HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1883-09-07, Page 10CLINTQN NEW ERA.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 1883.
LITTLE or no new grain 'of )any kind 1
has yet made its appearance on this
market.
200 feet of new leading hose and 14
_feet of suction hose arrived here this week
for the fire engine.
Orr SATURDAY the thermometerstood
at 80 0 in the shade; on Sunday it drop-
_-.. , _ ped thirty degrees.
A•DouBLE wedding is to take place in
town next week further particulars after
the "event" transpires.
A NEAT gilt lettered sign adorns the
shop of Wm: H. .Smith ; it is from the
workshop of Mr. Jos. Copp.
LAST week's Expositor has some timely
remarks on the publication of -two papers
in Exeter, that well apply to other places.
WHILE carrying some shingles . on the
roof of Pike's hotel, on Monday, Mr. Harry
Kerr slipped' and grazed his arm severely.
PIKE'S new hotel is rapidly approaching
conviction, it a fine building, -and Clin�
ton will be well supplied with hotels when
occupied.
43oiUtIS L'EE,_the man who was so
long sick at the residence of Mr. Broom,
here, has arrived safely at his destination
in England.
THE work of repairing the railway
bridge, damaged by the spring freshet,
progress slowly, but they, are makinga
goodjob of it.
WE hear several complaints of cows
being milked at night ,by partios,'who
steal the milk ; severe punishment should
follow such practices.
SANFORD_ HILL,' who contributed so
liberally to the town funds last week, on
account of his spree, has taken his depar=
tnre for'Michigan.
A NUMBER of internal •improvements
are being made at the Commercial hotel,
__ands -external __improvements : are being
made at the Rattenbury.
Ox' FRIDAY morning a horse; Belonging,
to Mr. Beatty baulked and tried: to back
through the windows of Dickson's store
and came very near succeeding
WILL`REBUILT.—We understand 'that
Messrs. _Cooper. & McKenzie expect :to
rebuild their planing •. factory, if •possible,
as soon as the. Insurance Inspectors' have
made their visit.
Now that the railways are amalgamated,
there is a tremendous amount of baggage
handled at the Clinton station, and it is
moved about with due . consideration to
the feelings of the owners. '
ONE day this week a splendid steer
thathad been purchased by Mr. Tewsley,
was being driven home, when it took a
notion tolie ;down by the roadside, and
all efforts failed to get it up. Next morn-
ing it was there still, and as itstubbornly
refused to travel, there• was no alternative
but to kill it on the spot.
'MORE LAMPS. ,Doubtless stimulated
bythe good example of those in the Brick
Block, some of the business men at the
other end of the town are arranging for
street lamps for theirexclusive, use. The
view on Albert Street,' when all the lamps
are lighted, is pleasing indeed, and the
additional lamps will givethe town an
appearance at night not even equalled in
the cities.
HEIGHT OF.;`I'O1VLvs IN ONTARio.—::rice
altitude of certain towns -in this Pioyifpee-
above the level of .the sea is as followg;-=
Barrie, 779 feet ; Goderich, 715; Belleville,
307; Hamilton, 325; Pembroke; 400; Peter
bore, 629; Siincoe. 376;;' Stratford, 1,182;
Toronto, 342; Windsor,620. It will sur-
prise some to learn' that Stratford- is 467
feet higher than Goderich.
CALEDONIAN. GAiEs. — On the 12th
inst., the annual games of tlie;Lucknow
Caledonian. Society will .cone on, and are
likely to draw a large crowd :' much .inte-
rest usually being taken in .them., • The.:
' Grand. Trunk Railway: offer reduced fares.
for the round trip,' 70e. being . the fare
i ton. A special train will leave
from Clinton. p 1<
Lucknow after the completion of the a' ointed : — Mayor Forrester, W. W.
games, so that excursionists ma.y'return l PP
liomethe sane evening. P. Tisd A. IT. 11Iaiining;`.w:.7ackson, J.
• P. Tindall;
SCHOOL TRUSTEES. ---A meeting of'the
day. Thetrnsteeshaving gene:through .the a r
school" and examined the repairs and al- rPatented by"btil sd known th a' har
terations that :had been made durin :the factureav ofock," r the use of sidwherah ly Simms
g of harrows is considerably simpli=
holidays, approved of the same: The fol-
lieu,:`while":t the same time they -are
lowing accounts were ordered to be. paid • inade stronger than before. Instead of
R. Brown, $4;: Geo. Potts; $34'40; W. boring holes in all,' the iron bars of `the
Thornton, $21.25; D. Gardner, $la-; W. harrowfor the insertion of the teeth and,
H. Hine, >6; S. Davis, $15.70^ thus weakening tbe.bar, the' lock is used'
Anii.BROxrn'. O -Wednesda -a's all' on_ the s uare_bar,. which holds in
Y.,.m q
' boy named Harry Cole, who resides.with place two cross hars, and also the harrow
Mr. Ridout,- met with' a bad accident. tooth, The lock is,quitesimple,and :'those
.
He and a companion were ridinga horse who have• examined'. it, `state that it is a
without: any bridle or other attachment, great improvement on the old method of
when some one threw•a stick at' it, causing constructing harrows.
the horse to wheel suddenly._:_::Both...bo. s_ . .. _ z
Y PuBLIc MEF�elrta in response to
Tris seems like Indian summer.
THERE are several of our correspondents
whom we would like to hearfrom.
MRs: WRIGHT, (formerly dressmalker
with the establishment of J. Hodgen)'
but recently of London, dieds�i few days
since.
ATIrLETio•—At the annual picnic and
games of Ellis & .Co., Tor onto, Mr. Chas.
Coats, son of Mr. Wm. Coats, took.four.
prizes for different things.
FREE Bus.—Mr. Jas. Moore intends
running a free bus in the interest. of the
Commercial. The vehicle has been tho-
roughly overhauled and looks splendid.
LAND SOLD.—Messrs., Jones :Ss Ward
have sold the quarter -acre on Huron'St.,
lately occupied by their repair shop, to
Mr. Goe._Bowers, who, we believe, intends
to erect a dwelling thereon.next year.
NARa o.W EscAPn Last •week while
Mr. M. Kelly was driving under the Bay-
field
ay
field road railway bridge, the train hap-
pened to be going over at the time, when
his horse got scared and became so un-
manageable that it smashed.the buggy:
Fortunately ho escaped without any seri-
ous injury.-
FLAX.—Mayor Forrester.has about fifty
hands now engaged in pulling. flax. The
crop is very good one' this year, and the
weather favorable for it being gathered in
splendid shape. The flax mill" started
running this week, and will be kept busy,
for some time working up the season's
product. A black Soft Hat;
A BAD BREAK.—On Saturday last, while
Mr. W. Perdue was engaged in threshing
for Mayor. Forrester; one of the hands as-
sisting in the work sent his fork, handle
and all, into the,machine, badly twisting.
some of the internal arrangements. "Bill"-
says he has:been threshing for _nearly
twenty years, but :never had so bad' an
accident before.
Alinr POISONED:= --Last week a small The ROUGH 8& READY Hat
pimple ,showing' itself on the arm of a
young man named Hunt, employed in this. :
ofl'ice, be pricked it with a`pin. Next day
the arm was swoohen so much that; he could
not use it, and he had to visit - 'a doctor.
The pin had caused blood poisoning, and
if the arm had not been attended to just
when it was, 'serious results would. have
ensued.
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ecialties ‘F. Fall Hats��
The FACN]DKERCHTEF' Ha
in a very new style, each Hat
a Silk Handkerchief.
The M.A.GNE TTC
containingg
A black Stiff ,Hat for young men. Something entirely new.
PLI7ms.—The plum harvest' is now
`'being gathered, and turns out about the
best of the fruit crop, which- is even' then
not saying very much. On Tuesday one
hundred and fifty baskets"were'shipped
by express to London. , Messrs..T:Cooper,
J. Cunineham, G. Sharman and D. ' Can-'
telon being the consignees. Shipments
are going on daily, lint the 'supply will
soon: be • exhausted.
THE SCHOOLS. -Both the high .and'.
Model Schools re -opened on Monday, the
former haying a very fair' attendance, and
the latter an exceptionally large one, oyer
four hundred pupils putting in an ap-
perance at the Model.This is the largest.
attendance `the-school-has'ever had; imme-
diately
mine
diately.after, summer holidays, and shows-
that the school population of this town is.
not on the decrease.i_T
SCARCITY OF HousEs.=One : of the
best signs of the prosperity of a town is
the occupation• of all of its : dwelling
houses. For some time houses have been,
a scarce article•here, and at the•present
moment it is very difficult to secure :a
house of:any kind,' those: that are likely to
be'vaca.ted;having, scores of -applicants.
Several parties tal