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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1883-04-13, Page 10(CLINTON NEW ERA. l2,ID.1', APRJL 13, 1853. ,,atvt> cul?itn. LOOAT NOTICES. .If vett want a chenp.Trunk or Valise go to-WM. TAXI OR C SON'S. SPRING WHEAT, $3 per bush, -11 you wish to make $5 or $l; per bushel out of peing Wheat, eoeure some of GRANTS GREAT SPRING \4IIEAT- --only a suluii quantity. left. S. PALLISER cF, CO., at kits fpr ;Clinton. SPRING AND SUMMER MIDLINEItY. - ttieu•_nuuioroua fnmais and eustomers that after Friday, April 13, they will show all the latest novelties in'. Millinery. Don't for- get that now ie ,the time to get your hats mule, over into all the leading styles. Et:exua Bnoca, Clinton. I3ICV:CLES,—The undersigned -leas, on ex A hihlti of au New Bicycle, wade from English patterns, got up in good style, equal to the best Bicycles made: Those who wish, to_ buy such an article, or gain any information on the subject, are requested to call on ne 'norreoi and with the subscriber, at' the $kw ERA ottiC , Olititud who, will gI idly :give all -information in his power, and also assist parties who purchase, in learning to ride. it. HHOLMES. 47 - Godericll. and Sea forth. • have'both been trying their hands at Art Exhibition s,�iilinitation-of Clinton. • We •hope they will be. equally as successful.'' FARM BOUGHT —Mr. , -Charles' Carter, Foreman of the "Stapleton Farm, has boughtfrom if. Ir' Ransford In 34 Pnsso AL,—Mr. : Smith, formerly ex P. P. for North Middlesex, was --the guest of 11r:11t. McTaggart last week. We bad a call on Saturday from. Hon: It. Hawley, of Detroit. Mrs. VT.:C.oates'isSpending several :days in Toronto. Mr. E. Kaake is on the sick list; being confined to the.house.. 1\ Ir. C. Ridout is recovering from the illness to which reference was made last week. - f Buffalo, takes the Miss Ferguson,„uaon> position of check clerk in the establish- ment of Mr. J. "Craib. _-� 'llannin� reeeivsd intelligence, on i Ir. 1 b . _-....__ Friday, of the death of his gi:andfather, in England, at the advanced age of 90 years. Mr. D. 1\f. Ramsay, B. A., formerly o"f Clinton, has just passed his first exami- nation at linox College, for Bap ichor of Divinity. Mrs. Agne\v, (mother of Mrs. Dowsley) was summoned house to Kingston last week: owing to the serious. illness of her husband. Lr. Coates, broker Co erchan�t; Liverpool, nephew of Mr. Chas,' Coates, was--in-town_on Wednesday being on a business trip to. this country. •-At "a meeting. of•the Synod of the Pres- byterian church, now'in session. at St. Thomas Rev.'A.-D. `McDonald,, of Sea - con. 1;' Huron. road, 100' acres,nrice_ ,,250:. forth, aWag unanimously elected 'Moderator for the year. Ory” Saturday . nest, on - the- Market Mr. -Rout. Craig, sho Inas finished'his Squarer Mr. J.: Howson will offer for saleg, the house and lot of Mr. \V, H. Doe; who, college course, expects to appear before 'laying accepted a situation•witlt Beecher the Presbyterian Synodatits'presentmeet- - Bros. of London, reinor'es to that city. ing,"and in all probability will apply -'to 5url>Ex,—The terminus'of. the snow - At Presbytery to>be'licensed to preach. shoeing season -being `apparently reached, At Knox College he succeeded in taking • the "Owls" celebrated the. event : with 'a a'$d0 scholarship, during the.last term., dencin art in their Club Rooms,"inthe Mrs, R. Cook, formerl "of the Huron Perrin Block, on Friday evening last, road, but wbo is Y now living with licr son-- which,.to say the least,, surpassed anything in-law, " Mr. ,Brigham,, of Seaford], has of the season. -' ... been unable to' leave her bed for any. III.Ti ozioLocro l . —.1''e understand length of time since'laet September; luta that fin effi>rt is being made' to have ft, rtieteoro`l,Osgrcal• station=appointed :-at-Clin_;_ ton. it 'connection with our High: school. Who knows but we may have some 'Veil - nor or. Wiggins'in'our _ midst , if he only .had a show. c'CDE T—lr 'M.A . ,'E .IOL1S A . Ill � M C. Ills-. S p ,�. ter of th:.e Huron Road, niet ivith a Very unfortunate accident last' week; While .. walking � around the yard, heslipP` ectc.o�� u, r tori the tha h b ne. r1s on the' Me, f ac nc o he is a man over';7(1 years 9f age, it will be a considerable time' before lie is able 'to be around again, , 1oT�OrT;Lono1:— Our co„t e writes "that the people of Canaria are loyal'to' themselves, their •Provinces, their Do- ininion,, their'Queen, th'eir-God."; Is this not a very •selfish way of putting; -it? - W. believet'he order should be reversed, and " that,our people should be loyat to God,” first; and 'th•e rest would f•ollow:: Orr i:rl ie ExT1rti rr=liessrs.iJ. Craik;- Pay & Wiseman, • Instate: of J. Hodgen, 'P 3ar,laou, R,:: Beesley., -and- roster tit- • Bayley, all nnnor:ineeopening"displays in their -respective lines oaf business this week. All-- of them will be well worth seeing, particularly the exhibit. of photographs, &c., by the last mentioned parties. OnDFELLO siuul'. --At their regular. meeting, onTuesday, the -Oddfellows ;of town decided oil observing the 65th anni. versary of the• establishment of, their order'. --in America, on'the-•even'ing.-of--the-26th?. inst., by a social ,at their rooms: .On Sun-' day morning, the 29th inst , "a -:special ser mon' will be "preached' to them' -by -Rev.' W. McDonagh. " s, TRE7 Picithrc,s.-Sm,a11pikesofsnow. • are yet to be seen. `T'he:soil of the Clin- ton streets should be wonderfully fertile judging by the amount of, guano deposited" thereon. An •attenipt to:ride a colt creat ed ccnsiderable:amusenient Friday even- • ing; the luau ;;Was ;determined to:.ride it;r the eolt was determined be should not- —tl�e i ii `von.-:T`h'o council---sh'on1d this- year build the along -promised side-vsilk: from thetop-of Albert to; iieen'.St near Mr..`—Coats';. it has hung fire long "enough Three inches of snow fell onFriclay nlglit._ A number • of -additional street lamps have been put up at'djfferent places in ' town. Spring has one drawback—it, brings , out. tlre',Su'nday corner loafer i.n.:: i'uh force;: H" Plumsteel. is -the latest business man to erect an awning TnE DILEMMAS OF: AN,I:NTITUtL.—We direct the attention ofolir readers to Mr. 1:IcNaughton2s letter rn `our supplemen , oil. the abovesubject It is• not hard to discover • that there is not much infidelity ' about the 'writer'S'sentiments, •and thirt - the 'heading is';a misnomer,:. There are Some of his• remarks we ;cannot endorse, whilst there are..,others„ which every thoughtful pe'r'son will heartily conctri•"in'. Some of the abuses -'speaks of undoubt etily-'eatiyt; "and•-sboulei--be-remedied. It is a subject of great .importance; and 'our readers will•not•be sorry. to -have it thor oughly ventilated. We leave out columns open 'with • the''one reinark that we ,will not, as:we do not in this "case, hold our selves responsible for the opinions ex- pressed. The Rev: gentleman`•. to whom • the letter is addressed is well., able to take • Care of himself, and so we need: make no defence fo.r:hini: . Sl ri,I ING.-Tire fol- .. ol-.. lowing telegram,to the daily. papers, speaks r. far'itselt:—.A Middle-aged malt called ou the Chief of Police iit,Ottawa, Mon Satur- • day, morning -and: complained of being robbed, Of $170. He stated "that ]ins bailie was Wm. hunter, and he belonged to the Township of'.Ta.wanosli, near Wino -hare Fie came to the city a days few since for the purpose .of getting out• a -patent,' car cogpler.lt•hiohhe claimed to have invent- ed.''The night before last he \rent to the • lJnion. Station about 10 o'clock to see about sonic freight, and while waiting for the train he; saCtloWtronaberich neat the -stove in the waiting -room. His feet being Wet is and,`lacing he took off his boo , ;Placing the latter under bighead for it pillow he went to sleep: About Midnight he was awakened by a mean with'alantern whotold him tobetake himself elsewhere, and remembering that ,he had $170 in ft purse in the inside pocket of one of his vests, be felt if it.was safe and Was surprised to find it was -gone, And both. vest, were.unbutt000d. In the second vest •Locket• was a•pu'si' containing $t' which Itidi been ,u111:0 t. lied. Hunter says he .'lister drinks, and'.4e ansa to be OJT innocent looking cor lLryn'll." it Will' be re-;, membered:1 our -readers :that Mr. -Min- ter Inailiff'aotu'rod the model oflhis coupler bele, . and exp'ectcd to " realize' hands, stolidly from his -invention, blit his first' fi 0 .ltl(Sl dl ix peri on fc X11.. con nest?(10 with, iG L� IWI very — is occasionally subject to it somnolent p1whichiaste f " „twenty __hours rt 'fi time. ' i1lr. Wtn. Davis; sr::.,;'receiviiigIor&last week: that his soli Charles was dao crow •n . as.prostrated" ly.iil :at Herifry , w< s thereby, r remained in aprecarious incl has since e state of health A telegram was received -Wednesdliy„'announcing the death of his son,: who was at' one-time engaged -in vtt rious enterprises at :that place. , ,lin, AIEl, JOnYSTON, of Strathtoy, -(of Johnston, Tisdall & Gale) was •here Monday and Tuesday last,- - on a, visit. Mr. Johnston. was elected M,P:P- at•.last election, for West Middlesex-, but •Lias: to fight two petitions` filed 'against 'biro.. They do ,not seem to have affected him. much, for he is as big and ,jolly as ever. . NEW -INDUSTRY.-Messrs. `Win., :Jones Jand George' Ward, both of Iarran,” Mac- pherson & Hovey's, have decided to strike out for themselves. ".They have purchased from',Air. Henri S v ens -the' old -planing millremises and intend a ene p , gene- ral ral'blacksmithing and repairing • business.. As both are e rcellentrnech'anics and good business men,. we predict for 'them ,a suc- cessful business. MVP 1J WD are sorry to` hear that the' infant child_of'Mr. J. Illaewhirter is so ill that its life is despaired of. EXTENSIVE' FA 1 R.—A recent num- ber ot umberot the'Abelene,,Kansas, Gazette, refers to several of the leading stock raisers and farmers of the neighborhood, and among then appears the name of l\lr. Thos. Nicol, formerly of the Mill Road, 'Tuckersmith,. who cultivates 950 acres. AXLu BnoxEr.—Or Wednesday night, while going home, the axle of a waggon belonging', to Mr. S. Trebles, of. Holmes _al1le,- broke, letting them both . have, a - tumble in' the mud. .Mrs. "Horn es.,then liad to walk to . Clinton,, to -spend. the right, while her husband :took the horse -- ]HILL • WAsHi D A•vyAY.—The raging waters of the,Maitland did considerable damage at Goderich on _Wednesday, cars. eying away Piper'is mill and the mill dam. The building was4 arge:one, partlystone, and is entirely -destroyed,- together with several thousand ',bushels of grain;: a quan tity of our &c. i The dam'was consider- ed fi r ed fq be one of the strongest on the river, being -built in tbe-shape.o:f.an elbow, and it was thought could resist. any strain a flood could _put on it.. Mr.'Hartt's. (the ow.ner)-loss, is pti€ at $15,000. • WASIILu Ou.T.:--The .spring' freshet as- sumed such • proportions- on the; Bayfield river, that onTuesday the foundations. of the bridge on the Grand Trunk, about 1 -..miles east :of .this pia e, . were under- mined, and it in. such -a: dangerous.con dation thin no trains can -'cross it.- Con ductor P'ethicic's; train. "'vas the last to cross'; and. he realized the risk he ran in' coming over. The track, as been carried about four feet -out of line, but an -addi •tional track has 'been built 'across 'to pre vent the 'bridge going `;away altogether. `Tarns collie to both ends of the' . bridge, and:a transfer of passengers and'' baggage is macle.-1 The company; is maki,ntg every efl°orttoretiair•the clainage, having alarge. staff of mein, who `worked all.. Wednesday niglit, and all the material on the, hound g ,, g ,. ,agar n'. so -that ication2wil ui-soo established. "--11 'telegraph operator, with instruinents, is also present to facilitate' the work. The water went down about 1S inclies,ll eduesday night. • BRJEF$.—'1Ir.' Janes Howson* i.'.qt' J Clinton 'is a member of the Regina cricket< -club ; he'will,sbow them some good play,; if he keeps up his'Old 'record. • 'A small .:quantity of corm. Was stolen -f m Iraofrom Uetor Cantelon Bros stole on Friday ..evening.. Last week Mr. T.Jackson, jr:, tool:° a( number of orders Joy ,sui:ts at Galt'and Dublin ; : where he" don't take :orders it `mould be hard to tell.don', T. Webb has our thanks for scime excellent celery,. •Mr.': Wm. Ithdr, who; has -,been' Connected With the Clinton Foundry for a considerable length' Of'tinie,was'lately ,protnoted' to, the position of manager of the wood-ivorkine; departmeri , .a .'position._;his wellknown mechanical abilities .eminently fit hint, for.: Quite a- number of .cellars in town':. were floo'ded last Week, -The hope of the SeaTorth•-;Sun that .:Mr. J. Ransferd,.Secre-... tary of theSalt•Associatiour, will-beconi,e :1' permanent resident of that place,; e think. is a•forloro hope. Mr: Geo. •Sheinia,rd, of Gc_derich, ` formerly "Of Clinton Model 'Scliool,,hasbeen�laidup with inflammation, df the lungs,but is able to be around again. Miss A. Bond, formerly of Clinton, was the recipient of a silver card receiver from ,her scholars atGoderich. There is a capi- tal opening in this' town -for a good coal and wood yard, and the man who puts his°spare cash in this business- is sure; to increase -it. Mr Thos. Shipley lost two valuable cows inside of a week • Boney Campbell's barber shop hasundergone the . usual `'house cleaning" process. The Bay- field river at this place has swollengreatly by the thaw, being about five' feet deeper .than usual. Clinton is getting a lot of free. 'advertising, at any rate, as one re- sult of'the banquet. Bread has advanced a cent a loaf. H." A. Evans has removed - to Beesley's old stand, Victoria St.: -Mr. Jas' Fair expects -to -commence -the -previ- ously -:announced improvements to his mill at an early day. Mechanics' Insti- tute evening: classes re -commenced on Monday. . A son of Mr. Adam Cantelon, of Goderichtownship, left on Monday for ; the northwest. Mr. Mustard, of Brace_ field, has sold his bicycle to an ambitious Exeter youth. 4. Mr.- D. Macpherson, of the•Clinton foundry, 'is the•possessor of a beautiful "'silver-plated- bicycle, and in- tends'to "spread himself" when the toads get favorable: Mr. -W Craig bought four head -of .-cattle _-from -Mr. H. -- Snell ;.this week,; that will netthe raiser' about $100 each.; good.cattle those; ", Mr, Ben, Wel b has tomato plants two inches opt of t e ground ; he takes' the cake.. The heavy. snow of the past winter has -destroyed a number of the young fruit trees and bush- es in this neighborhood, many .of them -. being slilit from top to bottom. . Mr. A. McKay is firiishin uphis house on 1Juon Y g Huton St.A Toronto paper publishes. short 1, sketches of"the city bachelors every Satur- day,' and causes a shaking up of the dry bones ;. bow wonild it do to write up some of the Clinton bachelors? Mr. J•. Shipley; . bought'asplendid team at 'Exeter; on; Tuesday. , The country roads are in" such a state that they-ean neither he imagined, or described. \Ir. Knight, of Goderich, is n'tiw employed as baker for Mr. J: Ander- son. -Messrs Taylor' .& Sons change of advertisment• -received . too • 'late for this week. -. Mr. John Morrish•'recentlyamused himself by chasing. butterflies, " Blessed harbingers .f', spring." b fie- a o sl in7. A "portion • of .a large well, on the farm of Mr. Jas: Fair, caved in, Tuesday inorniug.: Master Ed. Rice (son• of-Rev.—.I. J. Rice) )eas left his, situation at Dickson's, find goes to Ham- ilton to -live. A little. boynailed Scott, y aged about 9 years, left his home in tow last week, without the: knowledge of his parents, and managed to make his. way to the home of a relative near Goderich. Mr. J. R. Kennedy. late in the bread bus:ness here, liar bought out the Kinburn hotel property. At 'a special meeting of the School Board, ,lastThursday evening, the resignationof Miss Corbett- was ac- cepted. Mr. II. 'Stewart, ;lately in' the employ of -Mr: -R. Irwin, has been engaged by Mr. NV,. 113„ Tremble, of',Brainpton,_ 'who has purchased a tract of 2,500 acres of land in ,Dakota, • to take the manage- ment,of the farm, paying'hirnabout $5,00 per year, ,and living found; a' good posi- tion for a -late farm -laborer. -Mr. Isaac Rattenb,ir. who is now: in Dakota writes y,, that all the snow has gone -frons that =sec- tion,.and that seeding operations -were; in full blast on•the 5th instant. ENI SPLAY NOW'' BEING SIIO-WN AT TII- rot..a c e - :The most beautiful colorings and ,designs „ever shown by . the trade. case of Ladies and Misses Sun- man at manufacturers' prices. departme Y fU l lbl.c-�t•st'. ANINE 1' �I CIIQ�v KINDLY ASKED. '... isema: O.; G osis o f. Clinton.li _ Ern rum. o C nto_. .n T An • e latest New work novelties in Neckwear, Linen = Underclothing, Cuffs, ufis Braces, Hosiery,Undercloth ng, White and , Colored Shirts. Elegant Assortment' l . S SAI LOR HATS TS GIRD. 'FOR To the gill Mak :the largest collection of business cards by , e 1:,th of May, we offer as 3i a present one of our , 1 I - - 1 �S.A7L0 a = CHILDREN'S �trawHats vs In. beautiful colors G eIl 1 and at all prices. Our show, of Spring Fiats'; : is the ,finest we have - :ever made and resents-a"most complete assortment of CHRIS'IIY'S CELEBRATED ENGLISH STIFF, HATS. NEW "CORK NOVELTIES IN MEN'S STIFF HATS. NEW SHAPES IN YO ING MEN'S SOFT HATS: ' ELEGANT ASSORTMENT BOY'S & CHILD'S HATS. •: � -•A-GR -MERICAN_STRAW GOODS. Ds . .eat Specialties -7- Felt Hats, 50c. 75c. The cheapest gqods in the -Market. e' Famous. Hatter and Furnisher, �mat Rush 1las commolic3 And wo have now 'Whree Cutters who are kept -constantly busy, and all goods bought' at our "Store will' be out:free of charge,` thus saving a.. dollar a suit. --e Everybody, who .has. seen- ott-i'2 s.toek pronounces itlarge and pretty, and all those who ..intend pl:rc'hasing_'a suit fot the Spring; should not fail to see our stock. ':We 40 nothingbut' a Clothing 13usiliess,, and therefore our whole attention is given: to this alone..: Oiu' business - can: best 'be judged - by the 'stock: we* carryand the number of hands we employ, which is'25, . . I21oteTthran't-W:i-Co the number of any ether" house :ii1 town (15 short of 40) We arse offe ng '. a special, line, Canada Tweed, - all wool' at per 'aid and $12 PER SUIT.. See them. N SPECIAL IN SCOTCH T'V6TEEi;S at $1 per $suit SPECIAL IN WORSTEDS AT $19PER -SUIT. More Ser es worn this yen than any r.evious one. Serges at all .pr'ccs.