HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1886-09-17, Page 8CLINTON NEW ERA,
FRIDAY, SEPT. '17, 1880,.
Sown Soplos...
Farniinre for sale.-Beinif about to leave
town the following articles of Household Furniture,
which are nearly as good as new, are offered by pri-
vato sate. They may: bo seen any tinea :before the
-24th, 9ne door west 9f the Rattenbury Street Metho-
dist church,: -I •Cook Stove, 1 Parlor re. 1 Eaten.
awl Table, 1 Kitchen Table,1 Cupboard erforated
Chairs, 5 ltitcbeq Chairs,
HvltolilTES IdOstoRE>I..--A the annual
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the it Growers.
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' Associa ion, in Toronto, on Tuesday, the
well-known authority -on fruit matters, A;
McD. Allan, of Goderich, was chosen as
President of the Association, and D1r, j,
.A, Morton,Wingliam, one of the directors.
TO BE DI$Cossris EI,. -The principal
of the Model School informs us that for
the balauce of the year at:least, he does
not intend to issue the monthly reports
that have; for some time been published.
They may be resumed again, but for the
present he deems it prudent to discontinue
them. . 0 •
RIBS Fil,CTURED,=About a week ago
Mr, W, Steep, teamster, was loading some
stone on a waggon, when he slipped and
fell over on the wheel, hurting• his side
pretty 'bad, He thought nothing of it
until thisweek; when it troubled him so
that he sent for S medical man, who
found that be had' fractured a; couple of,
bis fibs. . •
FOREIGN S17BSCRIBEIt$.-We have a
great many subscribers in Manitoba, and
the North-West territories, California,
con
Michigan, and other foreignn triee ,and
some of Whom are a Couple le of • ea
rs
"arears. We have sent the. accounts i
n
to
. those behind, and if not paid within a
month, the parties' names .will be erased
'f. m our list and -legal proceedings' taken
to collect the_moniesduesss, -
WHAT EVERYONE SAYS; MUST BE TItIYE.
J. Philp, of St. Thomas, formerly
of Holmesville, in renewing his subscrip-
'to the NEW ERA,"kindlyremarks : " We.
enjoy very much the weekly visits of your
excellent paper; which,- always good, im-
proves as years go ' by " Another good
friend of the NEw ERA writes as follows :
"There's no use talking, the NEW .ERA. is
the newiest and 3nost"readable local paper
in the county." .: •
SCOTT ACT, CONVENTION.��One''Of Ihe.
principal matters that will be epnsidereu.
at the convention to be 'held in Seaforth
to -day, will be, we believe, the, appoints
went of Police Magistrates. We are in-
formed that Mr. J. D: Smith, of.Gorrie,
has consented to act inthis capacityfor the
East Riding,and from hat we know of
him, we believe his appointment will be
acceptable. • We do not : know whether
names will be submitted for.the other rid
Ings or not..
CHANGED HIS DECISION. -Some time"
since we announced that Mr. J. 0. Link-
Slater; asaistaat headmaster of the' Clinton
Model School,sintended to 'retire. from
this profession' and . enter that of the min-
istry. The'. announcement at 'that time
Ives correct, but we learn that Di F Link-
. later has since been compelled, by force
of circumstances, to reluctantly relinquish
• the hopes he 'entertained of entering..the
active • work of the ministry,. and 4vi11,
Aherefore,;;.�retai h'is standing animal. the
teachers
BICYCLING.' IN 41 NGLAND. A .gentle-
man,now in England writes to the•NEw
_.EI„A es follows "Fahey what b iss,Brigh-•
ton to. London,: 'S2 miles:,. mill's like
billiard' tables,'bountry, like`Paradis'es' At
..regular-intery'als, not far apart lovely
little country inns, with tip top "bitter']
served you in a cosy ' parlor, . by a ' fair
charmer, and so we wheel on to the°next
place This is indeed charming. There
.is;:no Stretseotintryin the world.". Tt is
needless •far thsAg._give• the name of. out
correspondent, as most of our readers, -We
believe,. can. easily. guess, who he le:
WON'T.LEAVE IT• •ALONE: Twoweeks
ago Mrs. Ori Was convnitfed to;.,jiiii for-
tendays, in default of payieg her. fine„ for.
maliciously injuring Mrs: John Neil,,
• while under the infiuenee Of liquor; On
Monday .lt2rs Grelis was. released -,her
time having expired and •slie was met
heie by a couple, of friends, who, we are
informed, insisted on. duly celebrating the
event, and 'before they lett., town they had
"'a high old"time." kr. .;Neil,;fearing
that when' the women cumetogether again,
there would be trouble, "took. the .precau-
tion of sending hief.wife.•to• friends at
Philadelphia, until. such time as one" or
other of the ctinteiiding factions can find
work elsewhere.:
. LOC'AL RAILWAY NOTES. -Mt.,'' Small
horn,. ]ate station agent at Wingham, re-
. moved• last week to :Actonvale, in,Qnebec
province.; but be didn't ,like_there,andhas
returned. to. Wingham. ' Mr.H:S. Holmes,'
station , agent, Thedford, passed through
town on Monday, on his way home from
, Duluth, where ire had. been spending his
holidays; it was cold enough to satisfy
most people here .that day, but he said it
Was warm weather, campered" with what,
be left at .Duluth ; by -the -by, it was at
Clinton where, "'Harry'.' got ills early
railway training. Fifty tickets were sold
at-Oliliteri'•etat'ton,-on 11l:onday,-for Toron--
to, and quite a ntitnber• every day since,
Conductor Walinsley,• of the L. H. & B,,
suffered a severe loss tile.' other day, -by'
the death of his son, aged. 25 years, who.
was employed as an engineer at Hunting-
don, Indiana.
MOD'GLITES,-Below is a . lit of t ie
Modelites who have been apportioned to
Clinton Model School.. The full ,number
is thirty's(Pier, and all of these reported
present on Tuesday, excepting one,
who is detained by sickness, • The clash'is
the largest model class 'the school bas yet
had :=Robt. Agnew, Bella Barr, Hehry
Beattie, John;-Cronyn, • Duneau Clark,
Jennie Cargill, Maggie Campbell, Maggie
E. Cash, Alfred Conery, Aggie Cruick-
shank, Emma Doan,- John' Davidson,
Jean A. Gibson, Jacob Hunter, 0 iristy
W. Hartley, Its. Johnston, H. sr, Kins-
man, John W. Kahle, J. H. Lowery, R.
F. Livingston, John H. Miller, .Christy
Halliday, 'Amelia' P'l um fner,:Ida' Plummer,
Sarah Jane Rath, Elliott Richmond, Jno.
X. Sloan, Benj. Smillie,John Stewart,
Minnie Snell. Qdra G..Williams, .Flank A.,
Wood, D. Whyte,: R. Richardson. Miss!
Peke as an assistant teacher, entered on
her duties On Tuesday, and has already
created a very favorable impression,
been re-engaged a eacher of the Model
liter.' Messrs. J. Detlor & Co.. are re-
opening their stop at Bayfield. Aire. .A.
Er. Manning has ne on a visit to friends
near Chatham. be friends of Mr. 'Jas.;
Aikenhead, late of the London Road,
Tuckeramitb,- will regret to' learnthat his
daughter Minnie is very low with con-
sumpti~on, and ria hopes are entertained
Of her recovery. Mrs. E. Doherty,, who
has been visiting here for some time,re-
turns to. Galt this week ; although Mr.
Doherty is travelling for a Hamilton firm,
he still purposes residing at Galt. Mr,
George Wise, (son o
f MrW.Wise,Bay-
field
y
field road) who holds a responsible posi-
tion in a Cleveland store, came over to
spend a few weeks holidays with his rela-
tives, leaving hit} wife and infant child at
Cleveland; the other day.be received a
telegram announcing the death of the
baby. Mrs, H. B. Chant, after an absence
of five weeks, returned to town on Thurs-
day; Mr. Geo.. Fulton, of Mt.Clemens,
Mich., (brother-in-law of Mr. S. Plummer)
spenca couple of days among his old Hu-
ron friends last week; he looks very well,
and has becomeaquite Americanized; he
used to be one of the best political work-
ers in the county of Huron, and carried a
great 'deal of influence for the Conserva-
tives. Miss Depew, organist, is manipu-
lating the Doherty organ at the Toronto
Exhibition. Messrs, R. Coats, T. Jackson
and wife, and -T.` Trick. all returned
from their trip to the old country ; the
latter would • not have returned so soon,
but for the approaching suit of " Perdue.
vs. Clark," in which he is interesred. On
Monday morning Mr.W.Herbison shipped
several tubs .of butter to the. Toronto. Ex-
hibitlgn Mr;_Herbison •has been a prize
winner iirthis department for a number
of years, and it will be a very unusual no
currence if he fails this. year. Dr. J, 1t.
Reeve, of Port Albert, has been in town
for a couple of days.. looking .after the
practice. of: his father during,thelatter'a.
absence. in the east. Among those . who
visited Toronto, this week, was the well-
known and esteemed resident of Goderich
township, Dir: John Rudd, who, although
living in Canada for about fifty yesrs, had
never before been in the capital of Ontario.
Mr. C; Nesbit also made use of the oppor-
tunity to Visit his old home near, Whitby..
Among.our business men who are in Tor-
onto.. this week; are W. Jackson, J. 'T.
Harland, T. Cooper and S. Doan. ' 'Mr. A:
MacArthur, masons has removed to
Woodstock, where hehas. a number, of
contracts on .Band. ,The Stratford Bea-
con of last week •thus refers to a well-
known Clintonian :-'S'Mr:Joseph Cham-
bers, .
ham-bers,: of this city, made a fine.°run the•
other. day ;' be left Stratford for Clinton,
and made the whole .distance -83 miles;-
in about three hours and a half;'being an .
average of nearly ten miles an hour. Mr.
Everett Strathy, of Fordwich, formerly of
Clintn, has sold out bisstock of dry
goods.\\. Rev. Mr. McCosh. of Wingham,
'and'wife;•recentlycelebratedtheir "chrys.
tar wedding, and among the presents re;,
ceived, were some from Miss Rippey,Clins'
ton, Mrs. R.''Irwin, Clinton, and Mrs.
Ferguson, St. Louis, (a lady who has been
Spending the summer here.) In its report
of the Whyte Bros. concert,, at Goderich,
the Signal says :-.iiss Rurnball, of Clin=
pleasing singer; and,
ton, is-a•modest an
showed• to advantagein "the trio hi which'
she took part. Miss .4. 1ickett :.visit-
ing•friends. in; Parkhil •for a few Weeks.
Mr C. C Ran
ce alas .u't'
j s .received a letter
from alis brother William, who -was one
of the sufferers by the great Vancouver,
fire, and lost.everything he hail; he is
now, located at Rodger 'Pass, in the Rocky .•
Mountains: Mr... Grummet hats; bought a
portion of the old Presbytefian` church,
"and' ii- `running it tscs the loot"Of' Isaac'
'street, where.he•' will fix it up asa dwell-
ing; having bought the lot below Mr.Dods-
worth. Mr. E.T. Holmes:is att'endi'ng To-
ronto Exhibition. - Mr.•John Cooper, son
.of Mr. W. Cooper; Clinton) has been .re-
engaged as
e-,engaged'as teacher for S.S. No,. 10, .Gdde-
rich township; at an increase of $25 salary;
John is a pushing young fellow, and that.
he giyes satisfaction is evidenced.. by his
re engagerilent at an: advanced salary. -
Mr. Twitchell, .sr.,' is away on a visit to'.
Walkerton Messrs H. -S tanbury, A. Mc
Garva and J. ,Smith ,•.were among a.sec=
cessftil-team-ef base-baH--playeis,rn-a.
metch`,between the employees of Cox. ' &'
Co., and the 'Great "North.western•Telo=
graph Co.; at Toroutre , Mr. Smith, late
ofTorontp, has take a place' in the Dry
Goods Palace. 'A citizen near theIligh
School heard :a' racket -in. his. henhouse
the other might, and when he .vent out to
iniestigate, be saw an•animalthat caused
him to beat ,a hasty retreat.; sooner than
stand and reason•;with the animal it Might
havehad all the chickens before he would
tackle such en 4.% odoriferous: reptile." -
Mr. Jas., Baker, of Hamilton, Dakota,
formerly, of Goderich township, 'alighted
in Clinton on Wednesday, ott a short yis_it
to his eld nds in this neighborhood';
he states that, the:drouth notwithstand-
ing,.
otwithstand-ing,. he threshed' three thousand bushels
of wheat. from 125 acres ; wheat was selling
at '00c a bushel when hedeft,• hailstorms,
which had done considerable damage near.
him, had not injured any of"hiderops:-
il lr. Andrews and wife; of Scarboro, are
visiting at the house of Mrs. Washington.
;Beattie Bros, havesecured far. their livery
the dappled team owned by D,',•Erwin.
A pepper, measuring 12 inches arormit,and
14 across, was picked by Mr.,,H. Joiner on
Wednesday. airs.. I'ennebaker• has left
with us plain blossoms picked from a tree
in her gardexi' the other day. -
Miss A. W.atersr,n has accepted r situation
at Selkirk and leaves for that dace in a
ew s ays. 8 ant rs. , a is, 0 • us-•
tialia, have b• ..n"v ifithg--iriends in town.'
Mrs. Corbett leaves next week on a visit
td`her•daughter Mrs. Powell, at Detroit.
1.11•: C. Blackstone will 'be one of the
judges at the Zurich band" tournament
next week.' lir, J. Whitehead and wife,
and Rev: W. W. Sperling are expected
home early next. week ; a reception will
be tendered Mr. Sperling, on his return,.
in the church;f'urther notice •willbe given.
Aniong those tvho went from' here to attend
the Conseryative demonstration at London
yesterdaywere Messrs. Remy, McTaggart,
•Jackson, Floods+, Kennedy ,and Whitely.
" Anti -partisan" in his reply to "A •dwel
ler in Mesapotamla," is altogether astray
in -his assumption of who that 'individual
is. A very bright light nortlx'of .IHolmes-
ville,.on.Wednesday-night, led the -people
here to the' conclusion that some,,. one's
barn• was on fire, but it turned out to be
tardy a large brush heap,•belonging to Mr.
S. Merritt,• that was being burnt up, At
The Park aria school $y -Law*
Considerable interest was taken in,con-
nection with voting on the Park and High
School by-laws, on ]Monday. With the
exception of a number of freeholders who
were away from town, nearly all the avail-
able votes were polled. The High School
by-law wad carried by a majority of 32,
and the Park by-law defeated by 72. A
good many regarded the park proposition.
as: a luxury that we can dowithout for the
present, while the' fact that' no site was
specially mentioned, alsd told against it.
When it was leayne
d in theevening that
the High Schpol by-law had been carried,
very general satisfaction was expressed,
even by some of those who had opposed
it. The vete, stood asParti follows:
Sch
For Against For Againoolst j
St. Andrew's Ward , 15. 33 . { 53 18 11
St. James' Ward .I5 • 40 , II 22..., 33
St. John's Ward 15. 39 ... 40 18
St.Glrsrgtt'slvsi'a•..•..g$, • • •29..,,.j 31 23
50 141 • 135 93
Vol:. Mach. Aiti'erenee.
Why, how dy'e do, how dy'e
claimed a couple of old men, as they ex-
changed salutations the other day.
"So you've leased the farm and retired,
•
" Yes, I've gloved into toWn, now."
" Like • it pretty well, do you?" •
" Well, only middlin."
"You'll like it better after awhile;
won't want to go back on the farm.; live-
lier times in town than in the country."
"Oh, I don't know as there's much dif-
ference; I'm living in Goderich,"
nron 'Presbytery.'
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The Presbytery of Huron met on the
14th inst. at Exeter, Dr, Tire presiding;
The Finance committee .recommended
a rate of 15 cents per family to defray all
resbyterial expenses during the year,
inal. action upon the recommendation
was deferred tillnext meeting.
It wasdecided to hold no Presbyterial
Sabbath 'School' . Convention during the
coming•winter.'
Arrangeinents.were. made to hold mis-
sionary meetings in all the congregations
early next winter.
The Presbyteryexpressed by 'resolution.
its satisfaction with. the appointment of
Rev. R. Y. Thomson,'of Hensall, as Lec-
turer in -Knox College ; .
In connection with Mr.. T. Calvert's ap-
plication to be received as 'a minister of
the -Presbyterian church in Canada, docu--
meets from the Presbytery of Quebec:
were read. 'charging . him 'With unworthy
conduct. ' It was decided 'to refuse Mr.
Calvert's application, • and, to -notify the
Presbytery of Quebec ofthis•decision. •
It was agreed to hold the next meeting'
in Clinton.
Coming Fairs.
Industrial, Toronto, Sent eta to 3stls.
Provincial, Gueipb,`Sept: 2nnr to 25th.
Hay, Zurich. :Sept.'20th and 21st.
West Huron, Goderich, Sept. 21st and 22110.
Hullett Clinton, Sept. 23rd and 24th.
South Huron. Seaforth. Sept. Mb and 28th.
Colborne, Smith's Hill, Sept 28th and 29t5. '
Central, Hamilton, Sept. 27th to Oct. 1st.
Western, London,Sept. 27t11 to Oct 2nd, •
East Huron, Brussels, CO. 5tli and• Stix.
Listowel, Sept. SOth and 008. 1st.•
East Wawanosh, Belgrave, Oct 1st.
1,.
Stephen and Unborn e, Exeter, Oct. 4th'and 5t .•
Hibbert Staffs Oct 0111.
hferris,•Blyth, stairs, Oct
and 8111.
Stanley branch • at Bayfield 'Oct. 11, 72.
DICKSONS THEY'REIARRI
NEW
Sch�ol Boo
BALDWIN'S SCHOOL
MANAGEMENT
Reduced from $1.60 to $0.50.
ONTARIO READERS,
1, Jr, III, IV.
ENGLAND & CANADA -The pub-
' lis School :blistory, by Adam and
Robertson
HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA- By
Robertson and Birchard . .0 75
ALGEBRA MADE EASY -.By J,A.'.
McLellan, 11th A., LL.D...... .. . .. 0 75
'HIGH. SCHOOL READER , .0 .60
THOMPSON'S SEASON'S & ,South-
ey's Life of Nelson, with notes by
Armstrong and Strang... , . ..:0 75
Do do. with Notes by�Wells..0 60
Do de. Text, ,only for class
• room use......20,and 25
CHRIS'TOPIiE COLQMB• - Edited
MANUEL OF ,EIYGIENCE-12mo.
Illustrated , • 1 00
CICERO• IN CATILINAM I, by
Henderson. . ,., .0 50
CICERO IN'CATILINAM . I, by.
Wetherell,,,':;....:.. ... 50
VIRGIL'S 2ENEID I, by Iienderson0 50
VI'RGIL'S .ENEID 1, by4Wetherell 0 50
ERRORS IN USE OF ENGLISH, .
• by Prof.•Squair, U iv. College . -.,0 75
being Christie's School Edition, o,f
Hodgson's Work • .0 50
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BOOKS
HIGH SOHOOL. AND COLLEGIATE
'INSTITUTE BOON B: .
POLI, SUPPLIES
1�'We prepay postage or express.
I,Mail,orders-from.Teachers receive` es -
pedal attention._, •
CHRIS. •DICKSON
Bookseller • and Stationer,
•atirro.
DAILY-
lhe
`Great Big Stock o, f" Chearp
f,�oods� bought .�in �an�real
m -t la- o
¥ostn cex� des
Dress Goods ever shown
by us. here
See them! Ask the.. rice!' Theyare cheap!
•a price! ,_
Our, .¥ANTIi'
Now o
en undertheDear-
ness,
management of Miss ear...
p
ness, a guarantee"' of per pct .�ti c ion R we
imported a full line, of MANTLE CLOTHS of all
kinds., See them. .
low-priced Tlie fan :netas o�v n
.
,.• .
The CheapBLANKETS, KITS; don't forpts them.
-.. We have stacks of CHEAP GOODS
that we.cannot tellyou about �n�••
a
newspaper-• advertisement•.." We
ask. you to : come and see for yourselves.
GEO. E
OFCLINTON.=D Y� ODS'EMPORIUM L
THE R .�0
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HAS THE FINEST SELECTION OF
yea
:: rN THE COUNTY,
S1keir Iroat': Wrs1&
Overcoat;
iii
different patterns.
deo.
t
BRIgps.•--1r. Geo. Shar,nan stnaslied
his finger with a hammer on Friday; this
did not prevent him •returning to Simcee
he Court of Revision on Saturday, Judge
toms added 00 names, 4 whose property
was wrongly described, were made right,.
nd llamas were struck offs Mr., Thos.
urnbull,'of Berlin, is home onYa visit.
Model School, on Monday, where he has 'j'
X x
12.50
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A.
EAT- OPENI.
ON SA`1'UIIIIA ,'°'SEPT. 1STI'i, we make our, a.NN'TJAL FALL DISPLAY,.
and" .wo :will 'huve on exhibition one of .Tap GRANDEST ASSORTMENTS.
.0Y:6'00DS .EVER'SHO'VN in the_' County .of 'Huron.
ut. teat .000. t
. .
,Bur Ini oiled Woollen Stock,, • t �t ; m '
Our Mens-&• Bo s -Furnishing:. pe .m,.
r �. p
OUR 'NAT 1•AND CAP• . DEPARTMENT,
Nur: M & Bn s Rea ade:Clothin
. �n
Making 'altogethier, ane'of the moat
successful and •go-ahead estab-
lishments in the west, •
Department J
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STOCK NOW:-.COIVIPLETE, FOR FALL.. CALL •A1 D
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INSPECT AND GET PRICES BEFORE PURCHASING
ELSEWHERE. PERFECT SATISFACTION "-GIVEN.
•,Q,:RANGE=.._.C(
T IE 'HUB. CLOT•HlEIS'; CLINTON",:
Three Doors *est of, Dieksoii's Bt ok Store
-i
OUR GREAT SENSATION
connection with :our opening will be the FREE DISTktIBVTION O'b .450
WORTH OF GOODS, consisting of,MEN'S AND 10Y'S STRAW &:FELT
HATS;' GIRL'S PLUSH HATS, CHILDREN'S FANCY HATS, MEN
BOY'S READY-MADE VESTS, MEN'S NECKWEAR,. BRACES, COLT
LA.RS; arrd--numerous.articles, Each article will be sects ely.peekedin.a'box�
and promptly at 7.80' p.m. the first box will be fired from the top' of our bttileling,:
- when they canbe taken by whoever receiveb them.
Everybody should be .on hand promptly at the
advertised hour,`. as we want to have time to
show our great "stock to all visitors.
•
JACESON BROS.,