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CLINTON NEW EEA,
FRIDAY, JAN: 21, 1887.
LQQAL NOTICES. ---
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7o the .c/eapest T?'unke and Valises go
Blt.[Ess,--Mr. Jos. Allanaon expecte to
commence cutting ice next week, on the
river; there has been plenty of cold wea-
ther to form good ice. One night recently
Mr. John Beesley, of Moosejaw, brother
of Messrs. G. and W. Beesley, Cltnton,got
ttoz TW1TONML'A, Clinton. lost on the prairie, an as it was *napes-
"A few more Goat and Buffalo Robes very
haatp at J T WiTCBELV S, Clinton.'
• Zewtz Zuptco. .
COATsEItvAT1VE COIiTVENTION. — The
Convention that was called for the West
Aiding for last Friday, to be held at
Smith's Hill, to select a Conservative
candidate, was adjourned until yesterday,
• owing to the storm that has prevailed so
long. We ht,ve no authority, but rumor
states that the choice would rest between
two men—Messrs. W.Doherty, of Clinton,
and i''. W. Johnston, of Goderich, with
She chances in favor of the latter.
Hoxels-?eotes.—Mr.-•W. Robinson, of
the Huron rood, last week sold a gelding
to Mr. Sharif, of Seaforth, for the sum of
$195. Mr..W. Steep, teamster,lest a good
• horse last week; it was kicked by its mate
while standing in the stable, and had its
leg so broken that nothing could be done
. but to shoot it. Four entire colts were
''sold to an American buyer here this week:
—One raised by Mr. Thos Fear, Hullett ;
eane'by.hir. John Mason, Hullett ; one by
,. Mr. T. Fowwler,Hullett,and one by -Mr.
John Cuminga, Hullett. The•pricespaid
for each were in the neighborhood of $225;
Carvings got $285 for hie, making the
third entire colt he has sold, netting him
$685 altogether.
DEATH.—Mr. D.B. Kennedy and Mrs.
James Ai derson were called to the bed -
Bide of their mother last week, who died
in the township of Oneida,near Caledonia,
early Friday morning. Shot was one of
the earliest settlers of that neighborhood,
-- having lived there for oyer 50 years, 35 of
-i which she has been a widow. The im-
mediate cause of her death was inflamma-
tion of the kidneys. She had reached the
mature age of 77 years, and was for many
years a zealous member of the Episcopal
church, A very large number atten•fed
her funeral, thus attesting the esteem in
• which shewas held. All her children—
six—were present with her before she died
A BALL UNDER DIFFICULTIES.—The
Cricketers, of Goderich, made elaborate
preparations for their annual assembly,
Which was announced to be held on Fri-
day eveninglhst, but which, owing to the
storm, was postponed until Monday night
last, the orchestra from London being
• -7 snow•bound at Exeter. It was thought
that by Monday night the snow would be
abated, but, unfortunately for them, the
orchestra was again "stuck" at Exeter,
and found it impossible to et any further.
Quite a number of Clintonians calculated
on going up Monday night, but they were
afraidto tackle the tremendous storm that
was raging. The ball came off, however,
on Monday night. •
FELL THROUGH.—Last week the NEw
ERA announced that Mr, W. H. Cooper
-had _one east for the purpose . of
being married, and we expected this week
to have the pleasure of chronicling the
I. fact that he had been. The intended,
bride resided at Belleville, and every ar-
rangement for the wedding, which was to
- have taken place on Wednesday of last.
week, was complete, but at the very last
III moment, the unexpected occurred,and the
marriage was indefinitely postponed. Of
course there are various surmises therefor,
but -with these•we are not concerned: --Mr.
Cooper 1s justly the recipient ofa great
deal of sympathy, the opinion being very
freely expressed that no matter what were
thecircumstanccs leading to the separation,
inatters should not have been allowed to
go as far as they did, if it was intended by
'anyone interested to interfere at the last
moment. We are pleased to know that
there is no ill -feeling between the parties
most deeply concerned, and hope at some
future time to announce the consummation
of this affair in the manner anticipated.
NEARLY FROZEN TO DEATH. --A short
time since a number of young people of
• both sexes, belonging to London, came
up here on a holiday' trip, taking board
t a private residence in town. They
•
,at
on having a splendid time, and
availed themselves of every opportunity.
• that would contribute to that end, but in
one instance it.. very near ending
fatally. • One bitterly cold day, they en-
• gaged t;wo .double . con't+eyances for a ride
' to Mitchell: Nothing haw,ned until,
on the return journey, and when near
Seaforth, some of the company were al-
armed on speaking to acouple of the la-
dies, that they received no response from
them. • Thinking the ladies *were sham-
ming, one of the young men pressed his
inquiries,and it was only on investsg'ation
that be discovered both the ladies' were
unconscious. They drove as qui kly as
possible to Seaforth, where me ical aid
'was called in, one of the ladies being so
bad that the doctor stated she wo ld have
died^3satt••heriondition not been discover-
-- ed for a few moments later. As these
• ladies were not then a12Ie to continue the
journey to this place,they were left at Sea -
forth until they recovered, when the party
all returned to London, glad indeed that
no more serious results followed their
pleasure-seeki ng.
BuRNtNcs.—On Saturday morning the
caretaker of the Presbyterian church, Mr.
Jas. Ross, had some difficulty in getting
the furnace fire to go, and he poured coal
oil in. Ily the time his beard grows on
again, and the burns on his hands heal
up, he Will possibly know better thag, to
pour oil on a fire.
Ott Sunday, While the family of Mr. T,
Tipling were at dinner, an eighteen
. month old child, playing upstairs, got
hold of and lighted a match, which set,its
clothes on fire. The child's apron and
part of its dress were burned before the
' accident was discovered,and dee child was
severely burned about the neck.
,On Thursday night last, the Town Hall
hada remarkably uarrow escape from des-
truction by fire, but it was not until Fri-
day morning that the fact Wag discovered.
When Mr. Gaskins, Collector of Customs,
• entered bis office, Friday, he was surpris-
ed to find a hole nearly two feet square,
burned completely through the floor, at
the side of the desk. How it originated
he has no idea, unless thatsomeone,while
in transacting business,threw a cigar stub
dr lighted match upon the floor, (he does
not smoke himself, which thus set it on
fire, unnoticed by him. The lower por-
tion of the floor being damp from the cel-
lar, evidently prevented the fire spreading;
otherwise the probability is we would
again be without a town hall.
Bible to discover hia whereabouts, he
tramped around all night, in order to
keep himself alive. Mr. Vanvalkenburg,
who has been working Mr. McTaggart's
farm in Hullett during the past year, has
rented' the Proctor farm on the Huron
road, just west of Holmesville, for a term
of six years; it contains 135 acres, and he
gets it for $200 for the first year. Mr,
Geo. Baird, jr., (brother-in-law of Mrs. R.
McLennan, Clinton), who for many years
has taught with great acceptance the
school on the Bayfield road,westof Bruce -
field, has been obliged, to give" up his
s chool on account of ill health ; Mr.Baird
left here on Monday last for St. Paul
were he has secured a good situation.—
Mr. J. E. Kennedy, of Teeswater, who is
running a knitting factory, talks of mov-
ing to Wiugham ; he should move to
Clinton,where his chances of success would
be much better. A Blyth correspopdent
says :—" The public school re -opened last
Monday with a large attendance ; the
teacher in the intermediate department,
Miss Doau, of Clinton, is the only new
teacher and she -comes very highly re-
commended; we may expect some ,good
work in that room as well as` then -them."
Mr. Henry Wise, of the Bayfield road,was
laid up Last week with a very severe at-
tack of inflammation of the bowels,but we
are glad to know that he is out of danger.
Mr. John Cunningham is on the sick list.
Mr. R. M. Paces, has put a telephone into
his shop. 1Mr. Jas. Werry had his fingers
badly cut by the shaper in Buchanan's
shop on Saturday. It' is rumored that
a junior member of the Jackson family
went to pick -e -ring lately; of course every-
one knows what follows such an errand.
Miss C. Gilchrist has gone to Stratford to
take charge of the Singer Sewing Machine
agency there ; therefore a certain young
man has determined to reverse the famil-
iar phrase "go west young man" by" go-
ing east" as often as circumstances will
allow. At the Army services on Sunday,
a number of young men ware creating a
disturbance, when Chief Paisley lifted one
outside ; the best of order was thereafter
maintained. A town butcher, while out
in the country on Monday, actually got
lost in a ten acre field during the blind-
ing storm ; he fortunately suffered nothing
worse than a little -cold and inconvenience,
The (Minton Quartette Club, under the
leadership of Mr. Geo. F --Oakes, take part
in a tea -meeting to be held at the Hensel'
Episcopal Church, some night next week.
Owing to the scarcity of water, the foun-
dry was compelled to close down for e
short time. on Tuesday and Wednesday,
but it is running full blast, as usual. A
number of the County papers, referring to
the appointment of Mr. W. J. Paisley, as
Inspector, speak in complimentary terms
of him. Mrs. A. C. MacKenzie,'o'f Dur-
ham, is the guest of her sister Mrs. P.
Cole. __14liss`Fergtison, of Buffalo, Ts here
visiting her sister, Mrs. II. B. Proudioot.
The premises at present occupied by Mr.
Carslake, and owned by R. Patterson, of
Burns, Perth Co., have been sold to Mr.
John Sheppard, for• the sum of 1500.—
Mrs, W. H. Cooper, sr.; is on the sick list
and under the doctor's care. 'The mem-
bers of the Street Committee are making
arrangements to have the snow removed
from the -sidewalk leading to the station,
and also- front"the--'ons—le dltirCo""'tlie
school, and will try to keepboth open for
the balance of the winter. Mr. Robt.
Coats' time as Trustee of the High School
having expired, he will likely be re -ap-
pointed by the County Council, at its
next meeting. For the Dominion Elec-
tion there will be eight polling places in
Clinton (the• same number as there were
for the Local elections), but the places
have not yet been decided upon ; when
they are a list of them will be published
in these columns. The father ef Messrs.
G. and J. Tedford, of town, who resides
in the neighborhood of the Georgian Ray,
is very low, and it is feared will not re
cover. Messrs. Neil Gilmour, J.McGregor,
and Thos. Butehart, all teachers of Stan-
ley, left hereon Monday to attend the
Normal School at Toronto:'- Mr. H. Rad-
ford, of Hullett,�has given the contract for
a splendid brick house to Dir. Whitely ;
Mr. Thos. McKenzie, of Clinton, will fur-
nish the inside woodwork, an assurance
that it 'will be well done. The medical
man who attended Miss Susie McLeod.
states that her death was due to heart
disease,not-essessiinlltion._as atated.h-y.a.
last week. It is reported that a wedding
Will very soon take place,, wherein one of
the parties is both young liy.name•and na-
ture. Any number of prospective appli-
cants for the position of town constable,
&c., are cropping' up; one.thing is certain
—only one person cat,-.,beappointed. Mr.
Tisdale; sr., of Strathroy; ishetle on a visit
to his son. A daughter of Mr. John
Jarvis, of Stapleton, aged about 18,years,
died somewhat suddenly last week -al-
though she had been ailing fQr some time:
A brother of Mr. Jos. Walter, of the
News -Record, died at Blyth on Wednes-
day. DIr. Oliver Johnston has disposed
of his interest in the firm of Jones &'
Johnston, blacksmiths, to Mr.Thos. Glew;
Mr. Johnston has not decided .yet what
he will do. Mr. Ralph Tiplady is suffer.
ing from a very severe attack of quinsey.
Mr. John 13. McKay, of Kingston Busi-
ness College, and son of Mrs. McKay,
Clinton, was married at Toronto, on Wed-
nesday, to Miss Ferguson, step -daughter
of P. ,,Cousir.raux, of the Bon Marche.
Miss Mary Cot ,e is home from London.
Mr. Bray has r, slimed his former place in
the store of Dr Worthington. Addition-
al local news will be found: on the editor-
ial page. •
New Er.E7-riv Ion ST. GI:oeoE's
WARD.—Owing Co some technicality in
his qualification, DIr, T. C. Doherty,
elected as a councillor for St. George's
Ward, did not take the oath of office on
Monday. IIe has not resigned, as stated
by our town totem., but by &fluxion of
time, a new election will be necessary,and
Mr. Doherty intimates that he will be a
candidate again. Ho proposes to bear
all the expenses of a new election himself,
and we suppose that his qualification must
have been made satisfactory, or he would
not offer himself again as a candidate.
We suggest that Mr. Doherty,lravingbeen
already the choice of the people, be re-
turned by acclamation. - Of course the
position is open to all,but there is nothing
very much at stake, and we fail to see
what will be gained by opposing him,even
if the opposition should be successful.
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