Loading...
The Clinton New Era, 1887-09-02, Page 813i p j . SEPTEMBER 2, 1SS7. LOCAL NOTICES. '}SousetoRent or for Sale. Allay to JAS v-wr.orwr.I,, Clinton. good House Slid Lot for sal.. Apply to b. .. y,QW,SLL, Solicitor, Clinton. '•Spplendid Reuse and Lot for Sale dirt Cheap IdANNIN(ic Q: SCOTT, Clinton. WANTED . -1,000 bush. Plums, L000 bush. d'ea2s, 10,000 bush, Appiee. E, MOODY. High Land Pine and Cedar Shingles. les, at from Si toea. perscluare, at,7,TWITCHELLS gown giailiro. Isi'iiAvnp MACHINERY. — Millwrights :'have been engaged for some weeks in ioverhauling the machinery of Fair's mill, and also potting in a number of the most `recently -improved machines, NO that the mill is now as good as any 'in the Province, and capable of meeting s;ll demlznds upon it. CouuacT2oN or Conss.—Mr Bert Hod - gene has a collection of about three hundred coins, no two of which are alike, and most all of which are of a 'very ancient date. Among them are some very quaint pieces of money, and the collection is a valuable one, having .involved considerable labor in its so- ',eumulation. AN;AwHwhRD•PainnICASfE!"r—A cow be- • longing to°Mr -Albert May;got4tseIf in-- to an awkward predicament the other day, In trying to jump a fence it fail- , sd to get its hind feet over, and hung there,•unable to release itself. No one was around but Mrs. May, and she could 'uot help it, but assistance was shortly secured and the animal let down to the ground. • BUSINESS OPENINGS.—There are pre- sumably good openings in Clinton fora twine factory, a vinegar factory, or a ''pork packing establishment, because the raw material needed by any of these industries is produced in abundance hereabouts, and very often goes to waist because there, is no way of properly !utilizing it. MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE.—A few nights since a lady in town, whose name is withheld, met with what might have been a serious accident. 'Whilegoing up a stairway in the house, with a lighted ;lamp in her hands, she slipped and fell to the`bottpm, a distance of about ten feet, the lamp being broken to pieces. !teyond being badly shaken np she sus- tained no injury, -but her escape was miraculous.. - RAILWAY SIDING.— A new siding has been put in here on the north side sof the track—just along where the old station stood. This will materially in- tn'ease the yard room, which hashither- tobeen much too small for the exten- sive and. growing requirements of rail- way trade here. The very large trans- fer business done- at Clinton makes it necessary that it should be done wiyh the least possible delay and inconven- ielYoe. •CONOEItNIxo A TRINE FACTORY.—There having been some talk recently of start- ing a twine factory here, the NEW ERA • interviewed Mr Forrester on the subject and found that he had been looking into the matter with a view of going into it, but he found that the amount of capital necessary was so large that, for the =present, at -least the idea was abandon- ed. He states that he had written to a number of places to find out the cost of suitable machinery for the manufacture of twine, and he learned it would cost from twenty to twenty-five thousand ` dollars ; he had no doubt but that there was money in the business if a company could be formed for its manufacture, as this county alone will annually use a very large amount, and the quantity will constantly be on the increase. Shim ACT Nonr•.s.--Referring to the trials in Seaforth last week, the Exposi- tor says:—"This was Police Magistrate Williams' first appearance in this town' wand rs gentlemanly and courteous de- meanor left a very favorable impression Upon every person in court." At Gode- rich; last Thursday, before the • Police Magistrate D. McDonald, of Kintail, was fined $50 and costs for a first viola- tion of 1th4 Scott !Act, and J. • Flanni- gan, of Dungannon, $100 and costs for a second offence. Jas Moore and C. --Spooner each plead guilty and were fined $50 and costs. Mr(IMcBride, of Goderich, came before the P. M. on Monday, and was found guilty of an of- fence under the Scott Act, being fined $50 and costs. The petition for the repeal of the Scott Act was forwarded to the Government on Tuesday ; the: Scott Act Association are taking action to fight it immediately. ' The Police Magistrate went to Brussels on Tues• day, when J. Robertson., of Ethel, ad- xnitted a first offence against the Scott Act; and paid a fine of $50 and costs. NEWSPAPER NoTEs.—Mr J. J. Crabbe, who had charge of the St Marys Argus for the past seventeen years, has sever- ed his connection with that paper, and has removed to Toronto. As a journa- list he was a success. He is succeeded by two young men from Brighton. The Listowel Banner announces a propriet- nry ch,aange on the 1st of October. The first number of the Blyth Standard has reached ns : it is fairly patronized by the people of Blyth, and contains con- siderable news, but the editor will find it mighty hard work to make it a sue - .cess, because bis field is too limited. The Clinton 'NEW Eur claims to are .the best local .paper in Huron. -- '.ltlitchell Advocate. Well, isn't it?— The Exeter Times has passed; its • 'lath milestone, and we hope may just as successfully pass fourteen more ; it has had a good many difficulties to con- tend with, and seems to have weathered them all. We notice that a W. M.Mor- rit, of Mitchell, threatens the Advocate with a $3000 libel snit. 1Ve hold no ill - will towards the Advocate, but when Morris secures his damages we hope he will settle an unpaid account at this of• Tice, which,. we are afraid, is not worth the paper it is written on, Tna FRUIT TRADE.—Very few people have any idea of the large proportions the fruit, business has reached, but if they had visited Clinton station any day during the past two weeks, and seen the hundreds of baskets of apples, pears and Ohms that have been shipped, they would then have some conception of the trade. A much larger amount is shipped from here than from most other small places,on account of this being a centre, but the aggregate of frnit shipped from all points at this season of the year must be enormous. Hitherto crab apples have been a drug in the market, but this year there is a good demand for them, and large quantities have been shipped to the northwest. Farmers 'have Made a mistake in the past, by growing too many different varieties of 'fruit, consequently they had not enough of one kind to make its purchase an object, but they aro getting over this foolishness, and aro going in for only standard varietiea. The other day a Colborne farmer ordered Bartlett pear trees, from Colquhoun Bros., for thirty acres of land, and when these are bear- 4ig he will make throe times as much from one acre of land as ho would by grain raising. The fruit trade is only in its -infancy, because the foreign de. mend will be always on the increase,and farmers will consult their own interests by devoting more time and attention to their orchards then they have hitherto alone. A -t ni BxoaEN.—The otherday ty young daughter of Ur slQhn McMurray, fell out at a tree into wj ioh she had elimabed, and broke one of her .arms. SCOTT .AAT CoNvENT1oN.—A conve.ntioi of temperance workers and Mende of the Scott Act, will be held in Cliuton,oa Wednesday, the 14th inst. It is ex- pected that some leading temperance men will be present to take part in the proceedings. There should be a large attendance. LoeeL RAILWAY NOTES.—The following are among the shipments p£ live stook this week:—E. Watson, 2 cars to Mon- treal for export ; S.Andrews, 2 cars also for export via Montreal ; E. Bateman, one car of horses to Kokomo, Ind. On Tuesday last, D. Cantelon shipped three cars of apples to Manitobai and N.W.T. points ; he is also _raking good ship- ments to Montreal and Ottawa. Messrs Doherty & Co. are making a good ship- ment of organs to Liverpool this week. Mr A. 0. Pattison is back to his duties as station agent. • A FooL HIRED MAN.—A roan in the employ of Mr James McConnell, Otona- bee, was smoking his pipe while loading peas on a waggon in the field, and he succeeded in setting the load on fire,but by prompt exertion and good luck a large part of it was saved frgm destruc- tion.—Exchange. [A well-to-do farmer in this vicinity informed us that be once raised a tremendous ructien,at a thresh- ing on his own farm, because heordered -couple-of:men~u-ho._-were.on..-s: traw. stack to cease smoking or leave the pre- mises. Th'e old cry of interfering with " individual liberty" was raised, but the has also been en the sink list, is now farmer properly carried his point, and much better. Mrs Doherty, of Chey possiblysavedble•propertyfrgmdestruc• lic%gan, Mich., (daughter of -Mr R Burch - tion.) ell) recently had the misfortune to lose 4014 B1IIE?8.—$om9 sneak thief lift- ed ift.e I a window in the house of MrsMeLeod' the other night, a njt Stole ll, quantity of eatables. Mre Field, of Tara, (daughter of Nr T. R. Fostertformerly of Clinton) is visiting friends in town. We regret to learn that Mr John Dempsey is on the skill list, and is very lowawe•hope to hear of hie speedy recovery: Miss Shar- key, of Cleveland, is the guest of Mrs P. Reynolds. Mr Thos. Jackson, sr., isex- pected home from the old country next weft. Miss Pennebaker, of Port Huron, is the guest of Miss Annie Reynolds.— Mr Henry Stevens, one of the oldest and most respected residents of town, left yesterday in company with a num- ber hi millwrights, with whom he has lately been engaged, and will be absent at least three months. Misses Hoare and Gale, of Strathroy, and Gibson, of Toronto, are the guests of Mrs. Tisdall. Mr John Currie has rented the store next to Rance & Co's, and will open a bread and cake store. Mr Proudfoot and family have returned to town. Mr Robt. Welsh, Princess St., is putting a stone foundation beneath his house. Mr Fred Swinbank is back from the west. Mrs Crioh, Ontario St., has improved her property by the addition of a neat wire fence. Mrs Pake has gone on a visit toBelleville. W. Jackson has gone to Montreal; there must be bargains going there, for he is generally on hand when there is. Mr G. T. Hiscox, of London, was visiting here this week.— We are pleased to know that Mrs Kee- fer, mother of Mr E. Keefer, of whose 'illnestMinitattorr was=recently made; is- recovetlflg, and expeots goon to be ireher- usual health. Mrs Robt. Coats, sr.,who DEATH OF MR: GEORGE FULTON. — Our readers willbe sorry to learn of the death of Mr George Fulton, which occurred at Mount Clemens, Mieh.,on Saturday last, after a'short illness. Deceased was one of the pioneers of Huron, and was wide- ly known and respected, being a man of more than ordinary ability and intelli- gence. In the year 1853 he built a hotel and store on the site now occupied by the Commercial Hotel, Clinton, subse• quently disposing of this and turning his attention to farming. For a number of years he owned the farm now held byW. Weir, on the Bayfield road, removing to Mount -Clemens about 10 years ago.— While living here he took an active part in public affairs, being regarded as a very influential Conservative. He was in well-to-do circumstances, and, his wife, who survives him, was a Mise McBrien, of Hullett. CONMERCAI. UNION MEETING. — On Tuesday a meeting of representative agriculturists from different parts of the county, was held here 'to consider the advisibility of holding a public meeting for the discussion of the ques- tion of Commercial Union, Mr S. Smilie, of Tuekersmith, in the chair, and Mr G. Waldron, of Stanley,.acting as Secretary. It was decided to hold a meeting in Clinton, at whatever date the millinery trade, left foreastern mar - her little girl by death. Mr. E. Worth- ington and wife, late of Port Arthur, •are here on a visit prior to taking up their residence in Chicago.. Mr andMrs J. T. Harland and Mrs Hunt, were the guests of H. Dennis, Brussels,last week. Mr W. Klawsen, of Hensall, has taken a situation in Robertson's Cash Store.— Mrs toreMrs Thrower, who has been attending her sister, Mrs Morrie, of St. Thomas, during her illness, has returned to town. Mr John Robertson and Miss Buchanan are in the eastern markets making •fall purchases. Mr Stephenson, of the 0th con. of Stanley, (brother-in-law of Mr Alex. Welsh) who has rented his farm, has decided on taking up his residence in Clinton. Tho mother of Reeve Mo. Murchie,from Toronno,is hereon a; visit. On Saturday while Mr Ross was exer- cising his stallion it broke away from him and ran down the Bayfield Road, where some one caught it and tied it to a fence. Miss Ida Rupert leaves next week for the Hamilton Female College. Some of the old residents here will re- member Mr Chas. Counter, shoemaker, who years ago removed toBelleville, Ks; we have just learned of his death at that place. 20 tickets were sold here for the Niagara Falls excursion, on Saturday. FI%. Wi11,Beesley, of Beesley & Co.,who is bound to keep in the front ranks of could be arranged for speakers, and the Executive Committee were authorized to correspond with Messrs Goldwin Smith, Toronto, J. E. Shaw, Editor Canadian Live Stock Journal, and Mr. V. E. Fuller, of Hamilton, and secure their services for the occasion. If the engagement of either. Messrs Wiman,of New York, or Butterworth, of Ohio,will permit,an effort will also be made to, se - etre one of these gentleman, but it is feared that they have already too many engagements ahead. Hones NOTES. --;011 Saturday last Mr J. Marshall, of the Bayfield road, Goderich township, lost a three-year- old Tontine colt, for which they had re- fdsed the sum of $175. Mr W. Robin- son, of the Huron` road, sold a 3 year old gelding to J. Snell,of Exeter, for the sum of $290 ; for a gelding such a price +is unusual. Mr John Mason, of Hul- lett, last week sold to Evans & Taylor, of Indiana, one 3 -yr -old, one 2 -yr -old and one yearling colt, ,all entire, and from the well known Borland Chief. The same parties bought,of A. Taylor, Hullett, a year old entire colt of Honest Jim, a 3 -year-old entire colt from J. McMillian, M. P., and al -yr -old filly from Jas Lalthwaite, Goderich town- ship, which weighed'l7001bs, A horse belonging to Mr Geo Peckett, of town, dropped dead while standing in the stable on Sunday night. On Sunday a horse belonging to Mr Jas Churchill, of the Bayfield road, Goderich township dropped dead. On Sunday, a brood mare owned by Mr John—Wright, base line, fractured its shoulder; it is now in a sling and doing well. On Tuesday, Mr Glen, of town, was using a horse be- longing to his son in Stanley, and after he got through with it he started it home along the Bayfield road by itself, knowing it would go home ; when it did get there it had a bad gash in its throat and was otherwise cut, so much that Mr Blackall had to sew up the wounds ; it is supposed to have run 'against a,fence. NEWSPAPERS—What a wonderful thing is the newspaper of the day.. To say nothing of the mammoth London or New York dailies, look at the Toronto Globe and Mail ; one of their ,editions has sixteen pages crammed with'valu• able reading matter, news of the whole world,,litorature, etc., all for two cents. and to come right home look at this paper. People think it is an easy thing to fill up a newspaper, but let them try it for a week and they would wonder where the paper, week inland week out, keeps up the interest. Of course we get the general news of the world furnished ready to hand by the telegraph and the cable, but take the' local news. You walk up and down the streets but you don't notice anything new. The same dusty streets and sidewalks. the same profuse display of goods in the shop windows, the same old crowd at the corners. Tliere•may be a few runaways but that is nothing new. %Veil you wonder what on earth there will be to put in the paper. You go hone, you get the NEW ERA,and lo and beholdt columns of local news in a small town like this. You wonder where they get it all. Well, so do reporters themselves, but it is the result of constant and incessant bunting and gathering together. Tuffs LATE Fiteu Pistil:R.—The pocky MountainMethodist,published at Denver contains the following obituary notice —Fred. H. Fisher, eldest son of A. 5. Fisher, Esq., died at Parachute, Gar• field county, Colorado, July 81, 1887, Was born at Clinton, Ontario, 5eptem• ber 7th, 1859. Was married to Mary Hallett, October 7th, 1883. Brother Fisher was a remarkable man. IIis spiritual germs were awakened to life in childhood so early that the time was noted neither by himself nor his devot- ed parents. He had no memory of not being a child of God. He never by no• belief went out of Christ, in whom all are born ; therefore his religious life was vigorous, beautiful .and- fruitful to an eminent degree, and in his home and other social relations he was loving,true and noble, and greatly beloved ; and in business he was a marvel of industry and wisdom, .In a long ministry I have never found his superior in ehttrcll work. Entire devotion, intense energy and practical wisdom characterized him. With courage born of vital union with Christ he endured a long wasting sick. nets, yielding only to the inevitable and ceasing at once to work andlivo. I pray God to multiply the numbers who never suffer their natures to be weakened and marred by years of sinfulness. When will the church come to see the infinite importance of training the children np in Christ ? Gir.nan•r l)r: ht MervT, I'as• for lf, E. ('hnt•ch. kets on Tuesday. Plans are being pre- pared for a mansard roof for S. Davis' blending, Mr Hine is stilt confined to the house. Mrs Vyeatherstone, Detroit, is here on a visit. Mrs Trouse, of Del- eware, (sista, of, Mr James Howe) is on a visit here. Miss M. Trewartha leaves next week on a visit to friends at Port Hope. Mr W. Donagh. of Winnipeg, formerly employed in town, is clown on a visit; he thinks there is not power en- pugh its the whole Dominion to prevent the Red River Valley railroad' being built and operated. Mrs Hall, Claude, is here on it visit to her sisters, Mrs G. Doherty and Miss Shannon. MrsCluff, of Detroit, is here owing to the illness Of her mother, Mrs Potts. The Doherty Organ Band, which goes to Toronto in a couple of weeks, to play at the exhibi- tion, has recently added a couple of ox- ' tra good players to its already efficient staff, and we expect it will return cover- ed with ,glory and honor: Mr•Searle has materially altered the appearance of his property on the corner next to Rat- tenbury St. Church, by cutting down the large poplars which have for years reared their beads aloft. Mr Marcy,sr. is gettuig out a patent in -Canada and - the United States for a movable key board for organs; it would require too much space to describe it in detail, but it. practically means a six -octave play- ing space on a five -octave organ.- Mr J. B. Crosson, of own has rented his 50 „acr: fur4i ori7i z, tt l;4f ,=;_. nckoremith for five years,' to Mr' 'Robt. Piewes; Mr Crossen will have an auction sale of his stock on the 8th inst. A return match between Clinton and Kincardine base ball clubs will be played here to-day.— At the adjourned school board meeting, held on Thursday evening, the motion of Mr McGarva, seconded by MrSearle, tei hold the school trustee elections'sim- ultaneously with the municipal elections and by ballot, was voted down. Dr. A. Worthington is attending the annual meeting of the Provincial Medical Asso- ciation, et I-familton. Mrs Garfield, (widow of the late President of the U.S.) with some friends spent a couple of hours in Clinton last Friday evening, on the way to visit Mrs Hawley, at Gode- rich, and the Rattenbury House had the honor of entertaining her while here.— Mr and Miss Fair, and Mr C. Dickson returned from the old country on Tues- day evening, having enjoyed their trip immensely; Deputy -Reeve Manning has got as far as Toronto, and will be home this week. As we go to Press the races of the Colinton Driving Park are in pro- gress. Notwithstanding our enlarge- ment we are compelled to carry over a lot of local cdrrespondence which it is absolutely impossible to get in this week ••. Loral Church Chimes. ')'lie ladies of Willis church are pre. paring a box of dlothitig to bo sent to the Indians within a certain mission field in the Northwest. Rev Jackson Wray, the popular au• thor,and pastor of Whitfield Tabernacle, London, Eng. will deliver a lecture en. titled "Rare Old IEsop" in the town hall, Clinton, on the 13th inst. Rev Mr Simpson, of Brucefield, filled the pulpit of the Willis church on Sun- day last, Mr McWilliams taking Mr Simpson's work. Air McGee, of Knox college, will preach in Willis church next Sunday. , It hue been decided to formally re open the Ontario St, Methodist church, on the 18th inst. Rev Mr Roberts will preach in the morning and evening of that day, and Rev Mr Howell in the afternoon; it is expected that a public meeting will be held the next day. The many friends hero of R v Robt Craig, of Dunbarton, will be sorry to learn that ho has recently been suffering with hemmorhage of the lungs, and is yet in very poor health. We sincerely hope his illness will be of short duration, and that we may soon announce Ills re- covery. Two weeks ago Sunday a special col- lection was taken up in Ontario St Sab. bath school, for .the benefit of three new churches which aro being built at the foot of the Rocky Mountains; the sum raised was over $5. On last Sunday a collection was taken up in ltattenbury St. Sabbath school, for the same purpose; a trifle peer $20 was realized, Mr E. Medd (son of H. Medd, Esq., of Hullett) who has been supplying the Mothodist pulpit in Almonte, during the pastor's absence in England, concluded his labors last week, and was the re- cipient of a purse and address prior to his leaving that place. Mr Medd is now home for a slfort visit, and will go to the Montreal Theological college the latter part of this month, to complete his min• isterial studies. It 0 BOOKSTORE, CLINTON. • Full Stock and. Low Prices. Look out next week for Advertisement. CHRIS. DICKSON, CLINTT` CO P'01R, NOBBY FITTING SUIT t. C.C.RANCE & CO, THE H U B CLOTHIERS. A FINE SELECTION OF Canadian and Imported Goods Always in Stock. C. C. RANCE & CO., TZIE 111:773 CLOTIII EI , CLU TON 000 +--,- IN WE ARE OPENING UP NEW GOODS AL:IISOS'T EVERY DAY. FOR A GRAND ASSORTMENT OF DRESS GOODS, SEE OUR STOCK, ALL THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN • DRESS MATERIALS and TRIMMINGS, NEW AND FRESH. AN EARLY CALL WILL SECURE THE BEST SELECTIONS. 6 wa Our Mande Th3parTthen Will open in a few days, completely stocked with all that is new, desirable and cheap. MANTLE ORNAMENTS & TRIMMINGS. We intend to place our Dress and Mantle Department prominently before the public, and intend that they shall not take second place with any in the county. FLANNELS & ANaOLIAS,Union &all Wool WE WILL GIVE YOU GOODS CHEAP. IT WILL DO YOU GOOD TO SEE THEM. Our ('ouniy Fair will be held at Clinton, on September 9.7ih and 228th; "come," we're going to have a big time. But do not fail to see the'Cheap Goods we twill offer you G E O E PAY & CO's d THE DRY GOODS EMPORIUM OF CLINTON GUNTERS ATiT) TA :LES Full of NEW GOODS We are very busy unpacking our old country Goods, bought by Mr W Jackson, and we will have a great deal to say in the next issue of the NEW ERA about then. Mr W Jackson is in Montreal this week, assort- ing up our stock, and in a few days we commence our Fall Campaign, with the biggest stock to 1e seen in the county. . JACKSON EROS. CIAINT(ON.