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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-12-07, Page 5Vox fIvertCoeIatoto. Christmas sale -•Thos. Jackson. Overcoats—Thos. Jackson. Holiday novelties—W. Jackson. Furs ---3V. Jackson. • Ticket agency --Jas. Thompson. Stray cattle --W. Baer. Stray calves—Geo, Johnston. Berkshire, boar.—Hy. Freeman. Christmas presents—W. H. Simpson. Notice to creditors J. P. Tisdall. Shears lost --S: Davis. Farm for sale -John McOartnev. Canton TEIURSDAY, DEC. 7, 1882. sTotnn. GAlnflI.IN4,1. In an article .ru the evils of stock gam bling, the Globe makes use of the follow- ing language:— 4EAFORTH.o ,SERIOUS ACc1DENT: -- On Saturday morning while• Wdlliam •Donkin, head miller"in Ogilvie's mill, was :engaged in fixing a part of the machinery fiet'tveeii revolving cog -wheel and the iyall, he ,got in such a position, that the wheel .cut a - wound about two feet long, hem the shoulder down to the middle of the back, and two to three 'inches deep, breaking the collar-bdpe into, several pieces and tearing out some. of the small bones of the back. His, injuries resultedletally,'''he dying, in greet agony on Monday night. His temente were taken to Shelborne for interment. WEST WAWANOSEI. Great inconvenience is. caused ' by the bridge across' the, [aitland at Manchester not beingin a paeSable condition. The water is tow cold to ford the stream at this timeof year. A few days iigo•while M'r. Ed. Duinin; of'St:'lelens, vas hunting in the woods,. when in the act of firing at a 'squirrel al- most ; l -most; directlyy . overhead, the gun burst Being a double-barrelled gun both barrels: ' •"There isno'moral difference: between •were rippod openand the•stockebadly this description of gamblingand that of the shattered. The ybutti. escaped unhurt. Bard sharper. The chances in both kinds are equally infever of the professional gamester an d, against the innocent outsider; The suaprising feature about the /flatter fe that intelligent, educated, moral and even re- ligioux people do not recognize the wt•oricg and folly of this kind of .gambling ' ands see Mr. Ge .Routledge,of West Wawanosh,. has had three valuable, sheep killed by dogs lately, entailing;'a loss of X30:' BELGR;AYE. ;, :Mrs: Montgomery, an aged lady of this village, breathed her last,aboub noon on" no horn?, in trying to win "money; without Tuesday. • having earned it. : The whole system IS es: Rev. Wm. 'J.• Brandon and -bride, of sentiall wrong. What nig roan wins somo Port Robinson, are -spending e few•weeks- Y twith'their friends in this vicinity. • • one else must lose and, however uatural' I Rev. D. NIeNaughton, M.A., of North it may be that ri isfe ;tune should excite' Keppel, ,conducted service in the Presby- • sympathy, it most not be, forgotten that Brian:church; last Sabbath, both morning the man or women who risks moneyeither and•evening on the. tarn of a card or the rise or fall!..of •Mrs; Masters, wife of Mr. Wm. Masters, etocke,deaeives to "lose it, of the 5thcon.of Morris, died on. Tuesday, The italics in the foregoing paras ,aph• morning.: She has' been• sick for •a long' are cora, and : wish"to draw special,,at-: time, and her death, been expected we for many months, tention to that portion, of it. Certain 'Gimes are lively since the sleighing things considered, it is, indeed,. surprising came. We have about a foot and a`:halt that "the intelligent--.and-religious" do not of: show ery day adds "to, the supply!. recognize, the wrongof thiq kind of lobi= Many people are expecting a thaw, be - b g ' , cause water is so scarce with them. ing or any other; but it. can ecarcelybel ex , As the holidays are drawing near the; petted,, that they would- when."religious churches :.are arranging for, their" usual entertainments The Methodists -intend: bodies themselves indulge in a good many holding their anniversary at -Xmas, -mid- things which can only be described b'. the, the Episcopalians" at New Years: Bel - grave grave is just the place for.first-class tea' << term gain1 hng: People have had their, meetings. " ideas of eertain ;things eo confused )that. Hru LLETZ'. they. imagine there is no form of gambling; Mtrxicreee. —1t"is said that at the Sp -- .save and alone'. that associated with; the pro`aching municipal.election; enat,ters will card -table billiards &o:;..but there arch 'be ogee h'v ly than. they have' been for a' ' 'mintierf y er oeare. The names•of many of great many forms and ;phases of gambling tits prominent farmers are mentioned ;as, just as pernicious -as these, and until people likely candidates, and it begins to look :ae, get back to what, for convenience, inay be if" there will be any number to select the Council from;. ' termed'"`first principles,".and every, form BuLI BOUGHr.-Mr. Rieharcl Carter, of getting money,witheut giving'valae for, allot 27, • pth con, pf Hullett; :has just it, is denounced; and tabooed ..as •' aiiouid bought a splendid• Durham •' bull " of the Messrs. Ransford, Stapleton.. It was :rais be, there is little ground to hope thatleven ed byMr. Geo.. Sproat, and when only the"intelligent and rel igious"tv ill keep aloof seven Months' old was eel d•to•'them at 95. from the things which are directly and in- Itwill be quite an acquisition to this sec-, tion,;ae the '"services of •a tlieroughbreci directly having a deleterious effect -on so- wereneeded'on thio line. oit3ty. DEBATING=A meeting of the young: men was held in the Schoolhouse, No. on the 23rd Nov. for the purpeee oforgan- izing a Literary and., Debating ,Society. Owing to inclement weather ,the meeting, was;adjourn,ed to the 29th- nit. •when a -large Meeting was •held. and` the ..society fairly', launched. The...following' officers were elected.,, President,. Win .'Murphy; Vice Pres. Adam Elliott ; Secy., Geo: A. Newton,l:Iarlock. A- debate was arranged for Wednesday evening. the 7th inst. ,Sub- ject,'resolved: "that a grain farm is more profitabl&than-a"grase one •" -, G.., A: New- ton supports she affirmative. ; T. W. Sloan,, the'negetive Thesubject" is „practical, enough and should be, productive other efit BRIERS.--Mr.•Thos. Neilans has been around and ae o•od.deal ofgrain ie..goiitg out..` i!n,coi sequence:; Th .school exami nation "aitfm?' ti ill'' commence shortly Anotlier fraud for which the;N P..is not responsible. Mr. Radicle, ofI3iussels, i9 painting Mrs, R. Kelley's new houseO It is reported that Dr. -'loan. has secured a contract for 500'-cords'of wood :from the Cr W. R., to he delivered on the tract: which: crosser, his farm on the 14th cope Jho. Riddell trot the end takeri.oli'one of his fingers while feeding a threshing - chine hreshing chines at We M-urphey'a. , The band -cute terthoughtit was around a sheaf. .There should be a "number' of )roust warnings throufih this section this 'winter,--; The I{ariock people think :tbey'have' ;a..right to have a councillor' next year; ,- A LIBERAL CONVENTION. -' We are glad to see that a convention of the Reformers of Ontario has been called in Toronto for the 3rd anti 4th of Jana% ry next, as questions, of vital' importance to the public interest exist, that need 1 free discussion amone those who have the • best interests•f the country at heart. • Every division in the county should "ap=' point delegates, at once. THE projected. union of -all .the Metho:- • dist bodies of the Dominion appears to be makingheadway, judging by the iesults of the meeting of the special'" committee from all the bodies interested; at Toronto last week. Some appear to think it will: I be conemmated in a couple of months," but of this we are doubtful,- although, -we are of opinion that the" union will even- tually be brought about. MANY of the Conservatiae papers ale, jubilantly pointing to the, fact of the Mon- treal' Herald, a, nominal Reform' paper, supporting the disallowance of 'Provincial charters in Menitoba, as an evidence of that paper's independence_in differing 'witt Reformers generally, (and a »good many more too) on this subject. , The' simple fact that the Herald is virtually the pre - party of the Syndicate; deproves^its-utter•-- antes of any weight whatever in this re- spect. But the Conservative organs (take" good care that they don't inform their read - era of this fact. ONE. of the most lamentable pill"itis isf society is ,the fact that when a large muni- ----bot_of_diar©putable women are arrdsted, (as was the case at Toronto last week) there are nearly always men in the community • willing to come forward and Pay ,their fines, in order that they may. continue their life of sin. And not unfregnently' these -very men' are counted: among j"the most respectable portion of the commun- ity." Ono is sometirnes'1'ed to "seriously wonder if with all the so called civifiziog influences of the age, people "ere ""really the: an `.better in morals than » were in Y they» so called licentions periods of the' past. or sans ha •en'tagood THE Conservativeg v • word to say•of Mr. Greenway;•now that'he is so strenuously 'opposing the disallow- ance ' measure -in the Northwest, a nId no term seems too'harsfarthem'to apply to him. How time changes circumstances. • From 1867 to 1875 he'was the idol off the Conservative party in•Sotth Huron, even Sir John himself making it visit to li this place in his" behalf., If'. Mr. G'-reenivay's record has beet; a changeable one, (as the Mail liars it) he .liar the satisfactic e of knowing that-l're"is holy-•contend'ing for the right, and ho man should be :illi toed:, of changing from wrong"to right, ' ILL; -John, second son ,of Mr.- ,,Wm: Scott; Stanley, •lids been confined to the house for the last four weeks with rheum- _atism in theknees, • VISIT.—MT. Thos. Baird last' week, paid a visit to his son,'William;who resides in the County oiKent. ` William has rented his farm of 50 acres•'and is coming shortly 'to reside in Huron, ' :iSNARROW "E;sCArs.•-A few day's ;since, while 'a horse -power' threshing machine was at work in the barn of ;Mr" WO' 'Mc-. Queen, 2nd concession of Stanley it took lire at the gearing, igniting some straw. that_had,.ga tiered•art uad it, and blazing Op brightly; For, a'matneut or two,thugs looked dangerous, but the feeder had rnf- ficientpresence of mind to catch up pail of water and'extingiiish the flames. Cooirri..—Tho Council met on the 2nd, at Varna; at, 10 o'clock a, m. according to notice. All the mernbera.present,minutes .of previous meetiugsread and signed, On motion the -fol- lowing accounts were ordered) to bo paid: C. Smith, $3; cedar , Dr. •Woods $3 for visiting T. Ray in sickness; G. Stewart & Co., $4.67. The treasurer; whe paicl $27.95»being interest', on borrowed money. Moved by •S. McKinley: sec, hy.Gco. Castle, that the collector allow Mrs.' Scotsmeres taxes to . remain .unpaid, until -further notice. -Carried. Mr. Clark was•instreeted'to have the requisite notices for the uoinination„and election printed and posted up. The Roevo•was instrneted to give orders for the following gravel accts up todato viz. ins, Dallas, $19.20; Jas. Parke, -$12.78 ; I Win.1.5 0 .WmGrunt $3.841;.841, Td. Glen, $8.34 ; F. Goodwin, $5.60 T.i Bard , $21.66; J. Alexander, $4,20; T. Herd $21; C. Logan, $10.80; W. Connor, 12 cents; J. Reid, $G8; tai• Foster, $12.42; T. McIntyre, $9. Moved' by G. 'roster sec. by J. Torrance that the following salaries be paid to the township officers for•the present year, viz.; W, Graham - salary, postage,. Stationery and selecting jurors $12; G. Castle, salary, 39;'P.Dougles, aalary; n alar 1; J. McKinley; J.. of ra tip s 3 .lU C $ 7, $� , t Y r $30; J. Itch], salaryand postage, $75; Alex. Sparks, salary, $70; Jos. Higgins, a laary $70; A. Stinson, $10; G. Stewart, 'salary voters list, registration, postage and stationery and. sheeting jurors, $126. — Carried. The council thee adjourned. Coo,; S•rixwurr. inest -showx n • the ;co �nty grand su:dcess A\KETS When chill November's surly blast madeields and . i crests bare. The ' question, arises, where can the best and • cheapest assortment of seasonable goods - be found. The reputation of kin s .aIi'size , aII. r,ices p • zk; Seal & Asir-ach ets-beautiful g'oods. FUR HATS, large assortinetit. ; ivan TILE MANCHESTER MOUSE Will, not be allowed -to wane. ur: efforts have been stead it� ph a • rec iated, as: shown by the immense increase; n our sales' CLINTON. H:ODCEN TUCH, ERSMITEI. MrsNxc PAL.=There is some talk through the township, of running"•Mr. Hannah, the present deputy, in , opposition-` to Mr. Walker, at the:'approhching `election. "Davie" would be a hard -one to beat. A number of nurnes are also mentioned for the council. • ” BA]FIEerr Wo understand. that M. Adam' Thom- son one of thestedents in attendance" at the, Modei School, has been engaced to teach at Bayfield,in the County of Huron. Mr., `.Chorn de is a:»clever. ypupg ;man apd WO have little "doubt that -he will "'taake• a' successful teacher. He will. be missed by theGalt' Literary Society.'. of which he was a';valued.:member.'-Galt'Reformer. • •11 was` generally understood. that Mr..:; Stewart, who has "given suck good satire - faction tiering the short time h''e :has been eonnected', with• the school, would be re -on - gaged, and t.he; Wows that he was dismissed:, fell like ,t thunderbolt on many, Some say that lucre was not a quorum` present at the Board when his, successor was en- gaged', but 'es•to the truth of this. : we can- not vouch. Mr. Stewart feels his position keenly,•' as it, somewhat disturbs his ar rangements personally, and he had not the slightest intimation but that he would . he retained. WIN GB .. ACCzUENTs.--,On ThUtOd'3sy'-rsrorniitg- Mr. E. F..' Black -received a telegramstat- ing that his.brother"Alfred had been kill- ed by an accident in Chase, Mich. Mr. Ben Hennings, '(son of Jits. Hennings, Reeve of Turnberry) succeeded in cutting off the top of one of his fingers while. chopping turnipslast week. The advance agents of Fred R..;W'ren's. Georgia Min strels hired a livery rig from R. Tennant, and succeeded in getting it pretty: well smashed -up. — — CoitttE roxnE:vCE. — Some person or. persons to ns ".unknown succeeded splen didly,in inakiilg " Sparks" the 'laughing stock of the town. Sparks should not be- lieve everything the Wingham boys tell them. While we feel greatly flattered at the condescension, of the Advocate and several other papers in copying our items bolus bolus, we think it wotfld be more honorable to give-the'source of .their in- formationThe large number ,who copy show that the NEW ERA' correspondence- is—Considered interesting and reliable. PaxsoNALs.—Charlie Stebbins has re- turned to his old stand at the Dinsley House., Mr. John Davis; of the Mitchell Advocate,, was in town last' week'; did lie get his. Winghitm news while in town. or. NEW PaRA. Mx. l NLw f mile didhe co it ro Py 'last 'Manitoba 1' ft for - James Reynolds e Week. Mr. J. C:• Welsh, conductor on the L. H, & B. haying obtained leave of ab- sence•for one month, leaves for a trip to Manitoba.' A new clerk et ,Holmes di Bali's. Robt. Kerr, brother -of John Kerr, grocer,-ntends going to work at Ander- ' son's saw mill; he comes from near Lon - doe . on-don.Robt. Campbell is to be caretaker of the rink, this 'winter at a sa'I ;r, iy y of $80. The Georgia Minstrels are coming Friday night, Messrs. Johnston & Irlamilteneare having a dispute With the;town over their water privileges. COLBORNE. BRiw•s.—Scarlet fever is affecting parts.. of this township."Quarterly meeting was: held in the- German: Evangelical church, on Sunday, Dec. 3. '11Ir. HenryHabe1 down with a severe attack ofinflamma- tion. STAPLETON., CiISF �Y,1RI.—OnTeusday night a num- ber of villagers and others collected a lot: of tin pane, shot: guns; &c., and treated it couple, whose marriage in another column, to some of their sweet (7) music. The ```.boys" should 'take a milder way about it so as, to encourage some other. •young men to follow suit, one of whom lives a little more than a Rod(a)way from the residence of the ;young man that so latelyentered into the bonds Of matri- mony: . Goi)kzrICE1 TOWNsIUp. It' is not likely that there will be 'any opposition to Mr. Elliott, for the reeveship this year. ONE evening recently Mr. John Beacons upset his steam engine while driving into the yard of a farm. THE LARGEST.—Mr. John Middleton, is' the heaviest tax payer in this;: township,, the amount be will pay this year being. considerably over ono hundred dollars. COALING OUT AGAIN.-- It is said that the frientis-$of .Mr.' John.Beacom 'intend : to bring firm-ouc'oga u as-areandidate-fe,i-the deputy-,reeyesbip. He-willtnake a strong opponent to Mr. Whitley, but whether he would be able to beat him is hard to say. CONCERT. —' The : officers of Goderich township' Volunteer company, stimulated by the samosa of Clinton Company, pur- pose holding a concert at Holmesville, Nome day in the near future, in order, to raise funds to aid in the purchase of het- meta forthe members. 'olling is lisjos the, nf twbeThepupfl of the school on the 1thames con., -who 'tae thowe first. and second places ion their respective classes, for the month of November -1st class—lst M. E. Church- ill, 2nd W. Jenkins. Junior .2nd -fat R. Coats, 2nd" Charlotte Swan. Senior 2nd —1st Thos.Wigginton, 2nd G:W.'Church-` ill. 3rd class-1st_D Churchill, -2nd F. Patton.: 4th class 1st' C. Jenkins, 2nd. Mary. Jenkins. These reports are based onrecitation,; punctuality and; gond: con -- duct. LONIDEBRORO. The receipts 'ofctheneeding at the.Forest- ers last meeting amounted to $165. RETURNED,-- Mr. T. Cottle, James Medellin Geo.' Rose, and Billy 0 Johnston, areturned'r h e have e•.from the no t w st and give good accounts of that place. STARTING IusxNtss.—Mr. I). Roberts, at present carrying on blacksmithiiig at Porter's hill, has rented the shop formerly occupied by - John Haggle He . starts; business here at New Years. DEBA'rn.—A. debate took 'piece in the. Temperance hall last' week. Subject "which is the most pleasant, city life or country life." Country- life gained the day.,_prineipall'y on account of the healtlii- nese df the country aheadof'the city. _ a� the lar' erne l -o, ors o�'l A staff' of Forty Assistants" is " kept busy day :and night to keepup to our orders in Glothing M llinery& Mantles The secret of this is easily. found in a;' close p er- sonal attention to. business, "and selling the :best goods at lowest prices. This week we have added many. new lines that will be sold Tike,. don' keep our nstore crowded with cords oflast season s Dress Goods, Prints & Dints s, C cords o old. Tweeds and to akns. .h Ivouthing bare ow, 11:::h_ and-Sparklitt CLII T° dv:,21, 1882. ewhirter