The New Era, 1884-01-25, Page 10• CLINTON,NEW ERA,.
FRIDAY, JAN. 18, 1884.
LOOAL NOTIC-B8,
Lens ABB 11EA131180 WANTSR--The highest
price paid for any quantity of logs -and head -
mg, linens% 11.ansI!'onD, Stapleton.
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NOME.
.All persons indebted to Di , Axr1 UTON
are 'particularly requested 'to oblige him
" by promptly paying their :accounts now
rendered. as' he wishes to go away as early
as possible to get a rest for the benefit ,of
his health,,
Clinton, T;Lnuary Ist,4684.
,*wn Sopin.
Ts1: number attending Clinton High
School at present. is close to one hundred,
which is •considered very good indeed .for
this .seasoli. •.A,
Wm are sorrysio'hear of the illness of
Mr. C. 'Cruickshank,' he having been con-
finedto bed for a week past, but hope
soon to announce his recovery. •
OarE:day last week while Mr. W, C.
Morrison's horse was standing by Mr. G.
•Crawford's, it bit the neck of it so bad
that it has not been used since. •
•Mr. d to see that M. Chis: r
WE are pleased
Dickson has recovered sufficiently from
his late illness to . permit of him taking
his customary place in the City Book Store;
Miss M. •CALLA\DEit has been unable
to discharge her duties in the- Model
School for several days; owing to a severe,
cold contracted at thelecture on Friday
evening. •
THE papers of all those who Ailed the
recent Entrance gkaminationhere have
been confirmed by the Central Committee
at Toronto. The number from here' was
33,. and the number from .Seaforth. 19,
WnISE attending the lecture here last
Friday evening Rey. i3, B. Keifer, con.'
tracted a cold which confined him to the
house of his brotherfor three
days;
and
consequently he could not take his usual
appointment at Wingh•tin '
The Clinton NEW ERA ll 'etered upon
its 19th volu;nn, It is one of the best
local newspapers in the Cotinty.--Brussels
Post. s
il1Essgs. Wilkie & Woolverton have
rented the room over Thompson & Swit-
zer's, and will shortly occupy it as a dent-
- al .office.
ON Wednesday Mr. R. Irwin sent about
a bushel of grain through the, mails. It
was not put up in a single package, but
embraced many "bags , of grain,?' being
samples. sent to dealers in different parts
of the Province.
On Monday night the roads in the
country were badly blocked„ up. ' The
wind drifted the snow and packed it
like send, and fasters who had to get put.
next morning, found it necessary to Use a
pickaxe to loosen•the snow..
REV. Mit, HA1uILzols, of Lucknow, was
in town on Wednesday, placing two of
his children in the Clinton High School,
'which institution lie considers the beat in
this section, His many friends will be
glad to learn that he is able. to .perform.
all his _ministerial duties.
Referring to the recent visit of Clinton
Templars to Seaforth the Expositor says:
"Clinton Lodge has only been in exist-
•ence about seven months, and now boasts
of a Membership of near eighty. We are
glad to see the temperance cause progress-
ing so favorably in our sister town."
Mn. WM. MEGAw, formerly of Clinton,
but whohas been in British Columbia for
several years, returned home on Tuesday
evening, and is stopping with his father
slhighly ' h Hek hi ailof .the
at .Go rbc speaks s
e
climate and4'advantages' of that far off
i the Dominion - and Intends to
portion of e e
return there at an early day.
ME. AUSTxN CALLANDER, who is now
"on the road".liimself, states that he finds
comparatively no difficulty in diisposin'g-
of rights for the manufa t ire o i of his new
harrow, practical menconsidering it the
best thing they have yet seen. In nearly
every place between 'here and Toronte.
last week, he succeeded in 'finding men
villi ug,t, o handle them. ,
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CIIEAI' ItA'rEs.—Mr. )t }'..'McNally,
the well-known travelling .agent of the
St. Paii'l, Minneapolis &.Manitoba 1.1,,
was in town last week; audio the . course'
of conversahe stated th tiona sates to
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Manitoba would be 'owes•• than ever this.
year, and he;,-sbelleyed passengers ..would
be- car-ried_to--p inns-peg-for:less•-than •$[iii
,Che American roads are g nein to cut the`
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rate
r-
men
relative c
T>31sEr young xue s
side•in Hullett, ..returned . from Brandon,:
on Monday; one of them lost valise
on the way, and they were not particular-
ly well pleased because .their tickets cost;
them over $50 each from Brandon.
ME. Rout. MILLER, who for a short
in •Mr.
hotel bti mess here
time carried on ote s
Swart& premisecirlying in a very low
state of health at the residence of bisfa-
ther-in-law, Mr. E. Tighe; Hullett, and
we regret to learn that no ,]lopes are en-
tertained of his xecoliery. :
TIIJBE,have been no specialdelays of
trains on this portion of the G.T,R., since
winter set .in, while in the neighborhood
of Buffalo train§ have been repeatedly de-.
layed. On Tuesday the afternoon tuail
dill not reach here until about 7 o'clocki
owing toa_blockade near Dunville. • •
• MING cin- w
COell known
lodge of Good 'Templars; Seaforth, are
expected to- visit Clinton lodge in about
two weeks. We . ,feel :pretty sure- that
they will be, very, well entertained:,; as
good as they entertained the Clinton
lodge and have as fine a night Hili: good
roads.
S1:1r5IN.G.-•The rink is weli•patronized'
since its - epeniag, the aveatll}ier foiming
the best of ice, winch is'esscntial to en-
joyable skating. ,T,o-night (Friday);--a-
carnival takes place, and' as it ;is the.first
of the season, there, will Ms doubt;. be It
large' number of skaters in; costume. A.
band has been engaged ••for the occasion,.
andta pleasant time is anticipated. •
1 ABL1. POIscosnin=.CheChildren, of
Mr. P. Cole, quite . young in, years,] nar-
rowly escaped poisoning the. other: • day.
By some Means they got possession; of
Some rat poison, which had been'•placed
' where it was considered to be out of -their
reach, and they were playing with : it for
half -an -hour beforeit was ' discovered.,
Antidotes. -were administered • and they
were -seen out -of -danger— .* • ,
A
ut-of danger. ---
LOXGEVIT1, Mrs. •Turner; of London,
England, who died•, recently at the ad-
vanced age of 111 years and,15 days, was
an aunt of Mrs. Thos. McKay, of Clinton.
She was smart and healthy almost "lir-ti-
. the hour other death, enjoying the tyle of
all her faculties,.alid, eat.. a hearty meal
one hour before her demise. •Perhaps the
fact that she was 'married four times may
-have had something to do with' her long
life Mrs. McKay's mother is- 92 -years of
age, hale and hearty, and bids fair to live
for a good while -yet., • • •
A. (:ONTRAS'r, =Mr; Jos. Watson, 'fdr-•
merly of Clinton, writing 'from Oaklands:
Cal,, under date of the • 12th inst., says
that "flowers are out in bloom anis, the
weather is delightful." Mr. -John Bees'
ley, of Moose Jaw; formerly of Clinton,
writes about the below zero, Hsame. time and describes
the weather at 50 0 is -out
-•---fit••consisted-of all-rthe-clothes-he--could
put.on, from five pair of ,socks,oppward.
We would just like to ask, right 'liere, if
people don't feel the cold 'in Manitoba,
why is it they -wrap themselves up so.,
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MI0S1ONAlty' Moyins Tho report• of
the MissionarySociety ,of 'the Methodist
churches within the London Conference
has just been issued; From it we learn
that ,the churches withi`h the (loderich
district,contribnted as follows:--
41odericli....•.....•.3800 76 Blyth .....8130 70
clInton • 428 62 Belgrave 300 00
120 91 winghant 136.60
200 44 Brusseis .,..., 2.84 82
244 00 Lueltno 08 16
00 30./Win ld 151 43,
214 04' xocawater 110 76
57 44 Manchester ... 223 13
Dungannon ,.,.267 33 Beryls •000 26
Making a total for the district, of,. $2,G42,'
S. Seaforth, which only raised $128.76,
is not in this district, Front the above
table it will be 'seen that the .11lethodists
of -Clinton- raised by'far the largest amount
of any plan. on •the. district. The total
amount for this sectiones an increaseof
nearly .$-100 over the previoris year, and as
a further proof that the people ,oaf (xocle-
rich district are by no means palittriotls
vin
in their church gigo, it may be men-
tioned that out of the thirteen districts
comprising the London Conference, two:
only are ahead 61'614 one inshed' con-
tributions, -
Kincardine
11olmesville
Bayfield
IIcnsafl
hondesboro' •
rliversdale
A rcw days since a firmer living near
Wingham received a telegram conveying
the sad news; that one of his two sons had
been frozen to death in the north-west.,
It is supposed that' they got lost on the
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prairie; and duringthe excessive cold one
lost, his life. Ouinformant, Mr Han-
na, depputy-reeve of Winghagi, could not
give the name. of 'the:; parties, or any
fiirther•information '
•BRIDGE C011IriE7E1), _ For' , several
monthsworkmen have ,been engaged
building abutments and doing other work
in: connection with the second bridge east
•of this place, on the' C. T. R:, which • had.
been injured,.ly the spring freshet: Last
Sunday. the immense iron' work forming
the bridge proper, was placed in position,.
in one piece, completing the work -of con
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structi'on. Two locomotives; hydraulic
presses, and 126.men'were: engaged in the
work on Sunday.'...•
Tau, W> TIrlit,-Since the ]st ofJanu-
ary'the weather has been'exeeedingly
cold, without anymaterial change. The
mercury ranging in the neighborhood of
'zero and below, alt the time. On Satur-
cloy night last it'ir-ent 12O:below •zero, -
and we venture to state that theman who
had .to light a fire, in a cold house Sun -
lay morning; thought it was forty below.'
The usual January; thaw has not yet made
its.appeirance, and it will.reguire:to•hur.
ry up, if it is going to get irs this•. ,ninth':
Iris Exi i isiTNCE—::1:; gentlemanwho
had not ben on' skates for years, thought.
to•"recall the days of his youth," and
borrowing a pair of slate?, went down • to
the rink the otlieriight. His experience
is th'us'described :--
.An "aged"bboy'
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Thoughthewould skate
Brio ; back with joy ' •'
His history's date -
left foot
ate,-leftfoot moved, -
The right one Bawl.rrSurely ;—lie said' "r • •
"My youth's renewed.
Soon •-bulbp, keratin*
Two sudden jars, •
A thundering thump,
•'ren thousand stars.
PEEsi NrA'rioN.=-On. Tuesday evening:
a large number: of the Bible class instruct
ed by Dr. Williams,' 'tri the Methodist
Sunday School, met at his house and; pre -
canted him with'' a.: very handsome ''t"asy
chair, along with the chair Woe a kindly
worded address to which the doctor felici-
tously responded. Dr. Williams:ssin- de,
setvedly popular with the class he teaches,
and the fitct that the attendance each Son -
day is so large. testifies tothe; esteem in
vliie i 111s s51 oTars'Told him.After the
presentation irvery pleasant evening was
spent by the scholars uitli •ih.. and' Mrs.
Williams.
Tiin Goderich township correspondent'
of our local eoto ' gets angry bemuse ewe
-diddnot-give-.the-fll-repotof-sthe-pres-
entation,
&c , which • took place in S. S.
No. 10 Goderich township, on the 113th of
Dec. The copy furnished us was three
weeks old, and Would have occupied three-
gnarters'oftreolumn, so we condenced it
to about•15 lines, in the interest of 'Our
readers, which was the extent elf the
Curnberry paragraph cited by our critic.
We hale no objeetion • to publishing de-
tailed reports of all local occurences, but
We 'object 'to them; when the filets have
'becoineso old that, isoono has any interest
in their„
FAIrit AND Fate TlieuGIIT. The
third lecture of the series' wasgiven on
Fridayevening last, by Rev. Dr, Burns,
on the above subject, to a fair aedienee,
in the town hall. in
Rev. gentleman
treated his topic in a masterly manner,
and presented old truths in such a way as
to set people thinking, .His address li"as.
-evidently very carefully and thoughtfully
prepared,•showing a great deal of research,
and his language was chaste and eloquent.
Mr. W. L. Newton occupied the chair,
and spoke briefly in a pleasant manner.
At the close Mr. 'Turnbull moved, and
Rev, Mr. Craig, seconded a vote cfthank8
to the lectures, which was unanimously
given. The next lecture will be by Ben-
gough, of Grip, on Tuesday evening, Feb -
nary 120, ' •
MESSRS. 1XeMurehie and 'Thompson,:
reeve and deputy, are. this week taking
their- first practical' lessons in county
council work,
Join. 11IAsoN Still lies very low,
with noapparent prospects of recovers.
A report circulated on Monday that he.
was dead, which, of course, was not correct.
Us. JA1,rEs SCOTT, barrister, has been.
on a visit to ":friends" in Oxford,, Peo-
ple aro becoming auspicious• of these
frequent visits, and intimate that the
friend" will sooli -become something
more.
This makes Mr, Allanson's 20th year in
theice_businesa He has already cut out.
150 tons Ibis.season, :andexpeots to gel
out a large amount more; he hns just got
an ice plow from Goderich, and finds it
'Works well.
MIs, Tilde, WATSON has been appointed
agent here for the 'sale of Rehill's seed
grain, and will b0 glad to show samples
to farmers. We have seen some of the
samples, and consider them excellent ,va-
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rieties' of grain.
MIs, IrA svxn CALi.ANDER, well known
here, who is living on :a farm near Bran-
don, recently. got lost in a blizzard, and
although only half -a -mile from his home)
(as he found outafterwarda) he had a very.
unpleasant experience in Wandering about
for some time, but hie.. Horses eventually
found their way home. -
Henn is a silly waver which some one'.
in Goderich has asked the Mail to answer,.
which it does :—A. bets B $5 that B has
not $15 in his pockets, • 11 takes bet, but
dollars . the
has to put up fire a, s to make e bet,
this leaves hint with only thirteen dollars
in his pocket. - Does B lose, or must he
,have twenty dollars, five to put up on the
bet and fifteen to show? Ans.-13 wins
HOLIKESVILLii Bninwo.—We are glad.
b-inforni cur readers -that every assurance
has been given, by those in a position, to
do it, that the construction of the Holmes-
ville bridge Will be pushed to, completion
so soon as the water is sufficiently lbw as
to commence operations;' It win neither
meet with. opposition from any one who'
'is able to give it, nor any excuse takeu
from the-contractoris to insufficiency of
price or otherwise.•
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•.TEE town . coulieil, at its noyt iiieeting,
t' officers for e
ill int tufo r s e t o the
w a o e c v o
PP P
current yearNo change is likely to take
place in the positions of treasurer, clerk,
ottecioisstri"cirret_ ofiralice, auth`0duties
of these o}Gees have •been -k
dtacharg ed as
faithfully and efficiently as they could' be
g 1
by any one :,Anew boll -singer and amp,
lighter will; require to be appointed, as
Mr. Dennison is' giving: up this position,
It; has been 'repeatedly suggested thatit
would be a conveniencc-•tohave'the bell
rung on Sunday, say at 10.80 'a - in. and
0,80 pans, .for the convenienceof church
goers, and the comiuittee might take this
matter into considerationi, and see if it
can be acted upon., It has previously
.can
inentioned that two assessors are °urh'
necessary, as one can do the work as well
as two, and the remuneration for two now
is scarcely'su$icient. The salary for One
might be increased 'so as: to -make it an
object 'for him to do the work faithfully;
so that lie:might retain the .situation.
The :townships, only einplgyone.
chool
Books,
There is going to be a change ill the
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SLEW RE*DERS
Recently authorized. Do, -not buy any
: till you copsult.
Ohris1 DIOKSON
-, 1 -Ie is always posted on School Books.
Slei�s &Rocker, chap,
S���IV�OPy, �h0 huS� Q��I�V
Books Bibb, hlbums,
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NOTE PAPER4i �e
Two great specialties just now
COTTONS '-CLOTfliN Fi,{
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Bales of Grey Cotton
'All, widths, all' prices:
ehite
Cottoiit
All widths,,
.k •
all.rice � •
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HEETINf�S plain and twilled
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A�fAN, �OTCNANQ IRISN TW��BB
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Yoliir order for 4 first.`cI•aiss Suit: or:
Overcoat. Style and it gnarouteed.
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DRY. GOODS EMPORIUM CLINTUN. •
I'eat many Fur Gaps are
sold this month to shrewd
people,who ,Areaware that
they: .can e ect.. a savingof
p Sly
went -five per cent ontheir
purchases.
COME An .SEE 01111 STOCK 9111 513S
.. .til. I tk 0. 114)414 . :i.11.ult(t i1'"R'.P.=f.*.•rts,. 111
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We are bound to 'reduce ou
�.. _.-,Stock.
It you want a Suit buy
for we will th
one�.give
ov�
e biggest bar inst at
have ever been given
sinoe • we have been` in.
business.0.y •
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irmisb •JACKSON,
THE ..NOTED CLOTH R5 CLINTON
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