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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1888-06-29, Page 7FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1888. LOCAL NOTICES. LOST—A bright rod, watered -ribbon sasl.. Finder will confer a favor on leaving ti e same at the NEW ERA Office, EXCURSION to Buffalo, July 4th, to see the grand demonstration and fireworks. Be mire and go, Train leaves Clinton at 7.30 a. Ill. 'rickets only 82.00, good for two days. Car Fencing Wire, all kinds, Binding cord, Alabastine. It. M. RACEY, Clinton. Eggs taken in exchange for goods at GERIS. DIC1jiSON'S Book Store, tflinton. Fu11,Stock of Cut Nails, Best Coal Oil 15c per gal., 12i. two gal. and over. R. M. RACEY. SHINGLES. -500 bunches of first-class Shingles at 81.65 per square. No. 2 at 81.15, Also, a quantity of Hemlock Lumber. JAS. TWITCIIELL, Clinton. WHITE LIME. — ANY PERSON RE- Qararrie Whits Lime for building pur-1 poses can be supplied by COOPER & SWAF- FIELD, at their mill on Wellington St., next I to Doan'e tannery. 21 4 A lot of Curtain Poles, Brasses, &c. com- plete, in ebony and ornamental giltfrom 75e. upward, Gilt Moulding for pictures. New furniture in Bedroom Suits and Sideboards Just received, at STEVENSON'S Furniture Store, Clinton. Residence over store. GARDEN SOCIAL. = The ladies of the Presbyterian Church will bold a garden so- cial at residence of Mr T. Jackson, sr. High street, on Friday, June 29th. Splendid music will toe, furnished during the evening. Colledtion at the gate, refreshments extra. HARDWARE. Just received a fresh supply of Barb and other Fence WI e, Steel nails, Tarred and Build- ing paper, Carpet felt, Spades, Shovels, Rakes, Hoes, and all kinds of Builders' Hardware. We have a large stock of the above goods and are offering them at very low prices. Eave- troughing and all kinds of tin work a specialty. Tinware at reduced prices. 8 milk pans for 81.00. HARLAND BROS, Clinton. Zown Zoo i.0 . ARM BROKEN.—Mrs P. Cautelon, sr., had the misfortune to fall down on Monday evening, and broke her arm at the wrist. CONVICTIONS. --The list of magis- trate's convictions for the quarter ending June 12, numbered 62, of which 24 were for violation of the Scott Act. Only 3 cases of drunken- ness were reported. SCHOOL.— The Principal of the Model School will be pleased if parents would sec to it that children are sent to school for the balanceof the term, and not allowed to absent themselves unless it is really neces- saay. The school will close in one week, and it is very desirable that the classes remain intact until that time. FELL DOWN CELLAR.—The otber day 11r Hy. Walker fell down the cellar in his store, bruising and spraining his leg severely. Luckily for him he had taken out an accident insurance policy with A. 0. Pattison, two days before, so that while the fall may be very painful,, the satisfaction of knowing•that it-wi.11lava_itsllene- fits, is assuring. CRAPS.—The crops, as viewed from a car window, look fairly well, par- ticularly the spring grains. Several fields of till wheat give promise of a moderate yield,- but there is very little wheat to be' sten. The grass has suffered by the recent hot weather and a steady, soaking rain would do much good,' Haying has commenced, but only in a small way ; it will be general in. a week more. SArOKINC.—A lively discussion on the impropriety of smokers is going ou in the columns of the Globe, and the objection is urged that men addicted to this habit have lost all respect or consideration for the feelings of others. About the last place one would ex• pect to tiud smokers indulging in their favorite past -time would be at a funeral, and yet at almost every funeral in this vicinity men can be seen driving along and placidly pull- ing at a briar -root or clay pipe. To say the least., it does not look very re- spectful, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS. — Prof. J. W. Spencer,Ph. D., F. G.S. of Washington,formerly of Canada,(a cousin of Mrs J. C.Detlor,) is now in, this region pursuing Some most ini'• portant geological investigations of an international character, requiring careful examinations on both nation. al sides of all our great lakes. He is accompanied by twoAmerican geolo- gists, Clendeniii and Spillman. The nature of the work is that of follow- ing out the old lake shores and beach- es, and of a careful examination of the drift and other loose deposits which cover the underlying rocks—in short the whole surface geology of the region. Ontario happens to be more favorable for some of these in- vestigations than the American side of the lakes. The studies of Dr Spencer re -open the whole question of the origin of our northern soils,and are the only rational explanation of the origin of our great lakes, upon which difficult problem he has been at work for years, and is now able to substantiate theory by facts. The accumulating facts go to show, that this region was not covered by glac- iers, as many theorists have held. To us in Clinton it is told that the hills about our town were islands orshores of the great lake when all great lakes were in one (and first named by him Lake Warren, before the Philosophi- cal Society of Washington, last Janu- ary) covering a much larger area than at present, and probably at or near the sea level, in place of over NO feet above it as at present, The old shore has been followed upon the eastern side of the Huron Lake from Komoka to the. ledge of the flat plain about two and a half miles south of Clinton, and the party, after making some measurements about this region, are proceeding to foliow the old shore towards Geo-gia'l ill y, Owing to the warpings of the earth's crust, this old water line is now high- er to.the north than the south. Two lower gravel and one sand beach marking the subsidence of the waters and the rise of the land, have also been traced for long distances. In some localities, especialiy north of Lake Erie, these old shore lines were very complicated, owing to numerous islands and bays forming a broken const. Ontario was then only an is- land not reaching eastward further than near Acton, and not much more than 120 miles lone.. PROPI:$TY.--Tbti house and lot on Huron street, west, pelonetpg to Mr J. S. Walker, was sold by auction on Saturday, Mr U. Walker being the purchaser at $625 SOLD OUT—Dr Dowsley has dispos- ed of bis practice, to Dr Horsey, of Ottawa, and will probably move to Toronto; he has been a resident of towns,.aeveral years, and will be misse e, FINE SAFE.—Mr Jos. Biddlecornbe has put in a magnificent burglar- proof safe. It has a double -door, is made of chilled steel throughout, is built expressely for jewellers, and is reallya fine piece of mechanical workmanship. It cost in the neigh- borhood of WO. STREET LOATING —Constable Ted ford is making a laudable effort to break up loafing upon the streets on Sundays, and to this end bad several youths summoned before the Police Magistrate, who tried them on Tues- day. R. Flemming and Jon Cassels were fined $1 and costs, and othe?s dismissed with a caution. BALL PLAYING:ON SUNDAY.—A citizen hands in the following:—On Sabbath last,a number of young men and boys were engaged in playing ball, in the grove near the old rail- way station. I have found out the names of a number of them, and if they -go there again for that purpose, I shall have a list of their names in- serted in the NEW ERA. SCOUNDRELISM.—A short time ago some unprincipled person broke -twenty two panes of glass in the windows of McGarva's cooper shop, and not being satisfied with the amount of damage thus inflicted,they, or some one else, broke into the der - :ick the other day, and finding a barrel of tar there, besmeared the driving belt, almost ruining it. A couple of months in Goderich would be fun for such individuals. HGRSETHiEVES AGAIN. -On Tu89- day night theives stole a driving mare from tbe pasture field of Mr John Holmes, just west of this town; they then went to Mr Albert May's and stole the best set of harness in the stable. They then came back to Holmes' and hitched to a democrat waggon, which was not missed until the next morning. The mare is dark brown, 15i hands high and ten years old; $25 will be paid for her recovery, DEATH OF ,A CLINTONI4N.—The Chicago Canadian -American contains an account of the death of William Grant, son of Peter Grant, formerly of this town, which occurred at Cleveland, 0., on the 2nd inst. The account in the Canadian -American is so mixed up that one would hardly know whether it is the father or son who had died. The young man would be about 22 years old at the time of his death and was born in this town. THE BAYFIELD MAIL. —Notwith- standing tbe strenuous efforts of the Seaforth people 'to prevent it, the government have granted the contract for carrying the Bayfield mail to Clinton, Mr Rowland Beattie being the successful applicant. He will commence his duties on Monday next. The contract called for delivery of the mails according to tbe old time table in force, but we would suggest to the department that a change be made, now that a different time -table has been issued. To have the mail arrive here at about 12 o'olock, and leave for Bayfield at about 3 p m, would be more satisfactory. OlinFELLows.— The annual dis- trict meeting of the Grand Lodge of I.O.O.F., was held here in the Odd - fellows Lodge Room, on Tuesday, 26th inst. The Rev Mr Simpson, G. M., opened the meeting with prayer; after which be was voted to the chair, Thos. White, P. 0., acting as secretary. 1'. 0. Judge Tom, of Goderich, was elected D.D.G.M. for the ensuing year, after which some interesting discussions took place per- taining to the working of the order. This Was the first meeting of the kind held, and will prove of much inter- est to the Oddfellows hereafter, HORSE :\ OTES.-There was a gener- al delivery of entire horses at Seaforth on Monday morning, eighteen very flue ones arriving at that station from 'the old country. The owners were John McMillan, Hullett; A. In- nes; J. Horton, Stanley; C. E. Ma- son, Brucefield; W. Templeton, Sea - forth, and J. McLaughlin, Grey. The horses arrived in splendid condition, without the slightest mishap, other than that Mr McLaughlin had to leave one of his at Montreal, it be- ing sick. A large crowd had gathered at Seaforth station to witness their arrival. A valuable heavy -draught entire horse, owned by Messrs 3. and E. Bell, Landesboro, died on Thurs- day night last; it will be quite a loss to these enterprising horsemen_ , MEMORIAL SERVICE—On Sunday evening last the Ontario St Methodist Church was crowded with the mem- bers of the church and congregation, and many outsiders anxious to pay a tribute of respect to the late Mrs Jas Stevens. A very appropriate service was held, conducted by Messrs Mann' ing, Pickard and Tiplady. The choir sang excellently several well chosen pieces, admirably adapted to the oc- casion. Mr Tiplady and Mr Manning gave expression to the loss sustained by the church in the demise of Mrs Stevens, making touching references to her sterling qualities as a Christian worker. The large congregation and numerous friends throughout the county greatly sympathize with the bereaved husband and family. ROMANTIC AND TRCrEE.—Some time ago a young man who was residing in the northwest jocularly remarked to a ministerial friend that he would like to get married. The minister replied that he had an unmarried lady ac- quaintance in Ontario who would suit the young man admirably, and he would write to her concerning it.— Tho young man protested that this was not a method of forming a life partnership that he could approve of, but the minister was sure that all would be serene. He wrote, and the young lady in turn vigorously pro- tested against any such method of courtship, but the upshot of the whole matter was that correspondence was opened, and—why prolong the story. The marriage was consummated at Godericb, on Wednesday, the young couple are just as happy as if their courtship had been in the orthodox way, and after visiting friends in this neighborhood, they will return to the nnrtli rvezt with the be't wishes of all. Little Local llteuirl. Ma P. Buchanan left yesterday go a trip to Denver. Mas Archibald is vis itiqg friends at Dickenson's Landing. MR X. Etcher, of Bluavale, spent Sunday wish friends in town. Mas P. Straith made a shipment of forty of his Mower ICI:4fe Sharpeners, the other day. Mr H. B. Proudfoot has gone to I survey a township in Muskoka, for the Ontario Government.. The"bill-poster's paradise" will be destroyed as soon as Mr W. Cooper's new buildings are erected. A telephone line, between London and Clinton, is being built, and will be completed in a few weeks. Mit Charles Smith has returned to town after spending a few weeks visit in the neighborhood of St. Thomas. MR H. S. McLean,ofthe Collegiate Institute staff, contemplates a trip to the North-west during the holidays. MR John Plewes, of the Bayfield road, commenced cutting hay on the 21st inst. This is the first of the season. THE Doherty Organ Band play at a Collegiate Institute concert in Sea - forth this evening. A treat they do not often get is in store for the Sea- forthites, THE Wingham excursion to Gode- rich, on Friday last, carried only about 100 persons. The Sabbath School excursion to Goderich last Thursday carried about 350. Rev J. Lawrence, of the Bay of Quinte district, (brother of Mr W. S. Lawrence,) and a teacher in this county some twenty years ago, was' here on Saturday, the guest of Mr H. teep. MR Jos.Watson,of Chillicothe,Mo., is here on a short visit to his parents. He states that crops are fully as far advanced here as they are in the West, which is usually a month earlier than in Ontario. THE G. T. R. will issue single -fare tickets, gnod from Saturday next to return on Tuesday. On Friday and Saturday, tickets good to return up to the 5th, will be issued at a fare - and -a -third. Miss C. Mountcastle has returned from Goderich, and shows the bene- fit of exposure on the shores of Lake Huron. She thinks Goderich is a splendid place to recuperate•—"it is so quiet, you know." Mr Chas. Girvin, the popular ex - reeve of West Wawanosh, has just purchased a handsome parlor organ from the wareroows of Mr T. C.'Do- herty, Clinton. Our old friend must intend to get some one to play it for him also. On Sunday evening, some one in passing through the lane by Mr Bay's house, shoved over a portion of the fence; be bas a suspicion that it was done by a good looking young man who passed that way with a lady on each arm, and if a few boards are -sent to repair the damage all will be right. We had a call this week, from Mr John Douglass, of Woodstock, who, with his wife, is visiting relatives here. Mr Douglass is an Oxford pioneer, has held the office of Presi- dent of the Reform Association for many years, and has done more for the party without being rewarded for his services, than any other person in the county. One of those pleasing events which lead one to believe that all the kind people in the world are not dead yet, took place at Dublin street Metho- dist church, Guelph, on Monday night. Rev A.K.Birks was pleasing. ly surprised at the close of the Young People's fellowship meeting by being presented with an address and a purse of gold. The London Frae Press says :—It is stated that notwithstanding the flight of "Rev" John Stonehouse,the Adelaide whiskey -informer, no steps have been taken to bring his bonds- men (Rev W. McDonagh) to time. Is there one law for all; or do the Crown authorities favor "the cloth" at the expense of the State ? ]It has since been announced that the amount must be made good.) W. C. SEARLE, the Clinton philo- sopher, was in town on Thursday with Willis' church S. S. excursion. He thinks a row of trees should be planted by the side of the road down Harbor Hill; next to the sidewalk; that the sailing men should have better accommodation for ladies, get ting into and out of their boats; that the harbor steps should be kept in better repair. Brother Searle is cot. rect.—Signal. THE lady referred to in the follow- ing item from the Expositor, received her training in Clinton:—"The many friends of Miss Marie Killoran,daugh- ter of Mr John Killoran, of Seaforth, will he pleased to know that she has been promoted from the public school in Cairo, Michigan, in whish she has been teaching for some time, to the position of assistant teacher in the High School at that place. In her new situation she receives a salary of $500 per annum, and enters upon her new duties after the summer holidays. WE bad a visit this week from our old friend Peter Grant, formerly of Clinton, Ont., but now of Cleveland, 0.,where he is eniployed in the manu- facture of the most improved kinds of architectural iron works. Mr Grant is one of the most ingenious mechan- ics that Canada has ever produced, and is well known as the inventor of Grant's Hay Fork, which he exhibit- ed in London, Paris, Vienna, as well in the United States and Canada. 1f old Diogenes should reappear with his lantern scrutinizing all he met to find an honest man, he would accept Peter Grant on sight, and not make the least mistake. --Chicago British - American. Local Sporting Notes. On Wednesday evening a friendly game of cricket was played on the Victoria Cricket Grounds, between the officers and non -officers of the club, which resulted in an overwhelming defeat of the officers by the following score, one innings each: —Officers, 20 runs; Non•Oflicers 811 runs, for three wickets, Painter making 17 runs, and 14 Robertson, 4S, not out. Last Thursday a Cricket match was played at Goderich between the God- erieh letliors and Clinton Victoria Juniors, resulting in a defeat of the Goderich club by one wicket and two runs. The (iuderich club is consider- ed one of the best teams in the county, and the Clinton boys are to he com- plimented on their victor;. Rotiring ill Business Acting on the advice of my physicians in Edinburgh and Clinton, I have resolved to go out of business,,.unless my healthimproves satis- factorily. I will sell my large stock of goods at very Low Prices. Wall Papers, Window shades Spring.., hollers, Baby Carriages, Wagons, Carts, Baskets, Walking Sticks Base Balis & Bats. Ch ris.Dickson,Clinton OUR GREAT BARGAINS THIS WEEK LS A LINE OF WHITE and MIXED MARSEILLES VESTS. Which at the al ove::: figures stands as the greatest bar- gain in the County. The goods from which this line of vests is made, were purchased in Scot-, land last year at less than one half of their value, and we are confident that they cannot he sold uu1- iler $3 in the- regular way. We are selling them very fast and buyers should get on to them at once. OUR, STOCK. OF LIGHT - CLOTHING R5 STILL VERs' WELL ASSORTED. JACKSON :-: BROS Clothiers, Furnishers and Hatters, c111.4iNT(y"OT. ., IN EASON WN WE SELL THOSE GINUHAMS AND SHIRTINGS SO CHEAP IS WE GOT A GREAT BARGAIN AND WANT THE PEOPLE TO KNOW IT. A FEW LEFT YET. White Goods, Lawns,Muslins FOR THE HOT WEATHER. EMBROIDERIES P Ornamental Lace. DOWN TO ROCK BOTTOM PRICES. SEERSUCICERS—A LOT JUST IN. PRINTS --A GOOD STOCK TO SELECT FROM PARASOLS—BARGAINS IN '1'HE11I. GLOVES &C HOSIERY Cheap' LOW .PRICED. WHITE and GREY COTTONS Every of goods marked ` down. We must reduce our stock before fall goods come in. .We cannot con- vince you by an advertisement. Come and get. an actual fact. GEO E PAY & CO. THE DRY GOODS EMPORIUM OF CLINTON • IBEESL.EY'3I MILLINERY EMPORIUM. FOIITUNJ IIAS SMILED UPON US AGAIN, AND AVE AIIE GOING TO GIVE YOU THE FULL BENEFIT OF OUR. GOOD LUCK. WE HAVE STRUCK A. RICIT BARGAIN IN Hats and Gloves. 1F"L'y purchasing from a leading wholesale house their complete.4 ?"lines of these goods, we have secured beautiful warns at extremely, low prices, and propose to give you the advantage of the transac-.-b tion. The special stock consists ofd Ladies; and Children't..4 I SJI S, ir1'c SA11_4()Ft, I -IA.. PS acid le and trRL C LO�r [ • Tho STYLES aro the very newest, the GO( )11::: of e‘cellcnt Anality, and the PI1TCES 1)ELIGIiTd''l' 1,1,V l,O\V, w'o are offering also a very choice stock of PARASOLS and HOSIERY In spite of the "hard times" our tiusiness has greatly increased during the past year. Tho reason for that fact is no doubt to be found in the superiority of sin' wares and' the low price we charge for them. BUT'I'Ell %Nn EGG T.1KEN \. CASH. Ileesley's Great 11illinery Emporium. •