The New Era, 1883-07-27, Page 10CLINTON. NEW ER'A, LANA SOLD.—Mr.Thos. Burke, ofClin-
ton, sold last week 80 acres of' unimproved
FRIIaAY, JULY 27, 1883. land he owned in Senalac Co., Michigan,
7O1)tiv'g:
LOCAL"NOTICES:
WOOL—The lushest cash price: paid
Ivor any quantity of wool. CORBETT o.
ROLES, CLINTON. '
Fred. Howard,yesterday'eontributed $1
and. costs to the funds of the town -drunk
CoW KILLED. -The evening -train go
inginorth on the L. Ii. & B., on Tuesday
evening,, struck a cow at the base line
crossing, inflicting injuries from which it
Subsequently died. It was owned by Mr.
Josiah Butt,
TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE.—Mr. . Watts
informsus that the strike bf .telegraph
operators; in the United States and Cana-
da, has not affected the business of the
office here, • messages. being>• fo • ar,d.ed to
all points with the'usuaLlacility*.
to Mr. Thos. Stinson, of the Bayfield road,
Stanley, for the sum of $9 per acre. tv1r.
T-- Stinson expects to move, to this land in
the course of a short time. This property
was recently advertised in the NEW ERA.
PROPERTY CEANGE.—.111. ` Josh. C.
Cole has bought the frame house and lost
en Rattenbuiy street, from ;41r. H. Stevens,.
and in the Tear of his house.. having
secured the cage, it is new in or'der for
him to procure an inmate for it.
Excuassoes TO TonoN•re _ A mem-
moth excursion is advertised to take place
to Toronto, on the 7th of August, by the
5.15 a.m, train tickets good' until the fol -
•lowing day. The fare is only $2, which
is. considerably below the regular fare.
CHANGE or DATE.—The time:fvr hold-
ing the Hullett Township Fail Show has•
been changed from. the 9th and 10th. of
October, to the1'7th and 18th of the same
month. This change was made . because
three others in the county .had fixed on
the dates first mentioned.
:- UsixEss, CUTANGE 111r Wn..: ;Tones'
has bought the premises and business oc-
cupied by.111r. Rob, Doyens, on the cor-
ner of High'' street, and will ateenee re-
sume business. He has secured a good
:stand, and being a'.first-claws mechanic`
will likely have plenty to do.
- AcCnemser--On Tuesday afternoon •a
little boy about two years old, son of Mr
Alex. Armstrong; was playing about the
house when he -pulled the prop from be
neath a window that had been raised full
• height. The window fell with great force
• .on his wrist, and it was at .first thought it •
bad been broken, but a severe bruise" was
ury.
ENTERED THE MINISTRY.— Mr.. War-
ren Callander, -a former resident of Stan-
ley (the eldest son of. Mr. Wm. Callander)
but who for two years has been -residing`,
near Brandon, has ,given1'up farming and
entered the ministry in connection with
• • �'""th 14Ietbodist church--H-e-is=now sta
tinned at-Owatuma _Kansas having a cir-
cuit of six stations.
WANTED THE EXCISE OFFICER.—Ort
Tuesday two of the Irish emigrants were
around town looking for an; excise officer.
When asked what was wanted, the woman
blandlyremarked,`:'Boded, I want:to' pay
me rin." ` Being informed that there was
no excise officer here, and that if there
was he bad nothing to dowith her rent;
she seemed in a quandary what to do, and
was evidently in fear ofbeing "evicted."
The owner of the house, it appears, lives
out of town.
THE FIRE ENGINE:—It was lately dis-
eoeered that the fire 'en ine was -not in
eatiefactory working order, and the rep-
resentative from the Ronald Foundrywas
called it to •make examination of the
same, and find Diff-`the--defective--parts.
He inspected it on Monday, and it was
found -that the valves and other working
parts were slightly worn , while the broiler
'was;a little rusty. These parts have been
replaced and the engine is considered to be
in :first-class. order.
MR. Tiros. STiNsoN, o6Stenley,icalled'
on us on Tuesday. He cainet° this coup
ty:in the year 1834; and can therefore
justly claim to Le one , of the eldest • set-
tlers ;
et-tlers; the first ten years of his residence'
here was spent -in Goderieh,• and he ex-
Pres sed the belief` that the county .'town
ME. WILL J. MMuLLOY, (son of Mr. D.
Mulloy,) who has had charge of Hisoox's
Livery in London, for a couple of years,
Ifni secured a more lucrative situation in
connection with -the advance agency staff
of Barnum's show. He will get a chance
to see considerable of the world, anyhow.
TxREstiERs:—Messrs. Ferran, Mac-
pherson & Hovey have sent thirty thresh-
ing -machines to the .northwest already
this season, and expect the number to
reach fifty befere it closes. _This repre-
sents a good business in itself, and shows
how popular the Clinton machines have
become.
HORSE TBIEvES.-It appears that horse
thieves are at wink in the county, and; so
far have eluded capture. Constable Pais-
ley 'has
ais-ley'has a telegram._.fiom R teasels asking_
hini to be onthe look -out for a sorrel
horse and box'buggy stolen from that vi-
cinity this n eek,nd another from Har-
r,istoe, aboute, gi,dy horse, and supposed
to heyobeen brpughtover this way. Per-
sons should be exceedingly cautious about
buying nurses from strangers, for ifstolen,
they will suffer the loss of their purchase
money if the owner turns up:
No CIA USE FOR ALARM.—On' Tuesday
an amusing and yet annoying circum-
stance occurred iu connection with ':an
old ,established business house of •this
town. The manager, flaying some busi-
ness to attend to around home' in the
morning, did not go down to the shop, as
ishis usual custom, about 8 a.m.; suppos-
ing
uppos-ing. that the boy, whose duty it is to open
up, would be on hand. at the customary
time. But the' boy was taken ill, conse-
quently the shop was not opened, and
imany surmises `were indulged in as to the.
reason therefor. Aboutl0 o'clock a friend
went up' to the residence of the merchant
for an- explanation, and if that merchant-
did not not come up town' in double
Buick time it was never made.
STRUbk-1;Y LIGHTNING.—During the
storm of Saturday night a fire -brake out -
in the barn of Mr. Wm. Craig, Bayfield
road, but being discovered it was quickly
put out, (as 'they thought) but it broke.
out again, the fire appearing to come out
of the ground beneath a pair of -steel -shod
sleighs ; little or no damage was done:
To guard against' it again, the .barn was.
emptied of its contents, an it is supposed
that sone smouldering straw was thrown
out and started:another fire, for shortly
after a stack, of old' straw was- discovered
tobe burning, and could not be put out
The stack had evidently been struck before
fora hen hada-nest and -a ck--
ens
enson.:the.:•top,::and-som,e ofthem were
dead. .'Mr. Craig hod intendedputting
all his"hay in the barn on Saturday, but,
it was stacked •instead. ' Had it 'been in
the balm .nothing ,would`have saved it.
STREET' PEDLARS. — The -'ease with
which people' allow themselves to be
taken in by vendors of quack nostrums of
one sort or `another is simply astonishing.
On Monday evening one of-- ,those. street
pedlars, who are endowed with a, super-.
abundance' of"tongue" attracted a. large'
crowd by his yolubility, and when he had
worked up their ,:ieelings pretty well, lie
Jiauled_forth a_preparation warranted to
Cure dandruff, and sold the- stuff at 25
cents a'bottle as fast as •he could hand ,it
put: At any drug store a preparation at
any rate just as. good, and perhaps. a good
deal. better, can be procured every day in:
the week, but many buy of a street vendor
who would never' think of going" to; an
established place of business for a.;similar'
article. The stuff was probably soft water,
.a few drops of ani nonia _and a little'scent
and would cost -at the outside, • 5:'cents .a.
bottle so that his hour's business paid
him pretty well. However, the next ped-
lar that conies along will: reap as riche ;a'
harvest.
PERSONAL. -11r. R. Irwin and wife left
did more Business 50 years ;'ago than it this week ona few week's --visit to friends
does to -day. Although 75 -:years of age,
heis yet vigorous and hearty.' One of
his earliest and warmest friends is Mr W.
' •Rattenbury,'of this town.
CYcLIrc = llay:or'Forrester hasbonght
the bicycle of Mr•.H: •McLean, of-: Gode-;
•rich, and is ablel'to ride about as well as
;any of the lest of the'i'boys". Mr J. W,
Cook has made a wooden bicycle for him-
"relf; ofcourse-i't=does-not- x-ide--anyth
likeas easy as the regular wheels, but is'
• -nevertheless:,a rapidmeans of locomotion.
People get tii'e•idea that a bicycle should
run like the wind, regardless` of the fact
that the rider alone supplies the motive.
power and • has to ,'govern himself very
largely by the condition of the 'roads.—
Charlie •
roads.Charlie• •Spooner- had the' misfortune to
break the neck of his bicycleonMonday
A TREMENDOUS I7ALL.—On 1<Ibnday
afternoon Mr. Win;- Cross, foreman at
- Stapleton, sustained a- shock which was
enough to ,knock the wind out of almost
anyone. A steer .started to • cross the
tramway which conuect.s with the railway,
and to get ahead :and delve it back he
walked -over close to one side, and when
near the middle of the bridge it'suddenly
turned around, striking him with his
runip, and knocking him over the side.
As he fell he struck- the telegrap].i wires,
which broke his fills and he lit close to a
rail
fence. ;'Altlioiigh the 'drop was -about
thirty feet, he wasfortunate in sustainin'
no injury beyond a, severe shaking tip. -
Dn. STEwART.--.If a private letter from
Dr; Stewart, (late of, Brucefield,), to Dr.
Worthington, dated from 'Vienna, off the
22nd of June, -he says:= -"I often thought,
while I was snug and ,comfortable in my
room here during the past winter, wlara
time it must have been for the poor conn
try doctor of, Canada. I will leave here
.about the lst of July for home, going to.
London via Venice, . Milan and Switzer -
fend, and remain some time in the High-
lands of Scotland, so that it will be the
middle of August before.:I reach Canada.
a, littleetiineetoesl end -with -the-
friends around" Brucefield, but not much,
as I must be in Montreal by, the middle of
September. I feel very sorry to• leave all
the friends\I have made in the/west,, for
it will take me some time before I get -as
• 'well acquainted in Montreal as I fain in
--- - -•--old--Huron," Our readers -are-aware that
Th. Stewart is now "Professor Stewart"
by virtue of the position lie v, ill hold in.
McGill College, Mon trdal, filling.thcchair
DT Materia h:edica,
in the east, Miss Winslow, of Thorold,
is the gpest of her uncle, 1V1r. H. Tewsley.
Mr. J. 0.;Colwell, ot.St. Louis, (formerly'
with R. M. Racey,) i,s visiting here ; it is
said tbat Clinton has special, attractions
for him. My. :A.• E. Smith, of- Brussels,
was in town on Sunday has Clinton also
special attractions for Sandy"
Swarts has returned from' the_ northwest.
11r4.•John Craib'.has two -Of her sisters,
vfsitin leer .-Rev W: L- eeeB, of:Bellev lle,-
at one tine stationed in town, made ashort
visit hereon Monday. Miss S. Jackson;
Who has been residing at-: M7: C. Cbxtes',
left on Tuesday fol Prince Albert, N. W.
:A. Archibald; of Dickinson's
Landing, who has been. -visiting her rela-
tives and friende here, returned 'home on
Monday.• Walter Coats, of Teeswater,
made a short visit borne this, week; he is :•
lookin .fi 4t rate, but was in mortal dread
ei't being run through "the .bachelor's 'Col-
umn," :unci