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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1888-06-15, Page 8d 1 Qu=T= A Lass.—Mr J'Qb" Lindsay, ititt VS of the Iluron.road, west of thi8 place, ,;(4V NW had the miefortuno to loge a valuable filly, got by Inns e' Kinmouut Willie, by it running against a piece of brush wood, en Sunday last, which entered her breast, from the effects of which she' c i rd in a short time. He has also lost three fine foals within about a year, got by Pride of Avon. CANADA STILLAHEAD.-.Our cotem makes a misstatement for the pur- pose of upholding American markets against Canadian. Eggs are not quoted at 16k cents in New York. —News Record. [The Toronto Em• pire of Tuesday quotes eggs in New York at 17k cents, and the Montreal Witness quotes them at 14 to 14i in Montreal. Who is making the mis- statement?] CARELESSNESS IN DRIVING.—On Monday morning a couple of per- sons drove down the Stapleton hill at a rapid pace, just as Dr Worthington was coming up, accompanied by his wife. The first rig was so carelessly driven that it tore a spoke from the doctors buggy, although he had turn- ed out as far as he could. When asked for their names, the parties re- fused to divulge them. HE CONCEDES IT.—The other day a leading and influential citizen of Goderich was talking with another person, when he volunteered this :— "Of course I have got to stand up for Goderich, but I admit frankly that Clinton has geographical and railway facilities which entitle it to be the county town. Any unprejudiced per- son must admit this,and I am inclined to think it is only a matter of time be%•e the change takes place." THE EARLY CLOSING BY -LAW. -- Some of the members of the town council had a conference with the grocers on Monday evening, to hear their objection or approval of the early closing bylaw. Quite a num- ber were opposed to the law as it stands, claiming that their business was suffering through its operations, ing paper, Carpet felt, Spades, Shovels, Rakes, Hoes, and all and asking for its repeal, Inge others kinds of Builders' Hardware. were in favor of Loft her likely still ine We have a large stock of the force. It is altogether likely that the .above goods and are offering them at very low prices. Eave- k'RIDAY, UNE 1G, 1888. LOCAL NOTICES. Carr Fencing Wire, all kinds, Binding cord, Alabastine. 111. RACEY, Clinton. Eggs taken in exchange for goods at CIIRIS. DICKSON'S Book Store, Clinton. 1" uli Stock of Cut Nails, Best Coal Oil.ifse ler gal., ar1<2i. two gal. and over. It• M. R C � Y. The San Francisco Minstrels are'biIled to appear in the town hall, Clinton, on Monday evening next. They are having a very suc- cessful tour through Canada. Reserved seats at Jackson Bros. Store. WHITE LIME. --- ANY PERSON RE- QUIRING White Lime for building pur- poses can be supplied by COOPER d SWAP - FIELD, at their quill on Wellington St., next to Doan's tannery. 21 ' SHINGLES. -500 hunches of first-class Shingles at $1.e5 per square. Nr. 2 at 01.15, Also a quantity of Hemlock Lumber. JAS. ?TWITCHELL, Clinton. FURNITURE FOR SALE.—HAVING DE- cwn.v to leave towu.shortly, I would like to dispose of all my furniture by private sale Any person needing anything in this line can secure some tirstclass furniture cheap, by applying at MRS. SHAW'S residence, or to rue at Mr. Geo. Pay's store. G. ROBINSON. ANNUAL SALE OF HARNESS & BUGGIES. The undersigned will ,sell by public auction at G. A. Sharman's, opposite market, Clinton, OD SATURDAY, June 2Srd, one hundred sets Single and Double, Heavy and Light Harness, also a large quantity of Dusters,Currycombs, Whips, Brushes, Fly Nets and every article usually kept in a first-classharness shop. No shoddy, all manufactured for custom trade. Also a large number -of Single and Double, ;Open and Covered Buggies, Carts and Lum- ber Waggons, made by ,P. W. Hayward, of Clinton. Come and secure bargains as we have more than we want and are bound to sell them. Terms.—All sums of 010 and un- der, cash ; over that amount 4. months credit on approved notes. 10 per cent per annuls oft for cash on credit amounts. Mr Sharman is not giving up businese and while thanking the public for past patronage, solicits future favors. Any special line of harness made to crler. JAS. HO\VSON', Auct. G. 4. SHAit- luas, Proprietor. HARDWARE. Just received a fresh supply of Barb and other Fence wire, Steel nails, Tarred and Builcl- .committee,fat next meeting of Coun- cil, will recommend the repeal of the troughing and all kinds of tin by-law, and it is thought that other work a specialty. Tinware at businesses will by that time also ask reduced prices. 8 milk pans for.its,rapeal. Of course, it is option- for $1.00. HARLAND .BROS, .al for the council to act in the mat - Clinton. ter. • tZ! drill ritelli CO. L. O. L.—The semiannual, meet- ing of the South Huron County Loy- al Orange Lodge will be held in the orange hall, Clinton, on Tuesday, June 19th, at 1 p. m. A full repre- sentation from every lodge in the County is requested, as matters very important to the association will be up for discussion. RUNAWAY. — On Saturday last while some hay was being unloaded in the rear of the Commercial Hotel, the horses attached to the waggon got frightened and ran away with the waggon and rack attached. The horses bolted clear through a board fence and ran down Marystreet,where they ran alone the sidewalk, the waggon wheels smashing a number of pickets in the fence belonging to Mr Rumball. Mr Warrener was thrown from the waggon and narrowly escap- ed serious injury. A FREE LIBRARY.—A petition is in circulation to be presented to the council at its next meeting, asking that the Mechanics' Institute be al - Rimed by the town and converted in- to a free library in accordance with the provisions of the statute. The cost would be so very trifling, and the benefit such, that there should be no hesitation on the part of the council in acting upon the petition. A care- ful calculation shows that the cost to the ratepayers, of afree library,would not be one-half mill on the dollar of the assessment. SPLENDID SUCc'ESs.—The univer- sal verdict of Saturday last was that " the market was a grand success!' The day was fine, and a large num- ber of farmers were in with produce, most of which found ready sale at good cash prices. We cannot too strongly impress on our townspenple the advisability of making their pur- chases as much as possible on Satur- day morning, and the farmers who get to market early are the ones who will reap the most benefit. One great advantage of the market will be to place the buying of butter upon its merits. Very often heretofore a poor article has been sold for as much as the good 'would command, but this is not likely to be the case hereafter. EDUCATIONA L. —Students and ex• students of the Clinton Collegiate Instituto at the examinations in the University of Toronto, r May 1888. Ten students and ex -students of the Clinton Collegiate Institute wrote at the examinations securing the follow- ing standing in their respective years: Fourth year, Mr G.Waldron is gradu- ated with honors in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Third year, Mr Wm. Ross takes honors in Chemistry, Biology, Mineralogy and Geology. Third year, Mr John A. Croll takes honors in Moral Philb- sophy and Civil Polity. First year, Mr W. W. Nugent takes honors in Classics. First year,Mr J.Armstrong takes honors in Classics. First year, Mr J. W. Treleaven takes honors in Classics. First year, Mr J. M. God- frey takes honors in English, French and German. Messrs Malloch,Wilkie and Landsborough took the pass course. SCHOOL TRUSTEE MEETING.—A meeting of the trustees of the Model School Board was held on Friday evening last. The resignation of Mr J. H. Combe was accepted, and a new election ordered. Nomination will take place on the 18th inst.; and an election, if necessary, on the 25th. A letter from Mr H.Stevens, demand- ing the contract which had been awarded to Cooper & Swaffield, was received and ordered to be filed. The following resolution was unanimously passed :—The Board regrets that Mr Combo has been compelled to retire through ill health, and cannot accept his resignation without expressing the high esteem in which he is held by the Board ; the long association together has been one of constant agreement and good will, and the wish of the Board is that he may soon be restored to the enjoyment of health and strength and his usual place in the community; to all of which the townspeople say amen. AMUSING BURLESQUE —Everyone who is acquained with Mr P. Kelly, the reeve of Blyth, knows that while he is not a drinking man to any ex- tent, his sympathies are with the liquor traffic. At the meeting of the county council last week it was learn- ed that there was a surpins of Scott Act fines over expenses of enforce- ment, of some $4,000, and it occurred to Pat that it would be a good idea to use this sum as a partial fund for a House of Refuge. When they came to the disposal of this money in the council Mr Kelly rose and introduced his motion, and began speaking there- to, his face as grave as a judge. Said he "Where did this surplus come from, why from the damnable liquor traffic; that traffic which people tell us has done so much misery and brought so much ruin upon humanity, and how the mischief do we know but these very liquor men will be the first ones to need a house of refuge." His fellow councillors laughed heart- ily at his assumed indignation, but his eloquence failed to move them -,and the motion was voted down. THE KING MOWER KNIFE SHARP- EN ER. —A NEW ERA representative dropped into the establishment of Mr P. Straith, the other day! and was surprised to find such, a• scene of activity in preparing "Straith's Mower and Reaper Knife Sharpeners" for shipment. About two hundred of these very useful machines have been shipped already this season, some go- ing as far west as British Columbia. It is an article that every farmer should possess, as with it a mower or reaper knife can be sharpened in a few moments, and the machine is so simple that a little child can safely operate it. One of the advantages of Mr Straith's Sharpener is that the teeth of the knife,- by •a simple me- chanical arrangement, are ground evenly from rear to front and the pressure on the stone is so arranged that it will wear evenly along its sur• face, and cannot,by any possibility, become hollow is one place and high in the other. More strictly eptaking, neither knife or stone can lose their shape by this contrivance until both are done. There is not another sharpener made possessing this ad- vantage. Those who want a handy, ever -ready, simply -constructed knife sharpener should purchase no other than Straith's. DEPLORABLE ACCIDE\T. — Last week's awful chapter of accidents in the Ottawa valley ckeed with about the saddest of all on Saturday even- ing when Miss Jessie Keefer, daugh- ter of Mr Thos. C. Keefer, the famous civil engineer and president of the American Association of Civil En- gineers, and her two nephews, Harry mad Tom Falding, two bright boys of ten and eight years respectively, were drowned in the Ottawa river. The boys, about six o'clock Saturday even• ing, were bathing in the river at a point where it flows by the grounds of the old Keefer homestead, Rock- cliffe, about two miles below Nepean point, Migs Keefer was on the bank watching the% when a back -swell of the river, caused, it is supposed, by the steamer Empress which had just passed on the way to Ottawa from her daily trip to Grenville lifted the two boys off their feet and carried them into deep water. Mies Keefer at once rushed in to assist them, and in en: deavoring to save her nephews lost her own life. Mrs^Falding, who lives with her father and mother, was al- most distracted with grief. Mr and Mrs Keefer had left for Montreal, on Saturday afternoon, but returned Sandi), morning. The greatest syn'e pathy is expressed by all classes with the bereaved family. The three bodies were recovered late Saturday evening. Mr Keefer's family have been singularly unfortunate. The three lamentable deaths of Saturday make five of the family who have been drowned within the past few yeas and it will be remembered that Harof d a promising son of Mr Keefer,1 was killed -on the Lachine bridge last year, where he was employed as en- gineer. [The parties here referred to are all relatives of Mr E. Keefer, Clinton, the lady alluded to being a cousin of his.1 .1.0,01.10000000 FoREsyERs,=—The meeting; of t ..0 Grand Lodge iii taking place in. Ham, Ilton, this week, the following dele- gates from this section being in at, tendance.R. Aaame, Lopdeaborol Cliedli lt, Benmiller; W. Campbell, Blytb. T. Numb, ' 1 glmesville; I. Rogerson, Sunshine. LEFT Town.—A couple of small boys in town, named' respectively Fortune and Muir, and aged about thirteen aears,took it into their beads to leave home en Tuesday. They went as far as Ilderton, where the agent, who bad been notified, took them in charge and sent them back home. NIGHT PROW LERs.—A few nights ago some one entered the stable of Mr William McQueen, south of this town, and attempted to remove his cow, but was unable to get her out They then went to work and killed a number of chickens that were in the stable leaving some and taking the rest with them WINDOW BREAKING. — A short time ago one of the plate windows in Detlor's store was cracked at the lower extremity of it, by some one who had evidently struck it with the point of an umbrella. The crack did not amount to much at the time, but it has kept spreading, until it has run across the full width of the pane, which is thus destroyed by some body's carelessness. " SHOCKED."—Daring the heavy thunder shower of Sunday, Mr Rob W. Coats had occasion to fix his eavetrough,whicb became parted. As soon as he took hold of it he was sur- prised to experience a slight shock, like that felt from a galvanic battery, and trying to fix the pipe a second time he felt the shock again. He thinks the rain was so charged with electricity as to cause the shock. SCOTT ACT REPEALS.—Saturday's Canada Gazette contained theOrders- in-Council rescinding the Order -in - Council under which the Canada Temperance Act came into force in the counties of Renfrew, Norfolk, Simcoe, Dufferin, Huron, Bruce Hal- ton, Stormont, Dundas and Glengar- ry. Licenses will at once be issued in thea counties in accordance with the statutes, and we understand that Inspector Paisley is performing his inapectoral duties preparatory to the issue of the requisite number of li• censes. Little Loeal Items. Wool, is coming in at 20c per lb. Miss M. Dinsley has gone on a visit to Detroit. Mr L P Dads, of Boston, Mass., is visiting his old friends here. TtIE next eclipse of the moon will occur on the night of July 22nd. DR Gunn and wife have settled down to the stern realities of life. Mit Janes McMath and wife re- turned from their wedding ton,, on Tuesday. Mes Duncan has retuinsd from Winnipeg, and will take up her resi- dence here. NEARLY every telephone in town was more or less injured by 1ighte• ning on Sunday. S0SIE one was good enough to put a stone through a Naw ERA window, on Friday night. Workmen have commenced exca- vating for the foundation of W. Coo- per's new store. MRs D. C. Ross, of Helena, Mon- tana, is here on a visit to her father- in-law, Mr John Ross. Miss Graham, of Exeter, will give a recitation at a meeting of the Home Circle this (Friday) evening. Mit E.Hoare, of Strathroy, (brother of Mrs Tisdall) has been appointed to the staff of the Traders' bank, at Glencoe. THE Saturday and Sunday rain was lust what the spring grains were much in need of, and they already show the benefit of it. THE directors of the Central Fair Association held a meeting on Mon- day to revise the prize list and pre- pare for the fall exhibition. A small boy, son of Mr T. Stanbury, fell into a cistern on Wednesday, but fortunately the water was low, and a wetting was all he suffered. MR James Moore and wife, left' town on Tuesday aftern000n; they go to visit friends at St. Marys, and from there to the North-West. Persons going up the lakes can get information concerning the Northwest Transportation Co., from Jas Thomp- son, or A. 0. Pattison, station agent. MRs Moffatt, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs East, at Parkhill, returned to town on Tuesday, her daughter ale() coming- up to visit friends here. Mr T. M. Turnbull, (son of Jas. Turnbull, Esq.)for six years connect- ed with the Berlin branch of the Bank of Commerce, bas left to take a posi- tion in the branch at Barrie. THE many friends here of Mr A. Straiton, Goderich,will regret to learn of the death of his daughter Alex- andria, which occurred on Thursday last, at the age of five years and tbree months. MR J. A. Davidson, of the Guelph Mercury, was a caller at the NEW ERA office on Saturday. He was one of the lay delegates to the Methodist Conference, and having a little spare time, had driven up to the Hab with other friends. THE other day one of Mr Fred Corbett's horses was kicked on the leg by its mate, while in the yard. Shortly after they were hitched up and put on the road, but the kicked one got so lame that it had to be left at Blyth, where it still is. To,judge by the whine of our local cotem about the Model .School print. ing, one might suppose that there was a perfect bonanza in it, but so far as the NEW ERA is concerned, all we got for printing last year was $5.50, and the Record got just as much of the advertising as we did. Local Sporting Notes. LAcI1Osse.—It is expected that a game will be played here on Monday between Clinton and Seaforth. FOOTBALL. — Clinton Collegiate and Exeter Club played a match here yesterday, but it was not decided at the time we went to press. CRICKET,—On Wednesday evening a cricket match was played at the Victoria Cricket Grounds, between the Reformers and Conservatives of the club, resulting in a tie. The match was somewhat one-sided, as the Reformers were the stronger and larger team, and should have easily won. fro: Acting on the advice of my physicians in Edinburgh and Clinton, I have resolved to go out of business, unless my health improves satis- factorily. I will sell my large stock of goods at very Low Prices. Wall Papers, Window shades Spring Rollers, Baby carriages, Wagons, Carts, Baskets, Walking Sticks Base Bills & Bats. Ch r.is.Dickson,Clinton OUR GREAT BARGAIN S! ctWonderful .$2 • Pants Are the greatest bargain in the County. See our Boys Seersucker Coats at 75c, And you will be surprised. Call and ask to see our BOYS ALL'_ WOOL SUIT, LONG PANTS, at $5, and you will wonder how they are got up for the price. Come in and look at our wonderful all wool Suits for Men at 57.00 It knocks competition in the head An examination of Our Great 10 SUIT Will convince you that we sell the cheapest clothing in the County. Our rapidly increasing trade demonstrates this fact. We manufacture all our own clothing which discounts ordinary ready made clothing for fit and price. JACKSON :-: BROS., Clothiers, Furnishers and Hatters, CLINTON. COBS! WE DO NOT INTEND TO CARRY OVER ANY MORE DRESS GOODS THAN WE CAN HELP. JUST SEE THE STARTLERS WE CAN SHOW YOU. THE P R 2 N' '2' S —Must go too, if price will take them off We show PRINTS and MUSLINS at 5 cents per yard that make us blush for the man that made them. But don't take our word for it—"SEE THE coons." What about the Embroidery, Gloves, - Hosiery - t and - Parasols. They go too—price price won't koep them. The WHITE COTTONS & GREY COTTONS All go. SIIIRTINCIS at marvelous low prices. SEERSUCKER~ -- we just got another lot, perfect beauties. CURTAINS & CURTAIN NETS All very Low IN Pi:icli just now. TICKINGS & COTTONADES At prices rlo elan shall do better. SEE the combined aggregation of prices and quantities of goods. We aro determined to meet in prices in all and every kind of' compe- tition. But we cannot convince you nnlcss you come and see. GEO E PAY & CO. THE DRY GOODS EMPORIUM OF CLINTON BEESLEY'3J MILLINERY ElGIPORIUM. SPECIAL. FORTUNE HAS SMILED UPON L'S AGAIN, AND WE AIIE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE FULL BENEFIT OF OLTR GOOD.LUCK, WE HAVE STRUCK A RICH BARGAIN IN Hats and Gloves• i11a'By purchasing from a leading wholesale house their completed Wino of these goods, we have secured beautiful wares at extremely, 'prow prices, and propose to give you the advantage of the transac-- $ "tion. The special stock consists ofZti Ladies and Children's HATS, Glint's SAYLOR HATS and Lisle and TafFatta G -LOVES. The STYLES are the very newest, the GOODS of excellent duality, and the PRICES DELIGHTFULLY LOW. We are offering. also a very choice stock of PARASOLS ^ and HOSIERY In spite of the "hard times" our business has greatly increased during the past year. The reason for that fact is no doubt to be found in the superiority of our wares and the low price we charge for them, BUTTER Axn EGGS TAKEN AS CASA, Beesley's Great Millinery Ewporiurn.