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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1886-11-05, Page 8OLINTON NEW EUA, FRIDAY, NOV. 5, 1886. LOCAL NOTICES. Auction Salo at Thompson ..$. Switsor's old stand, every Tuesday, Thwsday. and Saturday night, com- mencing at 7 p.m CHEAP woOLLEN GOODS for sale' ae fleasir -waynen Mills Store. J Thomppcon's old stand, Beaver •Iir�ck F.E,CORBETT. • o Clinton. Now .is the time to secure BULBS for fall lrlanting. Snow drops, Crocuses, 2'ulipe, .Hyacinths, dc•, at loco priced. 1Y111.. C. SEARL '%, Clinton. BENNETT, at theRecl Roel erg',Clnton, the leading Undertaker and Furniture Dealer, to the front again. Re carries o$'the honors and red ticketsfor i irnitnreatIfullett, Morris and Stanley .S tows. .He always /gads but nev- er follow. !own ;jpt�cia. • PAW{ Boit10Wi.--Ml's. Moffatt, of this town, has bought the farm of Mr.V.Roth, near Bayfield, containing 50 mores, with good frame house and barn, paying there- for the sum of §+,1,s`g1Sl,.,,._fthe land is. anything at all»good,•she C`h'as a cheap place, ' l3LOon BoIsONlirf#.---Mr John Cooper, hostler at the Grand Union, is laid up by a serious case of blood poisoning. His ]eft hand and arm are much swollen, and he is suffering considerably, Although under skilful medical. treatment, his re- covery is a matter of doubt. FELL tewN CELLAR.—Mrs.• McDon- ald, of Graliton, (mother of Mr. D. Mc- Donald, County Clerk) had the misfortune one day last week. to fall down an open cellar . way. She is about 75 yeard of age, and although, no bones were broken, she was pretty badly about the bead and face, , and very severely shook up. : , COUNTY CONVENTION,—A convention 'of temperance workers of the- county of Huron, will be 'held in the Baptiet`cf arch, Wingham, on Tuesday, Nov. 1'6th, com- mencing at 1 o'clock p.m., sharp. Seve- ral interesting and important matters are likely to come up for discussion} and it is especiallydesired, that a large number be present. • THE LUMBER WOODS. : ,several young .men from this neighborhood have lately ' left for a winter's work in the Michigan lumber woods, a. gang of about. a dozen going away on Tuesday.. Mr. David Donohue (son of Mrs. R. Gagen)' writes from Midland Co. Michigan, as follows : "Times are goodhere• this fall ; wages are good and men are -scarce." A )3An FALI:.--On Monday, while two yourg men named Raisin and Bowers employed.. by • Copp' & Logan -were at work painting the new house . of Mr. S. Wilson, the Scaffolding gave ..way and both were thrown to the ground. Bowers es- caped without injury, but Raisin was less fortunate, having his nose broken, and being severely cut about tbe.:head. A WIDE CIROULAxioN.-Extensive A1s the circulation of the .NEW ERA usually is, .it got on extra wide distribution last week, being mailed to all parts of:Austra iia, to parties in: Spain, Germany, Russia, England, Turkey, :Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, British Col- umbia, • and the Northwest Territories, ' Quebec. Province, and to all�seetions of the Province el Ontario. • Tnxpnns.--Farmers are busy taking up their mangolds' and turnips. Salvation army Capt...Spackman has gone to Wing - ham; it is expected Capt. Lewis, of.Brus- sels, will succeed her. Nicer weather could' not be desired than that experienced this week; for "the early part of November it is simply "immense.." There has been more Uncle Tom's cabin troupes ,around the -country th:an any other kind' of show, and people.do, not aeem-toget .,tired of them. . Local Ra�v *e�r,NoTE8=The-passe1 ger business of Clinton .station for the mouth of.a�October amounted to about $2000, being considerable more than for the same period . last • year. ' During, the month of October, 2,500 tonic of freight • were handled at Clinton station. No, less a than 51 cattle cars' were distributed 'from Clinton station in oneday this week; the stations of the L. H. & B. receive all their cattle cars frcm here. Messrs,'Whitely and—Id—wards shipped tivo::cars.ofApples to the old.country on Wednesday, mak- ing about a dozen ear loads of this pro- duce that' had been shipped during the 'week, Mr. E. rloody has handled: '1000 `barrels this fall. Lm • THAT'BY-LXw. - -`Some' queries .have been addressed to us relative to the action of the members`of the Council on the Transient Traders' By -Law. In some of these it is alleged that we did an injustice in stating that all the members voted . for it, and. that some of the • Council were:ab- sent. We have gone to the minute book again and find that all the members were present except Councillor Maywood, and that every member, of the'Council voted for the by-law. The first and second read- ings ead ings of the by-law were moved by Court-. cillor Cooper, and seconded -by Councillor Manhing, and the third reading, the final passage of the by-law, was moved by Reeve Macmurchie and seconded by Dep- uty --•Reeve• Corbett.: The yeas and nays were not called for, endue councillor dis- sented, and, as the rule is, it was looked •upon as carried unanimously. BRtEBB... Martin O'Donnell, a strapping young Irishman, who has been livinghere. for a short time, has deserted his wife and child, leaving them without any means of support; be has been gone about two weeks ; whet makes, the case harder is that. his wife is unable to- work, and will shortly become a mother. Oa Friday afternoon. -last;"isle engine of the freight train on the L.,H. & 13, going south, ran off the track at the diamond, and it took severalhours to get it on again; the passenger trains,both north and south, were delayed in conse- quence ; no particular injury of any kind w done.. A new time table went into force he on Monday ; the only change is that the afternoon freight, formerly go- ing east et 4,80, new leaves aG ;i.15, and the morning train east.leaves at 7.30. Miss M, McKowen is visiting friends. at Goderich, Mr. C. Overbury is down at Grand Bend for a few week's sport. Mr. john Sheppard of Lambton, Dakota, friends. A severe attack of erysipelas confines lir Thos Cooper to the House. -r. The body of a°young mail named W elle, who had accidentally, met his death in Detroit, came here. on Wednesday night from London, and was taken on to Gode- rich, where his parents reside. Mr W S Lawrence has rented the house recently occupied by Mr John; Qailander. The celebrated . Justin McCarthy will lecture in Cardno's Hall, Seafortb, on the even ing of Nov. 23, on "The cause of Ireland"; as this will be his only lecture in this part of Canada. those who would like to hear him, sho "d arrange to go down ; we be- lieve the Conway company will hold over the train, if a sufficient number go there.. Large ripe strawberries . were. yesterday picked in the garden of Mr Wm Mason. eel*.. • LOCAL CHURCH MES Quarterly meeting services . , . be liel'd (formerly of the 16th con. Goderich town- r in both Methodist church a l Ownf 013 ship) landed in town last week, and pur- . Sunday next. • poses remaining fora feat days. Mr. Os- • • The, regular meeting of the Huron Pres- baldeston, of the Huron road, sent us,on bytery takes place in Willis church, Clin- Saturday, a bunch of wild raspberries, on ton, on Tuesday next. which were a number of ripe. berries. Rev, W. Craig; -ef St, Paul's churcb, Miss Kate Rowell, who' bas been absent has returned to town, and will resume his from town a ouple. of months, returned own work on Sunday next. on Friday last.' Mr Wm. Cooper is push- Further particulars of the tea meeting. adjoining fns the son a new house on the lot to be held in Rattenbury St. church, on g his own n residence. Mr. `Thos. Cottle is making improvements to his theeveniug of the 18th, next week, house on Wellington street. A neat ver- Rev. E. S. Rupert well preach educe- sndah bas been added to the house of Mr. ' tional sermons on the Londesboro circuit, Thos. East, gravel road. The base ball on the 31st inst., Rev. Mr. dough, sup - club finished, up the seasonby a supper plying here. at Anderson's restaurant. Mr. W. G. The revival services that have been go- Searle attended General Booth's farewell ing on at 'Alma,. for the past four or five service at Woodstock, last week. • Mr. W. weeks, have secured a large attendance. McGee has a dog only seven months old, and are said to have been productive: of which weighs 7.51b9.; that's pretty good for much good. - a "pup." Mr. N. Robson has returned Rev S. A Dyke, of Toronto, was an.from lies. visit to Kansas, Mr. G. Dun- nounced'to lecture in the Baptist. Church can, of this clerk at Stratford,, acehas severedfor somethi e on freight last (Thursday) night, on "Marriage." It son with ta t' h Grand run Trunk Railway.Mr.i9, a popularsubjeet, and be is Said to be a . , John Wiseman got a- dqg by express the popular speaker, RYO:MOoey By purchasing your goods at Pickson' s Bookstore i•Ie sells cheaper -than anybody else: Ju received a large stock of NIC TATE W" A • CANNo se TOLD TOO OFTEN, � o But It Is necessary to be WIDE AWAKE to succeed In this world IT WILL - no - YOU - GOOB —TO SEE OURS. GrandRAnge of HIGH PRICES WE PUT OUR . FOOT DOWN ON YEARS AGO. e ' Our GREY FLANNELS nd BLANKETS !cannot be surpassed in"Close Cut Prices.. other day,. 'and the next day Mt. Paisley Voting on the introduction of the came outand collected the dogtax-pretty Hymnal into the services of Willis church sharp work. We understand that Mr.Asa commenced on Sunday last, and will be '-. Muir (son of Mr. W. Mair, of Hullett,) .continued for two weeks, when the result who has been teaching at Westmeath, for . will be announced. the past year,. has; refused re-engagement, Quarterly meeting services will be held as he 'desires to enter the medical profes- in the Methodist churches of Londesboro sion. • A neat frame house is. •being, coma- circuit, next Sabbath, in Einburn at 10:30 pleted f'i1r. Mr. Joseph Cook, oti the south a.m„• and at •Londesboro at 6:30 p.m.,•to end of Orange street. •Mrs..•Weller, •late be conducted by the pastor of the church. of Brantford, has taken up her. residence ;” Special services are.being held st Beth - here withherdaughter,Mrs.John Powell. el cede ,servicPorter's Hill,under the direc- Mr. E. A. Martin (son of Mr: Robt. Mar tion rc Mr, I+' 'Woohull; evangelist, .tin, of; the London road) has: opened a This person is a faithful, zealous worker, dental office in the ,village of Brussels. . In our re ort of the Magistrate's case last and is likely accomplish ' much good at week, Irving vs. Allanson, we made a this appointment.. • ' mistake in saying that the defendant had . The anniversary services of Rattenbury. bought the hay on the lot; he claimsto street. Methodist Sabbath school will be have had •the lot rented for a year,, and held on Sunday and . Monday. Nov. 28 that -he put the hay there.. Between Sat- and '29.• Rev. • E. IC. Scott, of Charing urday night and Monday morning some Cross, will preach 'on Sunday; and the rascals bloke'a pane of glass in the door children -will supply the programme on of Chidley's Furniture Warereems, ,and' the following evening.. not content with the injury thus inflicted,' Rev. W. W. Sperling preached for Rev. they spurtedtheir filthy tobacco juice 3'. Gray, et his baseline appointment,last through the hole- Ig'o"'made, on the fur- Sunday morning,' to a large and•attentive` niture inside; a•couple of weeks in jail the .baseline-l3apti-stohureh; Itiondayeven- would do good to the Parties guilty, of congregation; Mr. Gray taking•Mr. Sparl:. such meanness ; and just here we want to;, ing's work here. The tea meeting held et direct. the attention of Chief Paisley to ing,was well attended,and all -present appa- the number of loafers whomake the street rattly enjoyed themselves. Mr. Gray oc-. cornets their resort ever_ySunday after- copied the.cbair, and short addresses were noon,.ejecting tobacco juice and profane delivered by Messrs.,Rupert,•Sparling and, language to the great annoyance et those' KestIe. passing by ; they should be . compelled to' disperse. or else be arrested. . It is very unusual to find•..to,matoes in Blossom. in November,•in Canada, but Mr, D. Dickins son -has left with us a few tops taken from, - 'the garden, which are -out in full bloom. Mr'•J G. Smith, `of Gerrie, 'went up to Goderieh; •on Wednesday, to take his'oat,h of of ee as' Police Magistrate for •the East ,Riding, after which he will immediately proceed to try anumber ofallegfd'infrac- tions of the Scott Act. • Messrs.. Foster & • Bayley hae recently beau 'getting up' some very 'handsome, life-size photos, a -pairof-M. - Doberiy--and wife -being- particularly good;arid also one .of the late John Shipley, from an :ambrotype; .they. 'have takenseveral others equally as good, hut.tbese are the moat recent :ones. -The • Inspector of weights and' measures tested the mark et' scales when he, was here, and found. them.perfectly correct; he recom mended' t eat soineof•• the-stoaework• on which •tike' scales rest, having :become slightly . be -repaired] wbich'has beery, done, • The friends of Miss IC.'Mosgrove, of Toronto, -formerly of Clinton; will' regret to leern that she is dangerously illof--inflammation. of the bowels. - ' Mr. W. Pearson, of:StauIey,,lias moved to•the house:he ,recently purchas ed of Mr. Peter Cole.' `.C•he:average atten-- dance at Clinton' Model' Scboo], for the tnonth.of October, was•424 ; this is a large attendance; being an average • of 68 for each teacher, without counting the Prin.- cipal, whohas the Modellites to look after. Mr. Jamul Scott; sr:, is smoking a pipe .that has seen .fortyyears.ofservice, and it's ' just'as good as new."•; Mr. Samuel Wilson, of this 'town,: is'now travelling fora' wholesale 'dry goods hohse, of -Mont- . real. Mr. Jos Smith recently sold lot 11, on the 6th con. of Hulled, to Mr. , James Walker, of Clinton, for the sum of $1,000. which is dirt cheap.' Mr..John Joalin re- cently bought a small lot neer the station,. from Mr.,,George Uatvkins, of Port Albert The wife of Mr -James Watt, ofthe•base line, who has been in very poor health for..sometime, has sti far recovered that she is now able -to drive out. ;.The En trance Exaniinatiiin to the Iligh'Schools. of the eoun.ty, will be held on the 21st,: 22nd and 23rd of December next. Mr; Charles Swinbnnk (eldest•son of Mr, Geo.' Swinbank) died in Manitoba this week ; he was employed As conductor on the C.P,R„ and had only been sick a short time, the family receiving word that he was better on Saturday; ile was a'•steady, industrious young than, married; his body is ex- pected. to arrive here to -day. Mr. Chas, Cuninghame, a former -resident of town, but who hos been living in Michigan, has conte back to.see if a change will better his health, which has been .poor for some time, Miss "AI iii H5ssian, who has been vision's hergqrandparents'and others here for about • three menthe, returned to her home in Wingham, on, Tuesday last. Dr. Coleman, Mayor of Seaforth, was in town on Wednesday; lie is seeking higher bons ors as a^meinber of the Local Legislature, but is hardly likely to get them:. Mr May ,has disposed of his milk business to •Mr Weir, but r'etainsthes'IMS for this ninntfi: Mr W Marten has recently, raised his house, put a stone foundation beneath, and otherwise improved it, pinking a very comfortable and cosy residence, harry Dennis, wife and family, of llrussels, spent a'a'11nrt tithe this week with old Clinton ANOTHER INDUSTRY. - A representa- tive of' this paper dropped in to see Mr W Marten the other day, and was surprised to find him very busily engaged in a busi- ness which most people know nothing whatever about. On the premises were stored about twenty-five tons of old rags of all sorts and descriptions.These Mr Marten assorts into -seven different lots, all the fine woollen ones being sorted from the coarse,' tJe cotton placed by them- selves, the dal: from the light, and so on. Mr Martenis the only man in Western Ontario who does this Work, and he usu- ally secures whatever stock he can get in adjoining towns . for the purpose. The work implieds in: assorting this huge pile. is something enormoue, and requires con- siderable skill,. but Mr Marteh is fully equal to the occasion, and works with a rapidity that is surprising. After the, rags are properly asserted, they are packed into bales• of'600lbs, Boob, by two power- fulpresses, andas soon as convehierttship-, ped to a paper nail], where they are either workedver again into cloth, or converted into i er. This is only a part .of the extend 1business carried on by Mr Mar- ten', but it is nevertheless an important part. ' And DORMERS. Which are being,sold very cheap. ra Weask a •:fair trial with our big Ni line of LOW. PRICED CORSETS. . COSTS NOTHING to lookat our 1 o our arse: stock. of KID GLOVES. The . ' MEEKLY" , GLOBE,, - MAIL; 4NEWS,:. WITNESS, ADVERTISER, or FREE' PRESS, from now till the end of next year for ONE DOLLAR. . • CHRIS. DICKSON, Bookseller and Stationer, CLINTON. • Critical comparison is '.what: we ask in: -our— MANTLE DEPARTMENT 0 A careful manill: keep himself ' warm.: Our MELS . & _ BOY'S DE�CLO IN G cannot_be surpassed in : waydown prices:" THEY MUST GO. he OV E IOATS are at prices that ° ' .make them go. GEO. E. PAY J,,, THE -DRY; GOODS EMPORIUM OF . INTON. FQlIlIS@� ESTIBLIEMIST, Are. -still to the ront in TAILORING. Glie them ct call. .a - 000----•— RANCE ,00., TIM HUE "CLOTHIERS, O INTON". Three Doors Witt of !)ick, n's Book Store We are shoniing,a wondeiful.. range of Fine Imported t• .NECKWEAR:' 25 emits • •• A. magnifieent5.collection of, New Goods.' The •very L ates ie,w : York•': Shapes Iln IFF.:. HA S. i , Our assortnment off' hats is thy; Largest in the .County WE.' ARE .CARRYING A WONDERFUL RANGE' OP Fancy flannel & Kish Shirts ,At''fi'ery. low.pricis. We have a great SI -311 T at 75 els: Sold elsowbere'. fur't$1. We have BOYS KNIT SHIRTS and FANO"Y FLANNEL with, laeed front. Our UNDEl`UiLOTHING. stock is full and coni. ..plote. A beautiful assortment of HOSIERY. dam ACSSON BR0S0, Cx.4xr T N.