HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-09-14, Page 12,CLINTON NEW ERA.
THURSDAY, SEP. 14; 1882.
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LOCAL NOTICES.
t e celebratod.Elocutionist ,
Plmpersonator, Humorist and dialectarist,'x ill give
one of hie, popular entertainments, andel the auspices
.and in aid of the Mechanics' Institute, in the Town
Mall, on Tuesday Evening3` 1ept. 19th.
The press speak very highly_ef bis entertainments,
Wherever given, and regard him As the finest platform
attraction before the public. Admission, 25 c. child,
ren 15 e.; reserved seats 10. c. ea ra. Reserved seat
pian at'Hickson'sBook Store.
- THERE is a. good opening in, this .town
for an ashery. It is a' business that does
not need much capital,: and is sure to pay.
THERE. were six interments in Clin-
ton cemetery last week in as many days.
An unusual occurrence. Three were from
the country, however;
MR. 0. H. WRiai'T; of this place, has
bought out the ge :e; al dry goods business
of J. C. Kalbfleisch; Berlin. . He has not
yet decided whether to move his family or
non
THE Exeter salt well was recently offer-
ed on liberal terms to any of the members
of the Canada Salt Association that would
take and work it. So far none of them
have accepted the offer.
THE ST.' T$O\FAs BICYCLE CLUB
is now snaking arrangements for hold-
ing a grand bicycle tournament in that
city on the 22nd inst. Over $151 are to
be offered in prizes.. The " local" tof this
paper acknowledges an invitation to be
present.
WHILE a boy named Picket was watch-
ing a bicycle on Thursday, his horse took'
fright and upset the buggy in the ditch,
slightly `breaking le: People should watch
their horses, for bicycles have ;a perfect
right on the road. Bicyclists should also
lookout for timid horses.
NeaWIT1SsTAxDING the ainonut'of mo-
ney>srpent in trying to fix the drain run-
ning across the street from the post office,
very Little has. been accomplished, as the:
stench, during -dry weather isy-alsnpst-un--
bearable..Any day last week a wift from
that quarter was enough to knock one
over.,
SOmE of the townspeople` thetght that
in levying a rate of 18 mills OR the; dollar
it was getting higher here than in some of
the surrounding places, but Seaforth levies
't'hesanit a,r count, and it certainly is not
under tbesim expense as Clinton, as it
gave no :bonus to a railway, so . that the
Comparison is favorable to management of
the finances <f this place. '
ENTERTAno..t:Esar. The entertainment
committee of the Clinton Mechanics' In-.
.stitute have made arrangements with .the
,celebrated el"aeutionrst and, .humorist;
Prof., W. H. Meeke, to give one •of his en:
tertainpient •in the, town hall, ,-;here,; on
the •evening of'Tuesday,'19th rnst: ' He is
very.higlily spoken of by the press of the
United .States and Canada, and those'ivho'
attend the entertainment are 'more than-
likely
hanlikely to get•full'value for their rnoney."
RARE EoliESTY.—For over three years
a businesswa
man. of Clinton,, had on his.
books _a debt of a • considerable amount,
which heeventually-wrote offfasnbad. A
short time since he was much Surprised; to:.
-- -, - -receive liy_ebptess; t full amount of the.
, debt, with a „letter expressing the •hope
that.the amount; was, acceptable ; -:at even
so late a• ,period. .The merchant veryr
gladly wrote out and.forwarded a:receipt:
in full for the amount.
STREET LAMPS,—Nearly 'tivo 'months
since one of the committees was instructed'
by the council to snake an estimate of the
probable. -cost of street lamps, and report
at tile next. Meeting.:of council. The
"next meeting' was• held last week, ;and
as no reference was made to the- niatter
we presume it has -bee .toyerlooked. We
are rapidly approaching .that season of the
year when a few street :lamps. would be
decidedly advantageous;and it Would be
at least prudence to :make whatever •pro-
vision our means will permit fo.r. the com-
ing dark and dismal nights.
THRESHING MACHINES.— The -foundry
of Messrs. Glasgow, Macpherson .&
this town, expect to, dispose' of one hurl
Bred threshing machines before the -season
closes. Of this large number• about forty.
will be sent to Manitoba, where they were
' the first to send them-having,niade ship
merits: about six years ago. Although a
large number of the threshers sold..have.:
been for steam power, they disposed of
more horse -power machines than the ,an-
ticipated. ome of the farmers` in the
county being opposed to the,combinations'
formed by threshers; have forrned; compa-
nies and purchased machines complete for
their • own use. Three -such companies:
have been already' formed: It is the in
tendon-to,..m<ike-preparatiens fox-a_larget
season's trade next year. •
P ROMOTED.Our. readers will regret, to
learn that Mr..A. Straiton, who for about'
eight years has very efficiently performed—,'.
the duties of, station agent for the Grand.
Trunk here, is about to. remove, hehaving;
been promoted to the more lncrative and
responsible position of agent at .Gcoderich.
Mr. Straiton has made a large number of.
friends here, notwithstanding his seine -
what retiring disposition, and we can.
heartily recommend him to the people of
Goderich as one who will be a, desirable
acquisitionto the place. -A leading mem
ber of the Presbyterian church, and work-
er in the Sabbath school, his place -will.
not be easily filled: His successor is Mr:
Pattison, of Dublin, who has already en-
tered upon the duties of his office. Those
who know this gentleman, speak highly
of him, and. if he'succeds in establishing
as good ""a reputationhere ass liis 'prede-
cessor •will have no reason to regret his
removal to this town, •
GAEDENING.—As we have previously
said, there is no town or village in the
county. of Hnron which is so surrounded7
with market gardens or so well provided
with culinary vegetabios as Clinton, and
scarcely any kind of vegetable grown in
Canada but what can be obtained here,
the variety being almost endless. We
visited and noted several gin -dens -already,;
and we now referto one of largedimen-
sions and perhaps the most pleasantly,
situated'ef arty—that df Mr. John Cope
land—who is more of an amateur than 'a
market, gardner, as he carries it' on for the
pleasure it gives him. The garden rats`
along the south bank of . the Bayfield
river, with a gentle Incline, and is well,
laid out. This year almost everything in
it looks well, and the production is ,enor
mous. We expect to see i large display
...at the forthcoming show from this garden,
EAST HURON' C0TSSER'VATIYEs.—At a
convention o'f the Conservatives of'the
East Ridingia.Duron, held. at Brussels;
on Monday, Thomas E. Hays, of McKil-'
lop, was chosen as the standard bearer in
the forthcoming'local; elections. Mr.Hays-
has been the chosen candidate for :some
time, and his 'nomination was `merely-
formal A Reform convention is to be;
held in the same place -next week, when
Mr. Gibson will most likely be re -nomi-
nated.
AnvERTIsING.--The merchants of Clin-
ton,understand the value -of adevertising,
as is evident by the sp a some of them
occupy in the pages of the NEw ERA this +.
week. ' It' is money,, well spent,' for adver-
tising has become as! much a "necessity in
business as the renting of a store. As our
advertisers' speak for themselves, it is un-
necessary to' refer to; them, any more than
to say we can heartily recommend them:
as worthy of patronage, and an inspection.'
of their several stooks will convince all
that they keep nothing but the best of
goods, and in those the largest assortment
that is to be fonnd in the county.
COLLECTING TAxEs.=After the "1st of
October the tax gatherer will commence
his labors. We"haye for years contended
that the man who pays bis taxes Octo-
ber,in:should get a discount over those *h5Who-
do ot pay before January, and -MVO -still
think that some other method of getting
the money in,than that generally, in vogue,
shonld,.be introduced. In Seaforth, if we
mistake not, the people were' last year re
quired to call' at the: Collector's office by a
certain time, and{we understand that the
plait: worked` well.. The city of Guelph
adopted the half -yearly plan of collecting
takes, with the result of enabling it'not
only to keep ;clear of the banks as a bor-
rower, but, towipe out the overdrawn bal-
ances of previous years. The•lesson is
Worth remembering byttown'financiers.
BRIEFS. --Mr. W. C.Searle has, been
re -shingling and otherwise improving his.
house; Mr.'I W. H. Hine likewise;the
addition to .the Bible Christian parsonage
will . much improve' its appearance;' Mr.-
f'xibbing�s' new:brick house on Unta�}}o
street will soon be completed'; the fotin-
-dation for--Mr.--T.-Jaekson's large -house-
is completed -all these improvements and
and
many, more, are unquestionably the?result'
of the N. P. Last week Mr. Searle re
ceived an: application for some strawberry
plants from a farmer in the county of.
Kent,, who stated' that he had read Mr..
Searle's : advertisement . in • the. CLINTON..
NEw ERA. The window of'.the Canada
Salt; Association containsa.fineassortment
n rc
of beautiful.: climbing plants. Mr: J. •
Shipley a few day's since bought a team i.J .L U MAN'T1.4 TI,E DEPARTMENT •: .
y g is still under the Salon
of horses from a farmer tiear'Kippen pay- � �� '
ing in the neighborhood of $400 therefor.
A freight train was running on the West- : Mana emen U : as , last U e , t
g year wiaae� needs : no corn,
' � rnent WE
Our preparations arations for the Fall Trade are ,
p � a , e .the most extensive that we have
ever undertake and we. have now on the x�,- he wa _the la
•. g rest, . choicest and
richest . . 1 .
c es di a �rx sh _ Foreign n
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, �' Goods ever shown
b us• Tile do...;not intend to take second act with`, anClinton,Y' a , . . � y house in Clfor stifle,
quality and prices. ._.
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have l visited the• markets. personally si m r� We have secured the very
p Y the� ! y choicest of patterns., We have
bought at verylowest cash rice
g prices
And intendto ` giveou :. u. , r - • , . .
we t our c stones the benefit of. our labor ' by-
. � giving them:the ehea� est
goods in the' trade. p
Black,Cashmer s Colored,Ca'hm r s '.Fane
Dress Goods;.:: Silks, Satins, in colored & black..
The finest assortment and lowest prices to be
found in Clinton.:
:osery ar+
.aver
This department will be ver : tom ~
p Y plete,
Orders: for Suits executed in the
styles
of the att.
t.
latest
Read
TV,tade ,
Ca
•pets ones Oa. Clot:
TAPS..,:
Flannels, Blankets, Linens
Cottons, &e.`
a.:.
ern on Sunday. A good many of our
towns eo ']e are attending the exhibition
CTEV
D •A MISFIT. ,
at.Toronte..:While ;hauling manure;last
'MANTLE :SLOTHS, FULL ASSORTMENT
S RTME-NT
week Mr. Homer Andrews accidently ran
a fork in his ,'foot, causing. lameness ' for
several days. Mr. B. Webb:: met with a
similar accident while; working at fit'.`
e Emporium will `be . found headquarters uarters for .
q Prices
for Style, for
utility.
Craig's. There will be no 'sitting of''the``
Division Court 'here; during this month,
the - next sitting will' be on the; 20th of-
October.
f
October Mr. Tipling's colt;. which had•
been : in- training at London; and struck.
Its knee, causing:lameness,.` is' now -a11
right again.One of the prettiest Clydes-
dale stallions .imported' into this country-
is
ountry
rs a yearling lately' brought 'out by Mr C./
A-very,-uf the Londvi-road.--3-f reports-
are'true-there are. several parties in .this
town who should lie bustled but, bag and=°
-Baggage, er sent to jail, and the -matter. of"
their; removal should be attended'to; at'.
once. On' Friday night 'softie boys were
fooling with a;shotgun, and :put a heavy:
'charge ' of powder in;it; when fired' it
kicked. a bey :heels over he'ad3;.-: d, liurst;
the:lock of.thegun ; it was fortunate' that
no . more serious . results attended such
reek]essness: There -are sever tt.9f:.the;
tow"n'by-laws that are now so'many ,dead.'
letters.. On Fr•iday.a horse driven by Miss-
Witty; of Londesboro, stumbled and fell,
at the :head of=Albertstreet, breaking the
shaft;'s bicycle rider;coniing.on the scene
froin-a'back street,a`minute after the horse
'ivas lying on the road; was blamed for;tlie.
-occurrence, though staving no more to do
With itthan th.e man ;in the .moon.':'The; therinolueter,got down -.to 42° en Saturday
night. Chicago' papers make mention
of a public debate in ,whiclrthe negative
side was led ly, Mr. Geo Irving, formerly
of Clinton . A young son of `Mr,. Samuel,
Grigg, of London; (a: former:Clintonian)
broke his arm;on Sunday ; -he-had broken
the same limb a few Week's'• before. ` Sea:
forth beat London at cricket, oh Monday,
with.a-score of�118 to 116, and 10• wickets
to spare.• Mr. Fau �ahan sold 90 co ies of
his work "The British Soldier" in this
town. This issue -of the NEW ERA, con-
sisting of 12 pages, embraces 33._.' columns
9f advertising and 381 Columns of reading
niatter,'or a total of :72 columns -being
the.Jargest_paper.iss:ued_ outside__ofthe .
cities. Mr, Jos. Ewing left' with us, last.
week a few splendid toinatoes of the
Pride of Ruron•variety, fully equaliniap-
pearance and; quality to the Fejee.• Mr.
Dunlop, this week delivered parts 11' and
12 of.Picturesque Canada; . they are, in
every., respect equal -:to :former numbers;
the sketches being: marc interesting from
the fact' that they represent life in the `:
northwest. '1 correspondent sends us an
item about a, servant,' girl Who- ate .the
length of°herself in corn—which:would be'
about 15 ears --we. won't put in the Usual;
challenge with this item "who can beat
-it?" for we-deti't wish to enconrage .sur
cide. The •beard of health .have' issued <ti
notice in reference to depositing --.;.night
sail, &c, which should, be regarded` by
parties i nterested. Miss .Cottle, daughter,
of Mr. Geo. Cottle, on Monday received 'a
very' pretty present ',frons her -cousin in
Denver, Mr..ltobt.. Cottle, for•merly'of'the,
Clinton Organ' Factory, which consisted of
a cabinet p to, framed with all the beau;
tiful quartz -bearing stones •of Colorado..
Prof: McGannon did not lecture on Tues-
day night, owing to illness. Hugh Mc;
Gregor was up: before :the Mayor on Mon-
day, on a charge of furious driving, and
fined $1<and costs. Judge. Torus' held a'
court of revision hire on Tuesday, when'
seven' of theReform, appeals . were sus-'
tained,'and fourteen' of the Conservatives:'
The youngest child of Mr. P. Robb, which
has beets very ill, had no less than four
separate ailments successively, but is now
recovering, About 60 tickets were Sold at
this station for Toronto, yesterday morn-
ing. "Over 100`took the train here -yester-
day, for Lucknow, to witness the Caledo-
nian. ;games; ; the train, was a very large
one and was-beavilyloaded-with pleasure
seekers. One of the finest displays•of the•
Aurora Borealis that has been witnessed
for some •time took' plaee' last it`fonday
evening.
'he
Dry --G-o0
s` Emporium of;Clrntor,•
Our fall _ stock of Novelties.= will be full 'andof corn lete� � b the above dates
p
when we
will makeaspecial • : �:al show , magnificent • goods in
eautiful folors'.!anc
New Shapes.
The-finestw and most complete asp
sortment in the l county. --
very
G CSae, o, Style and rice.