Loading...
The Clinton New Era, 1886-08-20, Page 5PROP NQTES, NEWS NOTES. The corp, bulletins of the Manitoba De- partment of Agriculture estitmate an aver- age yield of the wheat.of between sixteen and seventeen to the acre. A. farmer of Paris, I11., has a little grain corner of his own that has proved rather expensive. Ile has 1,600 bushels of porn. in a crib on his farm near Tuscola, which. he has held for a high price singe 1880.' In 1881 he was offered eighty.two.cents a bushel for it, but he wanted more, *The corn ie now nearly worthless. Millions of grasshopperehave made their i►pptaarance' is "the Wlloos neighborhood three miles north of Quids, N. Y., in the town of Verona, They are devouring all the etanditig grain. and vegetables, leaving t,e land hasten and desolate. The hoppers completely cover the ground andfences, and the roade are full of them. The dam• age will be very severe. • . Mr. John Earle, Grand Trunk freight' agent, of Toronto, says ; Our crop. reports are in. They show that from Toronto' to Port Huron the grin is likely to be above an average yield, The root Drops, except potatoes,:.:are also fairly good. The, pre- vailingdrouth will go far towards killing. the potato crop. An early rain may save it. Just, now erey drop of rain' would be worth a dollar•to the .country, ' The Argentine Republic 'hide fair to genie to the front in the near future as one of the great wheat -producing countries of the -,globe Consul -General Baker, in. K.answer to regnesta"Ecom tiie's'teice-Dep t went, has furnished the following interest, ing information in regard.to the m9tter;=• "Aocordicg •to the latest survey and. estimates the total area of the Argentine: Republic ie 120,000 square leagues, or 1,- 200,000 square miles, :equal to the aggre- gate are of Great Britain, France; Holl• r and, Germany, anstria; Hungary, Italy, Spain, Portugal,,. Belgium, and Greece. The estimate of laud under •tillage is. 4,260,000 -acres, 1,.71.7•,Q00 acres in wheat,. and 2,543,o00 acres in other crops. Mr.•Edward ,general freight of the C,B, remarks: I have justbeen looking over the crop' reports made up by the agents on all the sections of the On- tario division. .Along the Credit Valley, which tcuolles' Yorks •Peel, Wellington, WateNloc, Brant, Oxford and Elgin, the yield `of fall wheat will aserage eighteen bnehels to the acre.. The highest. recorded 'aYerago int'three districts 3s '.from twenty- two to twenty -live bushels, so that we can count fall wheat' as a fair yield. Spring wheat where it is, sown as good. Barleyie•• good; data very good; peas Mir, and roots, anayereee crop. Irothe-portions.'of York, Reel, Dbfferin, Grey and Wellington lapped by the ,Toronto, Greg & Bruce' section fall wheat la an average crop; spring wheat fair, and; barleyggotid; roots and pees, lair. ,Fast en the Onta fo & Quiebec'divisuin:: to Slnith's Falls fall wheat iegood, spring' • ' wheat' fair, barley very good,,oats rather ggood; and j eas•abo t an average. crop.- .1 +think sues favore crop outlook ought to enooui'ae us to expeot times to con time as goochea they are now qt. to take an upward turn...y - TIt PDINDER CO,\'TIHW13BSY. 2'o the Editor of Clinton New Era. DEAR, sin. Allow nig a few linee•in your paper to reply • to a letter signed b)• W. Stanley,, regarding the binder trial held at Thos. 'Ship ey''s, on July 19111, and also to endorse every statement I tnade'i in my first letter and 1 dare Wm.: Stanley to contradiot'a stole item therein Mr. Stanley tries. to work himself into a fury. and gives vent to his wilttb. 'rafter being defeated, by etating.1 misrepresented the facts of the case, • Why, tben;'does he not expose,them l I am willing the public should criticise„every, statement I made; bat the truth is he knows 110 cannot; and,alke a•coward, at. tempts to agrees himself behind the rules of t he Binder Ads,sssociaytion. Mor, listen to what he. save:' .” The BinderA`rs6"zlation, by which myself as Stoll as Mr. •Aloffatt is. got.._ erned'in Selling binders, probibitsagents from entering field • - -trials, ton any cousideration)," Now. what does be do in thin' emergency as he, eallsit1 He employs Mr. Churchill, with his binder of4885, to enter the trial: Was not that a direct violation of those a,eociatlon rules, for he says bimsef agents cannot. uudet any consideration, enter into field trials, but lie gotanother tote what he would do bimeelf„. if ho could escape tbe'peualty. Does not such a person require watch- ing 1 What was this emergency or what woo the object of it7 Mr. Stanley states he knew the Messrs: Shipley had bought two. Brantford:_Binders: aud.he.anuatJmr_ethad..an_. • Object in view. Was it to•gi ve a free.exhibition to the pub. • lig or was it to take a'low-lifed advantage, to try and sell a ' 'l'e onto Blnder,:which he could not honestly de 1 If it was ------torthepiirpoeo-of oahtbttion,andf�r-tka.honnAt-ofthe.pub-. 'lie, why did they not let ns know, and give the public a' general. invitation, 00..het theycould come' and .judge for ` themselves which was the better machine. instead 01 sending. special invitations to all the Toronto ageute and particular friends, on Saturday night and Sunday,, to be yutlges 011 the machines? B,tt no, that was not the 'object something meaner and more' contemptible 'than that;. he. thought the Messrs. Shipley had not enouggh, intelligence 16 be their ecu judges, and•that he•couldfetch enough influence to bear on them to exchange their Brantford binder for a Toronto one. That was the object. like a, snake In the ase, or au assassin in the dark would attempt to strike a.blew; when not • seen. Mr. Stanley talks of misleading the public: I ask who are the men who tried toe mutant' the public 4 Who' told Mr,' keys, the Toronto agent In Stanley township that they de, footed the Brantford binder, and, sold the Messrs. Shipley • a'Toronto;•lilader, and that we, bad to take the Brantford' Irinder_away,,:—Dir eye .made- thie_statementLAJLeveral - farmers in Stapley and Hay,• who.ere willing to prove lt' at at any tune ; .Now, •aman of Mr.. Set's preteutions and moral standing would not surely make and tell a deliberate false- bood, nevertheless he had no hesitation in telling it, whether , he invented it or not,. "Mr. D. Cantelon also.etated to a per, son at Exeter, which I can also,prove, that 110 had sold to the 11Iessrs. Shipley, the day of the trial, a Toronto binder, and that. we had to•take the Brantford one away. Now, Mr. I • Editor, these aro the men who try and make the publie be - Ecru they would not mielead, How low. they have fallen, when they, have to resort to ouch knavish trickery and false• lured ,i'n order to raise thmneelves•ip public opinion. Their end 11 not afar off. Thanking you Mr.'Editor I remain, J •/ B --A. Mt6FFATT Varna, Aug. 17, 1886. , gditar_of ttie_Glento7z>NAw'Erg, -Awn era;—I notice Mr. VY:Stanley, Toronto binder agent, in his letter of wilful misrepresentations, in yeur•Inet •116110, asks where my Brantford finder was, the day of tire trial. of ' binders on 'Thomas Shipley'' farm. I Millie. a little' more courteous witNhim than'he wad with me as lie did not tell rue on Saturday night, that there w as to ite_a trial on Mon- day, nor did I know anything of it till Monday forenoon, and it will at the acme time aatisfy,hle auspicious iniagleation,, My binder,. the day of the trial, was working on my own, farm,.., with a boy for 'an expert driving it, which is all .the Brant- fotd binder requires.I noticed at the ttial it' took several experts to keep .the Toronto Linder running at all, and keep it from chokingand then only cutting with half of its. *kith, and in tangled Spotauiucirless, nod. it world have required an extra man•tb tie up the nuttier of loose sheaves. I have --.cut-my-snore-.orop»dn-both.t'armaf--and.-the-Bratrtfon14 ffiv given the Stoat Of satisfaction, and In justice to the machine,,, •1 trust HIly I had not ns- many loose sheaves in my entire Nth, as the Toronto made in the few rounds it went nt the trial. wx—stneeee, Clinton, Aug 17,1806.- ' • • To the Editor of the New 1/.1).(e. DnAit Snt,—Wnuld yon he kind •enoagh'to allow ua a fen. Iinai.to correct a ant -merit made by 1V, Statile',regarding that binder trial; in which he states that they had to go wltil a scythe to mew the lodged plareay rug over by 1116 Brant, for hinder. This Worried wratata.to baa wilful and ins' Midas' falsehood, and the gona,al time of his letter, all tnrough, 1a to.mlelead the plihlie, anti not to state fOOte We might 11100 Say to the public that we dkI offer W. Stanley one hundiedand iiftyoiollate for his Tordiito'htndor, wbieh was all we cousidereitltworth, hut tImOb was before we saw the/It/ration!, and 1101V lfe are truly gladSlid not accept ens oil'er,,for we woi lti have made a eerlous'ndatako, had we done 00, and naw, niter cutting 115 acres, we find the Brant- ford Nutter to be all It caa;reprteeated, • • ' GhoRfySHIPLt1,'„t sidles Aug.17, 180C, .TILOS. SHIPLEY. CLINTON'. MARKETS, • o (Correctedovdry Thursday aiternoon.) Tburaday, 'Aug. 10; 1880,,.. Wheat, fall, $0 72 a '0 7G " White and red 0 72 a .0' 75 ()ate, 0 28 se 0 28. Barley, . ' + 0 50 a 0 6 li Pees, . • • a 050 a 0 55 Flour, per b°bl: . ' . 4 00 a4 50 1'otatoc:'e, 0 25 a• '0 25 Butter, • • Pork, Hay,• ' tVoo1 in trade, • Rrool for rash, • •,.,self pinta • T, ttnb skins, fl! , t :w b10+r It 'tilt. 911.11 0l1 11 11 1'2 • .p;.550 fi •600 • 8 00 • 'a 8 00 .0 20 a 0 22 • . (1 18 a 0 18 •0 511 a 0 lit. *0 00 •i 080 7410•'a 7 51 8rPeti ole u o u •been' di covered, for .the A bauquet in honor of Masers. Blake and Mowat will be given at M'etoslfe,Ont.,, on the 31st instant. A thunder Shower palmed over San Pron. ciaoo the other morning. Such a thing wax' never -heard of before. The British Coluimbia fisheries are a failure thin year. This will entail heavy a loan 9n the canneries. During a baseball game. at. Boston On Saturday the umpire was truck by the ball and Ansteutly. killed. The London Time Ceosures;the Belfast Orangemen for their refuasl to submit to ;Le authorities. There is reason to believe that ithe'Im- perial Parliament will shortly be prorogued until Sept, 10th, and then until the begin- ning of I'ebruary. . Andrew Sloan, a `Vest Gwillimbury far - Mer, was found mortally wounded in his barn, by a hired man named Kelly, on Monday night, and has since: died, Ge{prge Crossman, proprietor of a. S. Thomas billiard room, haying been fined $50 and; costa for an infraction of the Scott Aot. has accepted tiilt'alternative, and beep lodged in jail for thirty days. Mi. D, MoBain, farmer, of the township ' of Mara, ant for Mr., D. McCuaig, of the same.tawnahip, 21 waores-of•-spring wheat and two acres of,oats, both. being, a very heavy Drop, in one day, and was -through by 7 p, m. The Hollatein cow "Clothier," owned by Smith, Powell & Lamb, of Syracuse, closed her six yeie old record on Monday night, She has given during that time a, little more than 20,000 pounds of milk, or about 70 pounds daily. The'highest previous re- cord was 23,775 pounds, made threes years ago by,the cow I'Erho," owned in Attica,. N. Y. _._ . .__. _. It in reported from Quebec at' the whole of the cattle itlt!the Levis thquarran• tine will :be at once killed, to prevent the' spread of theoontagtoue pi rcepleumonia. The herds are, owns .aby Messrs, Andrew Allan, Dr.. Craik, A ewes, of Montreal;. Seg atok Coohraae, of Compton; and J: J`. Hill, of St. Paul's The cost of the. herds foot up to .$200,O0„Q. ' • , '. A Gian'd Rapids telegramsays:•=The verdict of, acquittal on a •charge'of disorder- ly -conduct brought: against the Salvation .Army so encouraged them that they.appear-.• ed again onaturday with a' heavy force, more noise and more. instruments 'of torture.:Tj� et' were again arrested :and lodged in the lock=up.. People. are about evenly di ided in regard''to their right to parade, ed a conviction will be hard to obtain: A coupre of children arrvied in Toronto the other; day, but .they talk..a language which • no one, so fal, can understand.. "They were elated by Prof. Hirschfeideron Mon'day,who spoke to them in Sebreiv: and Arabin, but. the youngsters: just knew enough of English to say.'" You not speak. Ara.bio." . 'They, have a G. T. R. Map dated' -,Pune-15th; on -which -is -traced a line f •om- Philadephia to'Minneapolis via,lainilton, Brampton, London; Detroit,'Grand Bayou Milwaulfee,, •. Brain pton ..he bng especially marked, and thie place they' seem "deter •mined to see.' They have neither .money nor railway tick:ets,; and were found at the immigrant sheda by Mr. Christopher Owen,: sof the •Prisoners' Aid A8sciatton. The buy points to hiinsolf and says Bouleos, • endaka girl; in the same Manner, calls her aelf Marie and Marlette. It is. thought' they Speak someArabian dialecst which the boy writes freely with Arabio characters.. Anyone acquainted with a lan'gauage which these waifs; pcssibly •might. understand is invited to communicate with them throti'hh . die --P -Prisoner.' Aid' Aesociafipo, 148 Bay street.. : BORN CAMPBHLIs.—In Clinton, ontile 15th Inst., the Wife of Mr. John Camybell; of a son. dRAw FORDIn..IIallett; on the 141st itst,t:the' wife of Mr. Ed3vard' Crawford, of a daughter. MARRIED` •.• COUPER—CIIIDLEY. In. Clinton; on . the 17t10 inst., by the Itov A. Stewart_ F A , Mr. H, S; Cooper, to Sus,}, fourth daughter of 31r,. Jos. Chidlcy. .• • DIED. COLCLOUGH.rIn:Goderich'township; on the .13th Inst, 1ym , Culelough, aged 75.yeard. • SUNDRIES. HORSES; ' FOR • SALE. ---ONE . FIRST.CLAS Driver, 5 years old. Ono g�od General' Purpose' Horse, r. years old, weighs about 1,200,also an aged Horse. G. E. CRAWVFORD. 32 XTOTICE.—ALL' PARTIES. ABE HEREBY CAU - 1111 Tlouxnagainst purchasing,•tnything belonging to the, estate or • upori. the premises of the late Joseph Spading, of Goderleh township: except from 'the tizi- derelgned. ' No -.ane -has any. authority' to act for me. I wilt not' be responsible, from ' s da a or any ebts contracted in my name 'without my written order.— ELIZABETS.SPARLING. Ooderieh township, July 31st, 1880. NTOTERS' LIST 1886; MUNICIPALITY OF HU - VY LET, COUNTY 08' HURON. -Notice is hereby 'given.I that have transmittedor deliveredto the per- sons mentioned irf, the third and fot{rth sections of the Vetere; List Act, the copies required 1,09 slid section to be so transmitted Or delivered Of the: said'. list: made pursuant to said Aot of all personsappoaring by the fast revised Assessment Roll of the said. Municipality to be entitled to vote In the said Municipality, at elections for members at the 1,egihativo Assembly, an11 at "Mirntcip'a1"Efo'otitritg7mv1'•thnt-gardilltt=we rtirst•/i0A'ttd" top at. my office, in Bullet, On the dill day of Aug.,1880 and remains thorn for inspection. Electors are called upon to examine the said lint, and if any omission or other errors are found therein to talio immediate pro- ceedings to have the said errors corrected according to row. JAMES BRAITIIWAITE,,C1ork. • - OTERS' UST, 1886 -MUNICIPALITY Obs VTYIl•; !TOWN orCLTNTON•-Notiooia'here-.• by fiivoh tllat•1 slaw transmitted Or delivered' to • tIto persons mentioned in the thii,d and fourth :'sections of. the Voters' List Ant, the copies required by said Section to be so trans- mitted or delivered of the said Tishri de pursu- ant u ant to said Act, of all persoua appearing y the lieu revised Assessment Roll of the said muni- cipality to bo entitled to .vote in said lnunlet- llatit , 'it ob, ctlone for iuumbers of the Legisla- tive Assembly, Mutat Municipal Elootione, and that said list was first posted up at my Office at Cltatdn on the stet day of July, 1886, text re- mains there for inapeotion. Electors are called niton to exitrnino the said list, and if any omie- alone or other erre re found therein, to take , immediate proceea to have the said errors oorreetdd accordiu law. W, (MATS, Clerk.' CANADA'S :GREAT _ "= UDUSTRIAL ' FAIR e . Asn :,A. l'ictilturcir Exposition; 7.886 'TORONTO SLIP f'fiP,ACICCt OrH. 'tf (;S .STH: Ai ;' a its. Pi:tf Iii li'tit1; i•- (01A7 Alt .c is prowl -04,—w, f4 1,¢;iir tl,l. <hrfr4t 1 r ry 81rrl r sir, rrvr,r* rr'(l P's .spa-v+"•%c ri1nityloris. nu} t+t;r• r r n. t' i t fd z +' 1,n4,f!, In 1.r rrr.. h•um '.i i .I 1117 r:..n 1• EA1 ESTATE Jc N HODGENS. For :She - next Thirty Days we will offer out' large and attractive oak of Summer .Goods in every de a�t�2ent, �' 7” - �' a tractive' stock , PRICES NEVER BEFORE "IE,A RD OF in Clinton Our -stock is well assorted throughout, IT 1LINERY. MI.I_AT4NF v -... e have made. special 'reductions in this department in.order .. �.. er to clear. ' 5 per cent off for cash. JOHN ISEMAN,, Manager'. E -..� :^..� .n, ._. ....�: ate J. Iggost. SbOWcANAD A ! 0x t X A DELUGE Or ,THE DELIGHTS OF EXHII3ITTON REALM. . , .. coo . dam Forepaugh's„. 0 . New Dress Buttons au -d laSRs ry .NEW AND COLOSSAL---- , . - ALL FEATURE., SHOW New: Stripe •and Brocaded Velvets, New Black and .Colored Velveteens. e s. BELI 7 Afirt)N1:-A-Ve Two exhibitions daily, at 2 and 8.p.m. Doors open one hour earlier. O ' - ARD,US1 Champion Wing Shot oftheworld and .. his :four. Wonderful Son -Pupils, 100 Birds with 100 shots, and Kings of the Shot -Gun and Rifle,. and his WILD WEST AND BORDER SHOW! Introducing realistic portraitures of the dangerous life and heroic deeds of early pioneers• of the great west. Wyoming Cowboys and :RaDch men. Moxican experts withthe lasso, Swarthy Vaqueros, Wild and. Unbroken I3ronchosf Buffalo arid '. Cattle, Pawnee and Cheyenne Chiefs and Braves, the Post Boy and his fleet ,Mus- tangs, encounters with knife; pistol and gun, Trappers and'hero pioneers, banditti of the plains; and the. terribly natural scene of U;S: Mail Stage Coach Robbery; ne&r`Deadlwood. The most thrilling and novel 'innovation :eier attempted under ,r jWhito Tents. Only.. horse ever trained to wall. a rope.. .•: Cb s L 'ars tound'b. ' round: . � add _.... ._ _- A” j " )•• . " DI l . Its expenses for a e,ngle day are more than the groes Receipts of any other in a whole week. New Dress and Mantle Trimmings. New: Rosary Trimmings New Beaded Ornaments. Nw.D' e sass Gool>ls. . • New :'lushes: White uilts. (� 9�a2ns ELEPH ATITS-THAT-RPEEK-WITH-ELD WENT • ACTION.' ELEPHANTS WEIl7S DEMONflITRATEI SUPERIOR SENSE.. <E PLANTS IN PYRAMIDS MUSICAL ACCORD..: - ATHLETiU CONTESTS and Whirling in Waltz & .•Que.drille THE SMALLEST AND ALL EARTH'S BIGGEST GR WNI•; BOLIVAR, 19 -foot tall GIRAFFE. Twice:the largest :Hlie.or TAiresthis.side the.. Nile. : Enough Beasts to overflow overflow 120 .gage's, and without doubt • . We have been Marking:down ruthlessly daring the' past few days, being:deterniin' ed to clear out THIS SF. , ,Q1 s'GOJflS4,A.T ONCE. 'This is ,no newspaper wind, but.SOLID. FACTS. THE PROOF • OF THE PIE IS THE EATING f1F TT' • - Great Bargains *Dress Goods at 5c. Bargains in Corsets at 50c. Three times the lllost •Stn eldo1s Menagerie 1ever Exhibited tinder: �n der Tents, Bargains in. Dress Muslins at 1Oc. Ivo rt �h� Big cut in Ginghams, your choice of our imntcnse stock for 10c. • Stooks '°of Gents Socks. be is orth roc Your choice of 300 pair" Lisle anti. . Silk Gloves, Black '&. Color at 25e. ..W. I -,51nu g ilial fit Huts-rind."Bonnets--- A,few of those .:Wonderful Parasols ,left at 25c. 800'ditrous-PerformersY arefully_oullelfeom=everyOiree=an1AmphitheatrQan- EurooFirst titnehere. 10tremendousleaping English Greyhounds from the hunting packs fe the British nebility, *mums of Savago People and living Human Freaks. 20 newly = J imported Russian, Italian -and Arabian Stallions. Bicycle battlte; bomical and classic 'holler Skating and a cyclone of . midtair breath -battling -deeds; in 4 .rings and, on the granri elevated stage. A whirlwind of• hippodrome rages, . I HREE COMIOAL CLOWN ELEPHANTS.. One rides a Velocipede in mid air. Another traverses .a high wire, and auother knocks out •an export Pugilist in a boxing bout. -The confessed Funniest Jestere that ever set audience and table in a roar: Comedian Figs, Dookeys.and .Canines, and '12 Motley Monarchs of Mirth,' NOTE. -After having 'witnessed the 'Superb, Original and Gigantic Perforce:mese of this Brilliant Show, there will bo no desire left' to see morel because there IS actually and truth- „ fully nothing; more to see. • • 0 THE SPLENDID, SUN -DAZZLING & GOLD-GLISTI KING PAGEANT, a smntilluting line of glory, 117ovink piles of gold. Statue ornamented dons and lairs. An innovation and surfeit of new delights. Regiments of mon, women and children, ,tell, robed and resplendent with bnllionl}velvcfh and gold andsilver tinsel, 412 superb•horses. Midgets, Shetlands, and more than a great Zool040a1. Garden full of unfettered animals,, .led and.. driven in the streets, Worlds of enrapturing melody, forming a triumphal pathway of splendor and glare' at an absolute cost of $1,750;000 • Seats for 20,000 people. Adnilsslon 50ea. Children.,ueder 9) 2Se. "ResertlTF�'numbered-rdlairs extra 1'`or the accommodation of those idle desire to 'Apia the oroWds'` on the grottodle,. eserVe;gd Seats can be obtained at 1ACKSON 13Rt S. F NISBING'STORE', .the day' of exhibition, only at the usual slight; advance. ,Palinerstano 'Avg, 28, ' ---'= We are a sIng the balance of our TRUNKS at'COST, as eve- require' the room for Boots and Shoes. Ii nt -'on.-. . C . h � ore as rat Ce The G BOOTS and .81101-8. A MAGNIFICENT FULL LINE OF cDs N STOOK AT CLOSE PRICES. • Chea: Ex irsiops will bo ru• n to run Shots by the Grand Trunk Railway l� Orders taken"tfordDaok's Celebrated Hand Sewed Shoes.. EGGS '>1Ai & IN EXGHAb1GE.. 5 PER G. OFF, Fat CAsII:. A If:eluding "cricket to show and return, at following very low rates: From Icinoardne, : , .. ,. $2.10 � From "13eigravo ::..41.05 From Brucofiold.. , , , , X0.70 , Ripley 1.85 El th, . , , , , , 0.8u” , Goderieh .:....' 0:40 p y y TAYLOR 86 SON ' Luoknow. • : , .::. 1:60 , Loadeeboro ,., 0{,70 IIelmeeville . , .; O,GO < Whitochureh , 1.40` Exeter 1 i, R llx1�X0..• ._ •. 4ebringvlllil 1 0 Wingharn 1.2ti , Henna..., , , 0.00 Mitchell 1.15 �i � 4IN t t N. Is iS,�len. 0.8:%t • Dublin . , 1.00 Seafortlt , . , , , 0.75