The Clinton New Era, 1886-06-18, Page 7,p
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FRID,AS:,, JUNE. 18, I88G. !.
The Rioting in Belfast,
Au..eFRa.•lylt!iessof lite riots on Wednesday,
iaBelfast, gives he following description of
- the Beeriest attending the mob's attack on the , Dominion Government have .ceded to :the
Bowes street police station; "Women with Province the swamp lands, and 150,000
pokers;pried up paving t>tones and broke them.
auto suitable sizes for the rioters when they •
ran short of missiles. l,S'9rnan and young
girls deeperately,gptreat@3,the men to con-
awn
on-
ti iue the taghtiog whenever they'Oagt ed, of-
fering therm apronsfull of fresh atones, and
when the entreaty failed, the women and
girls drove the men oa by ,savage threats.
The police station is a moderate sized dwell
t‘i�ng house. When the mob attaoked•the
'building, the „police responded with a volley'
fired from the doorway, but the rioters soon
drove the officers in, and they retreated up-
stairs and renewed the tight by shooting front`
the window on the secendU floor. They held
their position for half an hour, during which of the town, would prefer to see .fewer
the battle was hot. and savage on both sides. minus records, and more frequent thaws
When they were re-inforced by the arrival in the winter menthe than now happen.
The incomparably hard wheat for which
Manitoba is famons, could not be raised
were the winter climate more variable and
less .severe than it is. The same=remark.
applies to Northern Minnesota and Dad
kota, where the winter climate possesses
the same characteristics as those of. Mani-
toba, and which districts produce a quality
of wheat siniilar to that raised in the Ca-
radian prairie provinces,—American Agri-.
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cultttrist for June.
of wheat, and up to the 31at °,bE last Octo.
ber, the, Department of the Interior re
ported about 10,930,045 acres as having
beep taken vpwithin the Province for
homestead and pre-emptions. By a recent
arrangement made with the Province, the
acrea of good lands for University purposes.
The remarkable fertility of the soil on
' the prairie section,. , especially that in the
'Valley, of"the RR,ediRi'ves,tieam *ell known
that itis unnecessary that I should refer
to it here. The winter 'climates, though
generally severe in the latter part of De-
cember and throughout January is a sub-
ject of much disparagement by those who
prefer the thirty-five degrees and forty de -
grime, but there are redeeming features
about this severity, which the settler—the
grain raiser—knows how to appreciate,
evett if that denizen of the metropolis, and
of seventy fresh. officers, the increased energy
of the. police :served but to aggravate the mob,
and they became ferocious. They were mad-
dened by the sight of their wounded comrades
writhing and howling with agony in the street,
Tr'have since heard old .officers say that they
never knew a mob •to bbow such viciousness,
violence, pinok and ,determination. Despite
their desperation, the rioters hurled and
threw missiles with regularity and precision,
as if they had been drilled in otone•tlirowing..
When the. man_in-front..had exhaneted their.
ammunition they would retire to -the rear to
receive fresh armfuls from,the worsen, and
• thus, make way for their comades. with new
supplies. Some of the atone throwing was.
suite extra.erdinary. f sawa man "throw a
itone with such vigor that it crashed through
a window, struck a rear wall and rebounded
'with such force that it struck and hurt .a
policeman. The better ?firmed of the rioters
carried what they called 'Here "Belfast. kid-
neys." These are stones About five and a half
inches wide, and weigh.oit an average about
one and a halt pounds. There were many
boys- among The rioters, and °they were as
desperate
and
plucky the men Tbh battle
le
at the station ceased only when 50 soldiers
Dame to the aid of the police The soldiers
were from the Highlanders and the Fusiliers,
and they soon drove the mob away.. A wait -
rem belonging lo` a tavern adjacent .to the
•'Bowers' Hila. polies etetio.n-•was,shot through
the brain. ' A youth standing at the bar ina
tavern was shot. A girl named Minnie 1114.•
Allister, who was out to buy' a pair of shoes,.
was shot -in -the cheek.' A boy pained Kele
was shot in the breast. A barmaid named
Kelly, was shot throughlthe skull,. A strange
boy was found shot .dead in a house, alb
which he had evidently run to witness tlie-
riot. The'peopleliving iu the neighborhood.
were the rioting began soy it was .caused by
th'e.poliee,_nsuler a ntstet.en;rnipresston, mos
lusting and cudgeling some orderly workmen
leaving a foundry. According to this story
the populace got -angry at the police and at-
tempted to make them doted, when A cons
'diet became imminent. The story goes on
that the mob offered to behave if the pollee
were withdrawn, but not othel'wise
Belfast, Juno 1l.—Tho -rioting last night
was less disastrous than on 1Vednesdss.
After their day's labor•had ended, thousands:
o3 workingmen gathered in the vicinity:of'
the Bowers Hill Police Barracks. They ex.
ecrated. thepolice with cries of "We will
, have ten lives for every one of the wee mur-
dered girls." •The county ,police were then
withdrawen and some wellknown local con-
stables were rent to "reason with. -the mob.
The mob demanded the' withdrawal. of :all
police' Archdeacon': ; Lever and ' several
Presbyterian clergyntenlimplored the mob to
disperse. Their addressee proved: altogether
useless, .and even while'the clergymen were
sgeaking,the rioters kept up a desultory, atone
throw g P
in at the olieet One• .stoneattach. a
divine' squarely in the face, . mid : hurt him
severely. Captain Lesteange,' the resident
magistrate, who was uresent to; maintain.
order, las struck' by a brickbat in the head,' ._",_4,.,46;_-_
When the preachers ceased, the niob'seized • vile : aitnrits. on .Air. Caporals,: '
up to the gate of the barracks and defied the --
police to come out and telae a •nacre fight. !Phe' attnciks of the Tory prase made upon
Things went on yin this way until • ..about ten h.IThe'et Bran;,nf Huron, "show that they.
oclock,wilcore .follow of'dagroonsgalloped helidvethat,pnliltc.•opiuionwilhiotsustain
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up. They were followed' bye 300 infant
These men had' been under arms 'eleven -the comae:which'the Governmentandmany
hours. The mob was for a piomenf power• Tory members have trken, and accordingly
less with'surprise,and dispersed. The run;' they
togetinifierce
e denials.
Mi. Hiles of
i w' "be a ash a d f
' H.. P. Royle Last Binuties.
now THE DEFAULTING ST9ATI:onD BANK
TEI;r.E1 WAS CAUGHT. • . •
-" (Alta Calfornia, May 20.) '
H. P; cloy, receiving' teller of the branch,
Bank of Montreal., at Stratford, Canada, be-
came a defaulter to,the extent of`'$6,000 last
March, and fearing detection:skipped-.across
the border into• Uncle Sam's dominions -With
hia•plunder, The news was, of course tele•
ra be over the- UnitedSaes n ` i
dallo� r h t t a d u
many instances: his picture ornamented the
rogues' column of different illustrated criminal'
news publications, About the.10th of April
Roy readied dila coast in safety and made
himself known as IL P. -Mack. His good. ad-
dress and pleasing manner soon gained him
many friends, especially among tile younger
members of the mercantile fraternity. -Having
about $1;700 in his possession his arri-
val in this city, Roy took apartments at the
Palace Hotel but a few evenings later; soma
andak"tliiefeq' red his room•during his tem-
pora'ry absence and stole: $1,200 •from_ his
satcheli, the bottom of 'which' was cut omit:
ltoy informed': Count Smith of his. loss, but
'Wee careful net to report the matter at polies
heac1c uartars:_ This necessitated:a 'change of
base and a Iittte more economy,".tlongliAre
Are -
kept up, appearances among his •friends; just . .
the same. Last Friday evening Roy bryttght,
disaster upon his -foolish bead by attending x
party on Taylor street. One of the • ladies
there happened to remember seeing a wood-
cut picture of his, which was published in The
'American Police Record, and being struck by
the.remarkable resemblance; .mentioned the
fact next•day to. Detectite .'Ia1';etzler, of the
'oalif(i iia Detective .Agency: Metzler (tock
up the eine, at 'once, and' after considerable
seareb,•tra'ced' Roy • to'liia'room in a private
.house on Ellis•street, near Jones. A con-
salatlon with Chief Crowley ensued, which
resulted in 'Roe's arrest at'a latehour;Monday
night: He was.' confined rn the.' "tanks'' of
the City Prison for the time `,being, and the.
arrest was net made publics until yesterday,'
when-Chief, Crowley telegraphed. to the bank
officials: for instructions. ' Roy aoknowledges
his guilt, and expresses, a desire to retnrn'to
:Canada, without delay. ,He states that he
.does not drink, and cannot•remember what -he'
did with all the money.'` As tbere is a reward
of $2OO'for Roy's delivery, 'Metzler will take"
'bisprisonerth est. and seeur) the coveted ,prize:
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apula,r. Ivry GoQds douse,
LOND; SBORO.
'WE ARE SHOWING THIS WEEK
CHAS. CRUICKSHANK,
I. have now ori hand one of the r,argest, Best and most Complete Stocks .of
BOOTS and SHOES, ever displayed in Clinton, and will sell them. at the very`
II possiblePrices. If you want good value in Boots and Shoes` call onus
Qwest �
and you will not be disappointed. I am still making the
Celebrated . Hand Sewed Boots
' Which are SO favorably known. to. requite no comment. All kinds of custom
work promptly attended to, and at reasonable prices., -
it PElt
OMIT .oFF FAIL CASH, Eaas' TAKEN IN E.LCHANGE FO Goons.
' veryextensive ran � e of Parasols
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Full lines of Lisle -and Siik Gloves
Large stock Black& -colorer -Hosiery
Light Prints in Beautiful Colors,
•:and Designs. ' •� :
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Linen lawns. and Printed Muslins
PRICES .Low.
QU�ALTTv FIRST-CLASS.
LON DE.Si3OR"o.
NEW :DRUG
The •undersigned Las just• opened a New Drug Store in
Jftglko�n'•s,: Tew" :S1ock Hair. on.Stre�et,.
Two doors West'. of the City Book' Store, `where will be found a , complete assort=
meat of FineDlittf4•S and. CHEMICALS, also PATENT MEDICINES and
may ask ' for in these. lines:
DRUGGISTS `SUNDRIES' Ail that thnt the public, y
L?; S -Office changed; from residence to Drug Store '
_L WORT} INGTO T' Clinton.
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Call on C. Cruickshank, the' Boot Maker,
ALBERT STREET, BRICK" BLOCK, •CLINTON
JOB PE!ARtMENT
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is Ho�� sorpas�o� fOc co�plelt�E�ss � i�: tl�e cotuty.
Prices: consistent with line' work.
rs,:A.,'�'zscher•,.► .TO }iYt;-Pischer1
ala;o` • LeulLc an .ler, Clinton.:.:
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T beg to'' nl •ounce that I have Opened out •in the TAILORING
TRADE, *here' yott can •rely'.on'. getting the latest: goods :Out
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in the *latest' Styles by. MR. M. FISCHER, : as:' Cutter and •
Manager. Thanking you all'for the patronage extended to him,
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hoping to r ective the same: in the future: Fine. ran«e of'goods -
to choose -from.. .Cheap for cash, as 1 am not. in a: position to do
anything else: See our WORSTEDPantings & Scotch TWEEDS -
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ltlrs: A. Fischer, Pro.. . M. 'Fischer, Manager.
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TAYL
sways 80011,-• 10 ever, cam, S the Q• i"„ -
themselves, and returned to the sreelle,.wane- timber'in the Province of Ontario from the .-In thanking" hie.numerotis customers' for their liberal patronage in the past, begs to announce
ly cheering the soldiers.• 7.'be' latter *had. `Government of: Sit -Jelin Macdonald,••' who ` that be lassjust receiced a_splenditi assortment of
taken complete poesessiou • of the streetshad: no more right. to deal' with the glands '•,' ; . •rel'S ofZr' A} ES Y YJ
around the barracks, and oordenek.them et- l with th ro art of an only ill'
than he ad e p" . P Y Y
tectively. The mob; realizing theini re r11a• .. The • '�i11I1�aC•tU FIRE • PI�OO S
�-�r It�3
P b private party,. And if the 1 nes had been ,N�i.V. S..P_11NG GOODS Non -Co nduroti� .g , ,Steel Flange .Doors. .
bility of the •police's position, now departed •
under' -hie it •:y otild have been' a.
:COeleRISIA,G .TIIE LATEST Ii0%EL'LIES IN :;,.. - - ", .
:All our new.styles of Firepi"oaf Safes are fitted with ;an AIR CHAMBER to
.TWEEDS,. DRESS ,GOODS, :PRINTS, MUSLIN S; GINGHAll1:S, :LACES, prevent dampness to papers: A, large assortment of SECOND' HAND'SAFISS
•01. YEARS ESTABLISHED.
in sections, cursing.: the tPope,.• 'denouncing. slsameles'.abuse of authority tnhave made
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&lame Rule and singing
and Rule Britannia- . while Lilyh le this was gon g shell' Mise of thein.. • Mr. John ilaggart
onat the Bower Hill bareacks, a •.mob bad was : ego ally fierce in his '• denials, .and
taken possession of York -street.. They first denounced Mr.Catneronin hisabsence, as a
concentrated in front of a wine store kept liar.• l3ut the published records `sustain
by a Catholic named McKenna. • The build- Mr. Cameron's charge.' It istrue that Mr.
in was soon wrecks& and the' stock of wines Beggart made application on:babel( of 'MT.was emptied in the street. - This mob then Peter McLaren and ethers, biiFFthay alati
pncceeded to Michael ' McCloskey's'..tavern,
.EMBROIDERIES, SHIRTINGS, COTTONADES, DUCKS .L DENIMS' for sale at low pribes'tract oil easy terms of payment. .` Catalogues on application.
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I hoguarantees a fit 'A full sn` 1 • of kiatich TWEEDS It d fl t ci ss .0 PP 5
a specie y, an • a rs •: a. Tailor
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ede.BOOTS and' SI -SOYA just arrived for the spring trade. A fresh assortment of WALI,�L' - 1.17 .and 119 Front 'Streev,.`-Ef$ti Toronto.
show that Mi. Haggart was himself to be a s
The polies had taken warning and Yet there. 'sharer. in. thew benefits If thetranst ct ori . . '
first. • A. tight took lace, l,t was. <rya ped vn 1 bay Steele of GLOCERIES is New and Freels: Try our 50 cent • 'Young IIyeon TEA,, . best
P t, 'self the artiest a
v one 'n Inn it e d
was ei ,
with; desperation on both sides. The police scarcely ,take the trouble of denying value ever offered to the public: :OIL for
-Machinery,
ER'S. and, GLASSWARE, a full
fired twenty-six rounds of.bucksbee at „the supply,. LARDINE'and CROWN :OIL for Machinery, always on •hand; and :everything
riotersibut the mob finally.' drove them away'.
statements which they regarded as' hai►n- usually,kept in a first-class countryetore. COAL OIL 20 cents per gallon. Higbest market
in less in. themselves.•'. It is because they 'price paid i.. trade„ior BU'i•'1'Ell, EGGS,. OATS, dc. Come. one 'andall and inspect' my
• PAPER, newest.patterrie. + -
and smashed. the tavern to peces, distributing
the liquors to all who world drink or carry know thepublic do,,lrot look upon snob stock; No .trouble' to show goods
liquor away. A number of the rioters were
transactinns as innocent, that; the ,public • . • ' ”
wounded in this fight, and left helpless tp will'•ro��ard those Nhei•'Undertake til make . N B. ..-I•have also ictrehased a large uautit . of the BLUE, TAC BINDING al\'I��E •`.
tzn .,,
Pl g .. y
e ofa tent
the street by their conirndei„ who, madden- their positions as tneiitb..re P tits n •:Bastin the market, which I offer at the lowest possible rite:, " �OO
ed'witli liquor and.eeeitemeut, rushed to the subordinate to their own, iersonal'advant
EPII Mt201311,077
minion Planing
er Swa
work of .wreck end•pilhrge: A number of . ane as main nndeservitg the pudic' con -,i JOt-.a,
taverns were destroyed and all their• stock of Hence, that they denj statements of which: •
wine, whiskey and beer thrown out tothathe proof was al. �rARNA,' iliarchiith, 1835.
crowd in the streets, who drank it ravenous they have forgotten that treedy,.befne the pe bile, Nearly every' raerreeneeees
ly,lor carried it away in jags and buckets,. Ip ri
the latter work scores of women and children 'j•orydrietnbee maintained that he was more
ly eeekiltg a :timber .limit fur sortie friend,
sere engaged dIi the time tlot„ rioting lasted. and not fort iriasalC.. It was simple a feel-
ing
idni ht �1io after' h
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Wrecked- and looted. the .'ti6verns in ing,of ben .and anxiety b
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trio vicitsity retiireed to M'eU1Sai:ey'a and somebndy e ao t tat stimu a e them o
set the place , on fire. The elate attracted the notion: The public aro not likely to be -
nee, w eeee-feemed>anti-mmarolieel-dawnsth re Uouo..i:eq-111.4411,.o.F +.a;4 r,
to ii It out the fire and save this town from as ,months ago were ready to maintain that
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pane • au x'*,
conflagration. They had to fight for: every' the plundering of the public doniaiu .was
foot of the way they made. At times, when gn'ite legitimate when dobe by supporters 'NEXT DOOR TO 7'171; CITY BK STOlt>;, CLINTON.
the flames flared high the sight of the rani', Ministry, now find that the
formed abiosis scattered g of the present
b among the mob; III- i ,
public don't take, thesame vasty of the BEDROOM SETS, PARLOR SETS, • �OUN'GES, '
ling the street from house to house, each of- matter, and, denounce as slanders simple SIDEBOARDS
�1 �•p
facer fighting on his own aceoiint, and all ie statements of facts,—London Advertiser SIDEBOARDS, £HAIRS, -&C.,'
the slime direction, every :pian shouting lir
cursing, the women and children at the win- "'" AND A (GENERAL ASSURTuRNT W TH
dow shrieking and gesticulating, was terrible,: In all, sixteen persons have Been convicted - .. REASUNA7l
,C Finally the police got together and carried on of violating the Scott Act in Peterborough. ,
their battle with buckshot: This eventually t'oti oeenetil Sebtef'tt gat Agaaciat a proade6 tedo b9
• soattertd the mob, and the fire at McClos
key's was put out before it could extend. Iho the License Inspector..
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H. STEVENS ONr` .CLINTON.
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Manufact'tirers of SASH, ..Doons,-BLINDS, 1.+r.Oonn u,. SIDING;
C>:ILn G,''MOULDINGS . FEAMES; 'PICKETS . &c,; and all kinds Of
l Interior and Exterior Finishings . LATH and Snt tonus kept
- on klf,nd i110'n 'M ari S o os e ' .nolle Hifi :.
'PLANS Ami SPE() I:FIC,'A.TIC)NS PI.UPA•RED.
S. 'S. Cooper, W. Siwai :e'ld.
; , vr7�ltY B• ,
EST itrAnE 'I'UrNITUEit Alf ! Chaiiae o B'USineSS
LE, PRICES. swami
McCloskey and his 'family, and a number of A witness • in a Scott dict 00). 91 Oshawa
his-Catholid•neighbors •Were- resened..frome the ".wad aenten.eed tote!) da,1s' Imprisonment .for
fury of the web by an Orangeman, wliojdok refusing to answer a questieti, lint tie-stlece"
them to life house, and gave thein a safe re, ed b1 eseapieg from the court, room, and has
fnge, ,
not beets seen since. .
A young than in iutm'ur township, as a
charm against the mumps, consented to Have
a halter placed around his beak; to
be led to
a creek. to drink, and to be walked. seven
-times atoned a barn.. Ne. statement .for re-
sults is t•r' hand.
8 11-IOlithS ri't'lost 'Icrip.-'ore will
semi the NEW EPA to new subscribers from
theist of ly to.the 3lst Dee., Coal 30 cents
in advance, simply to give a sac rnon4lts Wet.
(loneerating Manit9110a.
Of the 00,000,000 acres Which comprise
• the _Canadiafi.Prov.inesi.of.111nttitslb_arSJtere.
• have been surveyed about si:cteon and a
half millions of acres. There are 4,000,
000 acres of swamp lands within the .Pro.
wince, nal the remainder dot:sista O the
timbered nod rnbtty regi:rti• lying m.outld
.,Lal:en t`irinttepeir. itfauitrrin. 'nerd Lake of
the Words. 'I'l.t' linriinti tliedt t tultiva
l.ir..•t Th's, nt,tor stihacriptioti rate of 81,50 a year,
• ,tion in u irtti, veer ,,r.0 m rt ;trice,,
hitbe'r'te rtlitely devoted tr the cultivate n is giving two monilia for nothing, (Jt111MIST AND DRUGGIST,
4-0S. J<11JJ F1 yT.
CHAS: (1LUTRE'S Prepared Special Truss
Has Cured in four `months. Dusters Wear and
Recoinn ond'thern as the best for all classes.
Descriptive Circulars on IlppliciLtioit to. ,
rT.:f tJflT .4 • . .CO.IVII3V 'a.
(i'1.INTON,. ON'
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The undereigued bege to notify the People of Clinton and vicinity Olathe has bought'the
FARNESS BUSINESS formerly carfigt:-.�.0 ..,Na tft ;...
And that hale preparfurnish to •
�iariti•sss, Collars, Whips, Trunks,,Y its s, Buffalo
Robes; e
s, Blankets;
ets:
Atte evervthiu-ueuatl --lie t .in.a -first•ela5s_Harness Shote,.4.t.tlte.lOWest prices., Specie.
attention is directed to•my etoelt of LIGHT lAnxls , which 1 will make a specialty.
IL EPAXI GING PR0116EPTL V ATTB:Nm D TO.
I Tay strict attention to business, ilial carefully studying the want's of nay customers, I ho
lipe- lar
merit a fair share of patronaee, (sive me a call heroin purchasing elsewhere.'
REMEMBER, TILE. ST; ID---ol'1'osrr t. 1.'IE11 MAILh.L"l'.
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