. Kennedy, one of the: three bakers here, used over.t=welve hun- dred pounds of flour to supply'the people? with bread last Wednesday. A -Man in town 'had a horse die on his haud this week, and to realize` as inticli:'as possible from the carcase, skinned it -and too: ail the bones out;of it. •. The Exeter Reflector last week had 27 items headed. "District Reflections;" 21 of them were clipped en- tire from the ,iti my Eit* ;, we are glad our fi exclianges nd this paper of so much ser- vice to. them: •`31r..Sheppard. has a cellar. excavated for his building on,Huron street. _ mail: from Galt was in. town: last week; showing the Merits of it new style of gear ing and springs.. for a. buggy; he .would recklessly drive over stones, high cressings,- rails and other pojeCtiOnS, and it seemed to make no diflerence'to the - occupants ; he suceeeded'in selling several, which are to be made up by waggon makers here. Th si polars' -o2 Mrs. Morgan's pr -i -vat school held a picnic last week in the,Great Western grove, which Was as successful as picnics usually are.._ A. recently arrived Englishman e�cclaimed heretlie other; day, "This is too bot for me, I'll•soon go away back"..'.; the. 'thermometer was only about 75; and bein g informedthat,; the weather' wasn't hot yet, he ejaculated, " Oh, hit's dreadful hin this country, hit's'dreadfil." 1Ir. I. Howson played with the Blyth.; .Cricket club; on Friday, in its ,unsuceess=. ful match with, -Brussels; the club woiild have been beaten worse than 'theyv,ere, had hot Jith been playing.. The'framc-, work of Mr :'`J. B>itt's new -bon Se,on the baseline ishie rly completed ; when finish ed 11 will ben convenient residence: bicycle: arrived here fora Oodericlb gentle man'' the other day:and also one for Mr," Brent 'of' Seaforth • the bicycle i5 the coin- ing conveyance for those whohave much running around, but -they Should be' got up alittle plainer and sold for $25 or $35. A large an::ea nt of new:hay has been alis ,posed ofon rile market herethis season. On. Saturday afternoon'a kite sailing at r great °'beight,over the Rattenbury House, `was held -by a;boy. near; the 0,.T, station, a distance of about 800 yards. The trus- tees of the Model,School are,putting a -new picket fi'nce along one' side aiid to• the rear of the school; and making other needed improvements., lli.; Jolin Shipley last week bpught' .a Horse of Mr. Forsyth, Tuckersmith,:paying therefor,.:. ,1S5. ;Vo. 4 Infantry_ Cent pany (OD nton,)will put inn' their annual drill at Lo'n d oil; ie }thi-th e 33rt'L" Battalion,'cominencingen the 5th of Sept:` Mi•" P: WtHis'.",(fornnerly i clerk in :this' place) but now doing business for:.himself. nn Farmensville, has lately htit iyri ]L�a few -1rstore 2I iiia, anti i, said to be do ing well The'sh.00ting gallery has -been moved: to Kincardine. A Very large speci- men•ofthe water Snipe was found in -Aft. S•earle's garden. on Tuesday morning; itis unusual for them to be: found so near' housesand'in the,heart of the tower On. two oceaSions lately fire has been discover trill 1111 h gnIIIJII,ltlllflalal , ,i410 .r 0 '01 i' li t� ,>°tici> Tars ap ly. to'' JACK`S 0 Town Agent G FOR THE White P'ks. Light and Dark ' g Muslins. Light Colored g o ed Pants, • Plain, Black & watered Prints. Plain, Black and Lace, Cream, biscuit,'Br(*n and Navy.. GRENADINES AND LENOS. CREAM AND BLACK LACES. HOSIERY AND GLOVES. S MMER DRE I V Ss S LKS. IN :Checks and';, Stripes 'MANTLE SILKS AND: TRIMMINGS. TILE DRY GOODS EIIPORIUIII OF CLINTON. eel amid the lumber piles near the plain Ing far;toryaii--H-urear-stn set; ati-harve-foG- tunately-beenput oat before any damage was done ; the suppositioin is that children playing around have thoughtlessly started them-. ' Persons shooting at 'robins, or cherry buds should be'ea careful to shoot in an elevated position and use fine shot; as it is less aangerotis to persons passing at a distance"; ;th-ee'law- Only -allows these birds to be shot when destroying flu it. Straw-. berries Will soon be a thing of the past this season.;. the crop here has been a bet- •ter`one Ahan'..frst anticipated Mr. E. Holmes has purchased the -lot' on -queen: Street, abjoining his residence, from Messrs. Doherty &z ''Gibbings, Messrs., 'Glasgow, llacpherso &, Co, this -week int toile of their threshiu,g machines to Halifax, N. S. ; who says their reputation is .not; world -wide'? Who arab-lig be many Jgardoers liere, Can bring us the largest ,specimens en- of stick fruit as currants, ooseberries,.raspberr'ies &c., we think we ;.We think we know who takes the lend in gooseberries, but would like to hear from som'e'others before announcing the -fact. ;Che".\Vanclerers play' the Victoria block cricketclub a game early next.week. Cor - ''respondents sometimes ,sl us if we divulge their nallies, but tlicy may rest 1(5001'C (1 that this is never done ; it people -do find oat who are the authors of letters, &c•, itinuSt be by some tnieans outside of a.ncw;;paptr office, for printing office •i ret;' are well kept. W X _--J z;ya•n;arit ta.-se• tyle sr est ,St'ck,• fest 1 ualit •and Chea est Goods, in• the. Count• . n Faris-. -7Tli6 Ix=ca-of t s 3�- tocky of. Eby Carriages le, rcrsT . BE S OLE) CHEAP. Cone and 'wee: u-wh,1ether you buy or not. rr'a yes and Express Waons Cro_ Bab. La x g p g cruet, Lacrosse, Music & Music Books. • Good Hammocks for $2. GENERAL NEWS ,AGENCY, 1.J F .V A 41 KN CR\I'll•. 14AtA7I'IF1 'li' 4; c 't f'`i ietoVia, 331oeh, Clinton..•' ne. of the finest establishments otq lira t1>!c Wes Established 1854. OUR Special . Paces. FOlt Fine Dire(' d red Clothfn 4. 1 . Our Stock is the largest, *county' eai tl SEE Otilt, GREAT ; LINE FOR LES _ U ERGS SUI: Full lines for hot. . weather S i ,.0 is aE' O� ,j22fd l Linen. Coats; White' Vests; Alpaca Coats, R er Coats, • Linen Dusters ubber Le gTn OS. JACKSON, oTli17 ALO TZ.