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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1884-03-14, Page 101•,O0 'will .secure the ,CIAdENTO N to the end C TON NW ESA. EBIlim,Y, IIIA} f 14, 1884, r loCAL NOTICES. „ , a quantity of t;o aud,throo toot w•ooJ waisted, is evipinse few Eproiture, at Ls-'; swnon ?c oaAt`8X e, Blyth; *g gave ono or theta.11;e0 stocks ofp'urnituro kip blrany retailer north 14 Lopdop, we want to sell it (that le whit 'we manufacture it for) and we will gor 2Q ,]aye sellat extra low prices. Call and eoe'that We will en Just what we say. It no pay you to come 12 er'21) miles, il: you want to, get a let og good kterniture cheap, IfiwjeitMa & G eCsr B tib• Zola goptg.. 3,14.. DAVID ERwaN has bought the Wingham pop works,.and is moving the machinery here; be is also getting n v machinery from New York. There is room for silch an establiehmenthere, PBOEIFIo.--Mr. Wm.Tiplady, of the: base line, has a cow which has dropped fourcalves inside of eleven "menthe, bay. ing:twin calyes running with it now; who. sass that this js,not'As, fertile and produc- tive land, , ' SIRING SHow.=The directors of the Hallett Agricultural -Society have- decid- ed:ito holdtheir spring show in Clinton, ori Wne.sday, i1•prit 1.5th. This day was originally selected,, but; Seaforth fixed; their allow for the seine day ,; there was some,intentio, n to chane .the date, but after consideration, the directors decided to hold,to the date first selected. ' • PROLIFIC AND ` ItZfii'I1'gBLE,--A, days since one of the thoroughbred cows 'belonging to Messrs. •IL Snell,,tic 'Sons,. } ii�let�t,4ctropped twin ealveS,'male and fern a 1�Text day the cow and :her.pro- geny werg,sold to Mr, Forest, •of :Stanley, aG;a;•geed.Agtire. (One.of the calves, was, • uPfertnnately, since smothered by the mother.). FourShropshiredown ewes, im- ported by them some tinie•since, have each added:two to their number. , FARn1sRLEifTED.=Mr, . John Holmes diaaarented'his fain of 139: acres, on the a$urrn road, just west of thie,,town„ to Mr. kers Mey,_, for something over :'$40© for cqe�le.•year. This isle, high rental, but the an is much morevaluable to Mr.. May then.anyone else. Mr. Holmes purposes travelling in the west fora year, and. has a,sale of,his stock on the 21st "inst. Mr, Robert town, has rented the be t Coats, . ow , Lavas ---]norms; en-the9th'and 10th concessions •of :Goderich township, to Mr. Pierson and bis step -son Mr. McGee, for three years,, at$500, a year. 4' Tilotwegp CONSCIENCE. -Twelve years ago Mrs Carline, of this place, lost a purse eontaiding about $12. ' On Wed eteaday sbe received an anonymous letter fregi :some 'person in town, with an en - •closure ,of $20 The .letter stated that the writer was the finder of the pocket -book, - the contents of which they had turned to their gwn use and they now sent the $20 as an equivalent of:'`the lost money and• interest. It was evident the party had been'. troubled_' by__conscience, -as they signed the note " One who feels happy now..' Mrs. Carline feels.:very.thankful to the .party; •whoever they. are, for then honesty; is • 'RA'rHWELT's BRinan Tenders.for the re -building of this bridge, which connects StanleySfanley and Goderich township,, were opened by Road OQunty Clerk Am here on Saturday:. The following were the tenders received , .John McCann, $813 • Peter:Campbell, •'' 845 'John 0. Elliott, 795 t s D. CcSnriel•1, , ,, John Sheppard, } 64.. U D. R.' Menzies; - 000 11+ ' George Tedford, 580 If n 114,' Tedford's tender being the lowest, t and the security offered for the completion of the, work. satisfactory, he was awarded•. the contract: • i GOT i *ro' TROUBLE. A couple of n young men t�rom this neighborhood have 1 &Ante scrio'us: trouble in the Northwest, by their desire to net rich without: earn-. a THE ,MANCHESTER BrunciR.—On Tues' dgJ! Sit �ho fenr.Cfninty Road, •Coqum sinners :met at Manchester to consid tenders for the erection of f"'new it bridge at•that,piece. The Hamilton fro c awarded o bri a 'company were awe e the c_ tract; ,t their figure is something over $6 4100. The bridge, is to be completed by the 1st of Sept. • ! Bsmlas,—•MissNorsworthyy , formerly Clinton, and who has been head wait resa of the Tecumseh Betel, Winnipeg, fo some time, died there:of fever, a few da Mr.Johnhi Rinse,; she was' a: niece of Shi ley„., A subscriber in Michigan says "The NRw ERA' is the: best and most°i *vesting paper I knew of, " that is wh . ase in Toronto wee theyall say. Whilel Y met at Mr.Thos,Jackson accidently, J n. ;hotel the notorious D. L. Sills, who fi ltred prominently in affairs in this coon ;about twenty years ago ; at that time- h bought grain at. Brueefield, and was "coo Qfthe roost," but left' under a cloud; iia new a traveller for the Stainlard O Company, one of the greatest monopoli of the States. Says the London F �$ress :—Mr. W J. Mulley,' of this city (sin of D, Molloy, Clinton) is about • er on n • , n- HAltDSHirEr N THE WI:st, ^`* All ap- pear to tell the" same story, as regards the times in the :northwest just now of The following extract from a letter is written by a former Clintonian,, (Conser- vative) and tells its own story: --"Times; .r .are very hard just now ; in fact they have, been so all winter, we can. neither, sell; >- grain, potatoes or hay, for the simple rea- son that there is neither market nor money ai in the country. Thepresent Government k is hurting the settlers of this country very andtheis of 'n u badly,F.R, n ba bra 0. a monopoly. The` rates on implements g- and th articles are something eor- t?' mous, we pay here fora wagon $105, where. in Ontario they can be bought for $6O or e $65 at the outside; again, a_ threshing ma- chine which would cost•in Clinton $375• sl or $4d0 would just cost here about $700, therefore we as farmers have got to pay Fr #' the year, Tr it. HAND D BROKEN. --one day last weelr as F. Levy,. one of the Irish imm]grants,waa walking home from is work in the coon-• try, he slipped down, and had the misfor- tune to break his left wrist. five cents per bushel for threshing, and ' then alter all cannot sell a grain of it to hardly. I, would like to• know who it is that can stand the N. P. ,business.. I say let us have tree trade. The way things are going it is utterly impossible for the' farmer of Manitoba to stand it, there has already been 'ii goodly number left the country in disgust, and the Government le only commencing to see it. I have al- ways supported the tories, but ideas of late have been greatly changed, all we want is fair play and we niust have it," _ take A position with Barnum's ahem He ;;leaven for New York on• Monday, where rhe will take' the steamer for Europe in a ` few weeks. Harry Thornton, (son of Mr,: Wm. Thornton, Clinton) carries on a eon- faetionery and fancy goods bilsiness. at Winnipeg and opening the store one day last Week he was astonished to find that burglars had visited it%diming the night, and literally cleared it,put. The stock of W. Ii. Smith was botig+ht on, Saturday by fir. lt: Smith, of Go'dericho Mr. •Giffin, agent for the White Bronze Monument Co., intends to more his family herein the spring. During the past year 12 per- sons were -sent from this county to the Insane Asylum • at London. The . total number of prisoners in Goderich jail last year, +was: 58, being a tleerease of 29 over 1882. Mr. Will Beesley has gone' into partnership with his father in the millin- ery business; the next partnership for Will should be with a lady; and we pre- sume•.it;Rvill be. County Clerk Adamson was in°town.on Saturday, and expressed This astonishment at the-• amount of bust - ;less being done us'-nessbeingdone here; ry`'Why," saidhe, looking at a crowd of teams on the street, " We see notbinglike that in Goderich, :it beats us all hollow," On Friday evening last someone'• forced an entry into the bakery of Mr. -W. Young, but so far he has not missed anything; the back door avis burst. off'its,hinges. Mr. Jas. Fergu- son removes to Blyth, where he goes into the•pumpmaking business,' with •Mr: P. Willows;; both are good, reliable nien.. ;On Monday night the' house of a certain resident;'•narrowiy escaped destruction by .fire; the morning's. wood, placed in 'the oven to dry, took fire iii the middle of the might,:aird was a mass of flames when dis- covered; fortunatelyno damage was done, but the inmates had to encounter a severe attack of smoke. • Mr. James Hearns has bought the splendid driving horso•„owneil by Mr. Swarts; a good figure was .paid for it. • The sleighinghas been, splendid, all Winter, and, consequently an immense' amount of teaming has been done; the town was.never better supplied with cord- wood than it is .at present, and yetthere is no.surplus The' assessors are finishing up St. George's Nerd, and will then have completed their work for: this. year. On: Tuesday next a large party leave here for Manitoba; the`•tr,'ain will pi k up'a•`num- her at Hensel]; and •altogeth er' it is ex- petted there. will be nearly' 20 car loads of tock The snow ;melted fast on Tuesday. 14Ir ,TohnIrwin, who has for sometime ccupied the position;..of freight clerk at ort Gratiot, has returned to, town and ow fine theposition of book keeper for he establishment' of W. Doherty & Co. DIr. 0. Spooner Lost fifteen chickens this week by dogs. Mr. D. M.1lialloch, school nspector,had. his firstrunan ny experience ear Seaforth.last week; it is said his 'orae got frightenedat,tbe sight of one of. he ladies of that ,malt tillage,• hence, the ccident. The Good Tentplars'here 'in - mg their riches. i't seems that inercheirts at Brgndon, or some place in that neigh- borhoed, have suffered largely by . thefts and the police, in tracing up these crimes, discovered the existence of a gang ofseven. young Men, formed for the -purpose ofrob= ,bery, who were arrested, and in whose shanty was •fdund stolen goods to the value of $700 Ono.•;lf them was a youth named Sni;it,.a former resident of ..Clinton, and snot cr•'wias:nanied Sundercock, formerly. of,$ul'1ett, At fhe trial they were given thirteen months imprisonment The friends of these 'foolish young min aro very honorable:and respectable people,and naturally feel their position very ,keenly. Tun DOG TAN, --:-This is, the subject That is exciting most interest in town Just now, and as agood many' people aro in doubt•as to what .amount ot taxes ',they will; iave •to,pay for doe,: it the • by-law before the council 'is carried, we shall try ' to en ighten them. The Statute s of On- tari x a yearly fee $2codes y $ a g and o.�iitches kept b e towns. Tlii�is a fixed fi ed sum which is always collected ,of those who own or harbor dogstin the 'municipa- lity, irrespective of what any council may' do. In addition to this -fee of $1 and ' $2,:: . }unicipalities have the powertto regulate the running at large of dogs, by imposing •--- fe ii thiem, the fee to bo whatever the council may decide on.. In the by-law under question this fee is $1 ; • therefore, allro hers of dogs, who wish to let 'them- ruii tit Large, will be compelled to pay thio;mount, in addition to the statutary amo nt of $1 or $2, for the privilege, if the l3y-law is passed, If a roan keeps his dog Qr bitch tied up on his premises he only pays the amount fixed by statue. tmt 'COUNTEItrnITINO` CASE.—Deter-° tive Rogers; of the Government service; who has been deputed to work tip the ease against'O. O. Martin, .now incustody at Goderich for offering: counterfeit money for sale, Was in Clinton last week. Ile told a reporter that Martin bad several aliases besides that of Garland. The officer found the man who had mado, the negatlVee, but would not rive his name • or where he • resides. 1 The• Nltw ERA could do both, were it to. disposed.] Rogers procurea negative from this phe- tograpp er and;has Succeeded in connect- . ing 11, hrtin with the different aliases under Which he conducted his swindling operations. He also knows of :seven or eight parties to whom parcels had been expressed (C.O.D.) by Martin, the dupes having;forwarded sums varying from $10 to $15. i Door -locks were what were (sent instead of bogus hills, ,One party had to • be content with a door -latch, 'Marin i W willbe,brought up fin -trial an the 1st of a .April,ets stated in our issue lest week, her teed to purchase. an organ. Mr., W. B. Broadfodt, who'.has bee;' a somewhat transitory resident. of Clinton, --for 'sotne time, goes back to'thebid homestead, in Tuckersnith in :t feW.ddys; where he • will reside in future ; as his'parents aro.in de- elining years, it becomes necessary' that he take charge; •of -the. farm, sniffing countenance will. be: missed from 'the market square. as he wag well liked. by all with whom he; had dealings. )Lr, L. P Davis,who1ias'recentlybeenrunning' au organ -.business at London, hos sold out his interest and removed to", Woodstock. Last week Mr..Tervaley killed a cow, fed by.Mr, Fair, that- weighed nearly 1.500_ pounds,�n Wednesday night an.able- bodied yyoung man: was'aocommodated• •with :lodgings in the lockup, at his own; request; he said be came from Montreal,• an4 had been five months without work, although he had tried' everywhere to get, " .One day last week" an .old woman stole several t'' ve dr ides of value from: the premises'of,Mr. Wen. Marten; she is well known, And sympathy for her age and 'family alone,prevented••her arrest; Rev. D. G. Sutherland, his friends will be glad to learn, is recovering from his accident, though not.. able .:to . perform his duties. At the meeting of the Dominion..Grange, in Ottawa this week, Mr,' Robert Currier reeve of East Wawanosh, Was elected one' of the executive -officers. 1). Driscoll; of this place; ran .a'ni i iir: hie'foot, at Sea- -forth, and is unable tot work. A small 'dog owned by Mr. S. Davis:was so.badly bitten by a large Newfoundland that it: had .tobe killed... • Dr:Vercoe left Seaforth recently and located in 'Teem', and now• three doctors have dropped ,on the unof; fending people of Seafora], to •fill Dr, ereoe's lace. Mr, los. • Chambers, of is town, t tied off the silver cup at the oderich c r ival, on Tuesday eyeninrr, r the best stume o4. the fee; it is raid hat several of the 0oderieli beauties were o impressed' with his tppee,:alhce, that iiropoied at once; Miss D. Buchanan,; f this -place, took second`prize. Mr,,W. ester, of this town, . is the Champion anter, of this neighborhood ; while out n Tuesday, he shot thirteen faxes within ree miles ot toren-rand it.wasn't a good ay for foftes either. Miss Morgan, who as at the point of cleat]' for some time, is week, leas taken a turn for ,the better. Series of letters in the B.0, Observer, , tom "Choketown,"'are caricatures on the, embers of Clinton. B.` C. Church, and use as' much indignation as mirth. --- Mr. W. IT. Hine .isconfined to his house illness. Harland 'Bros, are pushing G sale off their' improved milli pinsv th G ,fo th .0 h "th d th w A fr ca bh regret to hear of the serious illness'of nephew' of M. W. Doherty, ho` came " e on tt visit a feiv day's since, 11Q4ezF ,gsx .—Mr. G. Cox ,of Detroit sbi 'ped nine dpiendid horses from here on Tuesday, and qtr. B, Fisher, of Got= borne, shipped a car lead to Dakota, on Wednesday, Nr. Davie, Who bought several loads homiest fall, is again purchisik ing here, Horses are said to be >� consider - h' s1 he price ig . rt ini p ce here than at Exete>',. simply because this is a more centralrpointt and has a good reputation with buyers.-- Air. W. Craig is driving a fine Hamble- tonian, purchased in Toronto this: week.' I'ERSOi LS,—Miss A. Vali', w1.10 haS' been away for several weeks, is home again. Mr. F. A. Tamblyn, of Brandon, called on us last week ; be is down for the purchaseo k stet and tate 1; states that the , feeling in the west as at high pressure, and unless the people obtain redress, there will be serious trouble, Mr. Frank Gor- rell also took his friends by surprise by returning from the west on ' Friday; he goes back shortly,. Mr. Wm. Taylor, jr., returned to Winnipeg, en Friday, Mr. A Wolper, and wife, of Hallett: left here on Wednesday, for Bowesmount, teak, Mrs. Leonard, of Collipgwood, was called here last week by the serious illness of her father, her, S. Andrews, who is not yet entirely out of danger. • Mr. R, Rene - ford returned from England on Saturday, on the home trip he witnessed a's9mewhat imposing spectacle of a ship on fire, stir - rounded by icebergs, and althoughthey passed quite close to it, not a vestige of life was visible. Mise.' Whiting, • of Brantford, is the guest of MisaK.McTag- gart, • VOUL Btu a $2.00 SLEIGH FOR $1,00 $1,50 SLEIGH FOR 7acts, $1.00 SLEIGH FOR, 50ct . >.T IcK ....,TORE I will show the largest, cheapest, and best stock of ,. In the County ,of Huron this spiting. I have already received two large consign- ments. %dome ' and flee, the patterns and prices -before buying. your paper, and 1� tides for yourselves Just :received, 400 copiep .'of Robertsosz's. Library.: Also =sew stock of la'OOT BALLS from,. $2,75 to $4.00 each First glass Old" Country Balls. • fi A new lot of COMBS just added:...Try .ii five cont•one. Till: ,CHEAPEST Coin you ever. saw, FAMILY BIBLES AT -GREATLY REDUCED PRICES 0. Cheaperr that, Any pedlar is able to sell them at. C=CS:4N. ext e t -Ti eeks *e will be usy opening our prin4 Goods. ; 1 OUR PRINT OCN bein . will unsurpassed •, . in quantity, quality, e, an varietyof Patterns and Prices. We will take great pleasure in showing our new patterns and : designs. The ;DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT will be replete:: with :all that gat is new, and desirable gin.:._, that class of goods. DEPARTMENT ion full' HATS, CAPS AND GENT'S:. 'URNISHINGS. Wisemaq, DRY GOODS E •. ORIU] , 'CLINTON.. • OM ' WE ARE JUST`PYJI/TING• INTO STOCK • dozer- Eng sh Stiff �a�s Per S. S. Uil'catssiat], dialect, {row -the inaI]ufachirers In England, whic'lt`now:conlpleites Dur large stock .of. • G Comprisiia; " THE C,r ZE'A.'Y'EWr ASSORTMENT. EVEit SEEN:IN tins SECTION. r� In ` s MEN S ti h,L! . H L r w ,i sAt od c.; 75 c., incl 1, ire, with, exception, the•:clieapest goods ever offered; acidWei have now. a ffull stock of this celebrated Xie > 'of goods, which sold so well last season.. • JA.OKSONt: • I - latter mut' :Et .rrier, Clinton. • s._.. Have you bought- your :SPRING .SUIT yet l If you, have not' don't f illto . o e ..andsee our .beatatifiil stock. Wo have again ad d c m a alde to our .already �al�e assortment this week largo Costs of Ifl16 ad cii)lat TWEE f : Now: what five want is for everyone who rends these columns to Conte to our storeand see what we'have, and -they will find that we are only stating whatejs absolutelyltrue when we say that we SHOW THE LARGEST. and FIN tST- STOCT , Ob' gOODS. west of Toronto, without any eaoeptions: COME AND GIVE AL'S .YOU`R•" JRu DER FOR YOUR SPRINte SUIT, for you will get a far better olass of ;goods 'than you will get anywhere eIke A' Io'Att BETTER TItISrlMED SUIT, A BETTER' PITTING SUIT, and we will say, A FAR CHEAPER, SUIT; Read our 'Advertisement Next • Week: THOSa. JACKSON •!&. SON, CLOTHIERS, CLINTON 3