The Clinton New Era, 1887-02-04, Page 8GLINTO. NEW ERA,
FRIDA , FEB. 4, 1887.
LOCAL NOTICES,
For the best and Cheapest: Harness go to
JAS', T WITCHJ'LL, Clintot2.
100 Cards Wood Wanted in exchange for
goods. CHRIS. DICKSON, Clinton.
d few more Bv(falo and Goat .Ides foe
wood at JAS. T WI'CHBLL'S, (•'lenton.
d Gelatine Clearing Sale of Remnants ca
fifty cents, one the dollar is atota'going on at
-t),ICKSON'S Bookstore. Go and see (hem.
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NEWIRON BRIDGE—At the last meeting
'the of County Council tenders for a new
bridge to be built on the London road,
over the Bayfield river, below this town,
were opened. That of Messrs. Hunter
Bros., Kincardine, for the iron superstruc-
ture, was accepted at $1,800, and that of
L.' IIrd,y, Eso,ter, for the„stone abut-
ments!ecomptige.„ . et $9 per yard. Good,
jffilfbe, if this class of work' say that the
prices lire very reasonable.
•t F.R:la SOLD.—Mr. Hugh Moore, of this
.wn, has sold the farm on the second con-
cession of East Wawanosh, near Manches-
,ter, (fbrmerly_belonging to his brother) to
Mr
Thos-.--Nicholson'
who lives across the
road, for $4,100. who
land is good, and
there is a. good barn on the place, with 18
aures iu fall wheat, ane at the price the
place is very cheap indeed. In cense-1
quence of selling the farm, Mr Moore will
auction off the stook and implements on
the 18th inst.
ACCIDENT.—Mr. Thos. Walker, who
resides on Victoria St., met with what
might Kaye been' a mag,�yorse accident
the other day. While attending to his
horse, a colt in the yard made a bolt for
the stable door, and to prevent it entering
he held out a pitchfork he had in his
hand, pointing the handle at the colt,
which striking it with its breast, knocked
the tines of the fork `into Walker's face
and shoulder. Fortunately the wounds
were not yery severe ones.
WON'T CONTEST IT. --We understand
that et the meeting of the South Huron,
held in Seaforth, o.(t Monday last, it was
decided not to bring out any candidate in
the South Riding. Unless Mr.Reith choses
to run the risk of losing his deposit, which
is not likely, Mr. McMillan will be re-
turned by acclamation. There is not much
use in running anyone to oppose a Liberal
candidate in a constituency that has a
Liberal majority of anything from one
hundred to a thousand. [Since this was
in type we hear it rumored that Dr.
Campbell, of Seaforth, will be a second
Liberal candidate; he surely has better
judgment than to commit such folly.] o
UPSETTING OF A COAL STOVE.—On
Friday evening last the family of Mr.
, James .Young, residing on Rattenbury
street, had an experience which they do
not care to repeat. The family had been
attending the special services in'the Me-
thodist church, and at about half -past
nine they sat down around the coal stove,
when it suddenly tumbled' over, almost
'burying the youngest child among the
burning coals. In an instant the carpet
and straw beneath it were on fire, and the
---room..filled_ _with flame_ _and smoke.--.Mr.-
Young was not home..at.the. time, but his
wife ran out and dipping some water from
the cistern, threw it on the ffawee, and
thus subdued them. It is supposed that
in shaking down the fire occasionally one
of the feet worked out, thus allowing the
stove to fall.
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• SCOTT Ac'r MATTEEs.—A couple of ad-
journed Scott Act trials came up before
Magistrate Smith', at'Gorrie, on Wednes-
day, but were again adjourned, as neves-;
Bary with ses were absent; warrants have
been issue for their arrest. Some miser-
able wretches vented their spleen on Mr
Smith, of. Uorrie, by throwing four large
atones through his store windows the other
night ; in the centre of the store, and on.
-either sides, stand glass, show cases, and,
fortunately none of.these were injured.—
The Scott ActAssociation having condemn
ed •recentappointments to the Senate, Sir
John has written the Secretary snying.that
the appointments were made in the- inter -
eats of the French and German population
solely. A certain constable who had at
one time served summonses in Scott Act
cases; was engaged a few day's since in
trying to collect accounts for a private in-
•dividual, but out of over thirty persons he
tried to find, only four could be reached—
the rest thought they wore evading a sum-
mons,
ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE. --A few even-
ings since. a young woman, who resides
with her father ilea township near by, not
more than a mile from town, was washing
up the supper dishes, when she heard a
rap an the door. Being alone, in her
stocking feet, and thinking it was some of
the neighbors she said "come in,” and in
response thereto a burly fellow tvalk.ecl•in
and sat down by the stove. He asked
where some oibe resided, -'and the girl
answered that she did hot.know, and not
wishing to let him see that she was afraid
of him, 'she kept on with her work. He
then made an insulting proposal to her,
and she threatened to brain him with a,
poker, but he made a grab for her, when
she ran out of the house and plunged
through the snow in her stocking feet, to
a neighbor's house, some distance away.
:She told• what had happened, and the
neighbor -went over to the house, and
found the ruffian just leaving the premises,
but, very unwisely, the neighbor allowed
the rascal to 'escape on his saying that he
was simply looking for Something to cat,
and intended no harm.
13rc1oiati AND, 1'IEai,•1m 1:.—A certain
minister in the northern part of this coun-
ty voted at the recent local election for
the Liberal candidate, Whereat 'certain
members of his congregation became in-
dignant, and, forming themselves into a
self-appointed committee, waited upon
him, and asked that he make 011 acknow-
ledgement of wrong -doing, He declined
eo do so, and asked them to formulate a
'charge against him, which he would sub-
mit to conference, but there was not one
of the number with ability enough to
write one out, and the minister actually
wrote one for them. Had the minister
votedfor-.toe other candidate, of course it
would haue been all right, and no more
about it would have been heard. Jt is
time the prejudice which exists against
ministers voting was swept away. A man
has just as much a right to denounce
wrong, doing, or approve of a certain
course, by a vote at the ballot box es he
has by a speech from a platform, and the
community mrght be better on if all min
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isters would exercise their rights as voters.
We hope that oyery minister wha hz}s.a
vote, whether he beta Conservative or a",
Liberal, will'ceeteleis ballot whenever be,
has an opportunit, of doing so.
BETTER TQ BE VIRTUQUB. — A Strati
ford paper says:—"Katie McKay, of ode-
rich, and John Armour,.,ot Clinton, ap-
peared at the police court Tuesday morn-
ing, charged with stealing $131 and other
goods trorn a store in Wingham, They
were traced to London; from there to
Mitchell and from there to. St. Marys,
where they were arrested by the constable
there. They had a, hearing before (lis
Worship the P. M. Part of the stolen
goods that were founctWere identified by
the owner. They were sent up for trial."
[The young man referred is most respect-
ably connected, and an excellent work-
man, But eyil associates has broughthim
where he is. There are a number of youths'
here who can learn a profitable lesson
from the foregoing, if they have sense
enough left to draw an inference.]
H'tiitss•;.aTEs.�Mr. Robt. Martin, of
the London road, weighed a young team
the other day, and they turned the scales
respectively at 1820 lbs. and 1660 lbs. or
3480 lbs. for the team, which is unns ally
good weight. We were In error lag eek
in saying that Mr. Martin lost •'a are ;
the information was given us by one who
made a. mistake in a name. Mr. Frank
Thompson shipped a car load of splendid
fillies last week that averaged $200 each ;
he is one of the best buyers that ever comes
to this place, being alwaysswilling to ay a
good fair price for first-class stock ; h ex-
pects to return here in the course of afew
days. Mr..John Dale; of the Huron road,
lost a good mare ou Wednesday. M srs.
W. Bawden, T. Shipley and T. 'Tiling
have formeclezaeynelicate for the purchase
and sale' of horses and intend to have an
extensive sale in the spring; they have
secured about a dozen horses already.
THE PEOPLE'S CONCERT.—The dd-
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fellows of town have considerately under-
taken the job of getting up a free concert
on behalf of the poor of the town, and to
that end have engaged tl1 .t..orvn hal fg�
the evening of the 15th inst., when a pro-
gramme, in which the very best al
musical talent will take part, will be ten-
dered. The Vocophone Band will also
assist and will introduce for the first time
the great Irish song "Miss Clara Nolan's
Ball." Everybody will be ,admitte to
this concert free, but a collection will lee
taken up for the purpose named, andas
the Odd fellows are undertaking this purely
from a philanthropic standpoints ando
not intend to make one cent out fit,
their efforts -should be recognized in the
way in which they deserve. Our people
are usually charitably disposed, andon
this occasion the object is one that calls
for their hearty support and encourge-
ment. Let the hall be crowded, and the
collection liberal.
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Local BRIEFS.—Misses Martin and
Million, of Goderich,have been the guests
of Mrs, W S. Swaffield, for a few days;"
and they admit that there is a little life
in the," Hub" too. Mr. Thos.• Jackson;
sr., leaves for the old.
e a try in a few
days; he goes on a prtspeculation,
and will likely be gone some time. Miss
Moss, of Dundas, is the guest of Mrs. H.
Foster. Mr. John Taylor, after being
confined -to the house for sometime, is able
to be out again, though still very weak.
Mr. Fred Jackson, who has been employed
in Toronto for sometime, 'has returned to
town, and will assist in the• management
of his father's business. Mrs. McGarva,
of Scotland, sister-in-law of Air. John
McGarva, is here on a visit. Miss Charles-
worth, of Seaforth, is the guest of Miss
Jennie Taylor. The wife of Mr. Will
Shipley, who is in the southern part of
Atlanta, fol' her health, has improved
very materially, and it is expected that
by spring she will be able to return to
town in the enjoyment of good ,health.
Mr. John Stewart, of Stanley, is suffering'
from a touch of inflammation .of the bow-
els; we hope our old friend may speedily
recover. Mr. Joe. Dins[ey (second son of
Mr, E. Dinsley) died affer a short ®i1ln ts,
on Wednesday, front dropsy. Mr. Harold
Keefer, a popular civil engineer, of Otte -
we, and cousin of111r, E. Keefer, Clinton,.
accidentally met his death a few days
since by falling from a bridge. . Ex -Mayor
Hodgens, of London, Was in town on Fri-
day last. Major J. G. Holmes, Com-
mander of the • Militia forces at Victoria,
B.C., (cousin of R. Holmes) lost his se-
cond son, aged about ]5, by -the accidental
discharge of a revolver. Miss Goodrich,
of Toronto, is home on a visit, hence the
smiling physiog of a certain young man.
Mr. Joseph Watson,. of Chillicothe, Mo.,
eldest son of Mr. T, Watson, Clinton, is.
evidently appreciated by his employers,
es they have this year re•engaged him as
traveller at the splendid salary of $3,000
a year and his expenses. Considerably
over 700 registered letters were delivered
at Clinton post office during the month 'of
January. Mrs. O'Donnell, of Princess
street, whosr husband deserted her recent
ly, and left her in destitute circumstances,
wishes us to say that she is able to do any
kind of housework, and will be glad to
get employment. The NEW En e extends
its congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Wigton, and hopes that their journey over
the sea ol`.life may be one of unalloyed
bliss., Mr. Thos. O. Cooper,+^after two'
months' confinement to the house, was
able to come down town for the first time
on Saturday last. The regular meeting of
the town council.will be held next Mon-
day evening. On Saturday last Mr. 1).
Dickinson °file 1 for sale by auction, un-
der power of t ttgage, part of lot 16, in
the fourth con, Bion of Mullett,-but•the
property was t :,1 in. .lir, T. C. Doherty
was elected by itcclamation for the post -
tion of Councillor in St. George's Ward,
on Tuesday. .hiss Lizzie 0o,rell, who
has been confined to her room for,several
days, is—still very ill. One evening this
Week, while a load of' Clintonians were
returning from Turner's, Tuckersmith,
they upset, ands couple of the ladies had
their legs severely sprained. Owing to
his continued ilinese, Air tV II Cooper, jr.
has been removed from:his boarding house
to the home of his father, in Stanley; we
trust that ho .lay speedily recover his
wonted health. Messrs W Jackson,Chris
Dickson, and Dr Worthington, combine
business with pleasure and attend the win-
ter carnival at Montreal next week ; any
others who decide on going will oblige by
letting. Mr Jackson know of their inten-
ion. A recent issue of the Brooklyn
agla emnteins a report of the meeting of
Hospital directors, wherein special and
flattering reference is made to the labors
of Dr 1) M Angus, (son•of Mr .'i :Anus,
of Clinton,) who wfis recently promoted to
he pcsition of House Surgeon.
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