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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1890-03-21, Page 8to V.ii,1:i7A'lf, MAI1O1I 21, 1890. j OCALOT7QES. Idles Currell,of the Great Cash Store, xeturned to town on Monday. 1liiea .Luxe... Qf Toronto has taken Charge of Robertson's Millinery De- partment. Apprentices wanted to learn the dress and mantle making, at the Dry Goods Palace. Edna Lyall,—This popular au- thors books only 25c. each at COOPERS ,BOOK STORE. A nice assortment of nobby spring suitings and pantings just opened up at the "Dry Goode Palace." J. TWITCHELL has just reeeived a large assortment of Trunks and Va- lises at remarkably low prices. Go to JOHNSTON & ARMOUR, Harness Makers, Clinton, if you want good cheap Robes, Horse Clothing and anything in the harness line. Railway Tickets.—If you are going to Toronto, Detroit, London, or any local point, get your tickets at the G. T. R. town office and save time and trouble at the depot. If tickete not used, money refunded. Aceideuts.—If you are going away from home in any direction, take out an accident policy in the North Ameri- can Insurance Co., and do the same if you are staying at home. Claims promptly paid. A. 0. PATTISON, Agent G. T. R., Clinton. Passengers for Manitoba points can secure free berths from Toronto to des- tination by applying to A. 0. Pattison, station agent, or W. Jackson, town agent. Make application in good time. Couucin,,ickets issued and baggage through to destination. Zarin 4WD 1C . MANITOBA EXCURtiONS.--The special Manitoba train leaves Clinton Station next Tuesday at 11.45 a. m. Passengers should make a note of this. SCHOOL BOARD.—At the meeting of the school board on Monday even- ing the following accounts were or- dered to he paid :—Grip Printing Co., for maps, $8.50; W. Cooper & Co. $4; J Biddlecombe, $2.25; G. Swallow, 90c. A communication asking for the use of a room for the holding of Band of Hope meetings, was referred to the managing committee. CATTLE.—Measre Stanbury and Watson shipped a number of cattle frcm here on Tuesday, animals pur- chased of the following parties being among them:—R. Cudmore, Tucker - smith, 4, 5060 lbs; Jas. Walkinshaw, Hullett, 1 cow, 1490 Ilse; J. Lands- boro, Tuckersmith, 2, 2840 lbs; J. White, Tuckersmith, 1 cow, 1260:lbs; J. Flynn, Hullett, 6, 7200 lbs; Jas - Reynolds, Hullett, 2, 2510 lbs. Ir PLEASES EVERYBODY.—The following, from W. Brunsdon jr., of Pickford, Mich., formerly of Hullett, explains itself :—I send you my sub- scription for the NEW ERA, for it is like an old friend coming in to'see us we all want to see it. first; well we have not been in mud up to the ttneee we have bad steady sleighing since 5th of January, we nave had a soft day now and again, we have had a lot ot snow, on the main it has been a nice winter, this week has been bright and clear and down to 25 to 30 below zero at night. BACK TO ONTARIO.—Mr T. J. Bell, the well known horseman of Londes- boro, and than whom no one has a better reputation as a "square, up - and -up man," hut who has been in Indiana for some time, is back among his old friends in Huron county. In conversation with a Ntw ERA repro- ' siantative he said that times were very hard over where he was, it being al- most impossible to collect money. He has been dealing in entire horses almost all his life, but he thinks of retiring there from,and may once moi e settle down to some other occupation - in this county. VERY CHANGEABLE. -The weather this season has consisted more of changes than of anything else. Fri- day last it was so fine and spring ° like that a farmer near town ordered his hands to sow clover -seed, but Saturday morning, when a blizzard was raging, the work was properly discontinued. Saturday afternoon was fine and clear, but on Sunday morning it was so blustery that one could scarcely see ten feet ahead, and while heavy drifts of snow covered the roads some places, bare ground was visible in others, and wheels were more serveciable than runners; almost every variety of weather may be experienced any day now. POOR LOOKOUT FOR FRUIT. —Mr A. 11IcD. Allan, the well-known fruit expert, was in town on Monday, and in the course of conversation, was asked his opinion as to the prospects for the fruit crop this year. He said 6 it was too early to speak with any de gree of certainty, but he was a little afraid that the weath er was unfayor- able. The r; i ; mild days, he thought, would , • tendency to cause an upw , ; ow of sap, and this would 11 . 1 t o trees to bud early. Then the sudden changes suggested frosts that would destroy the buds.— ; 0199tirso be hoped that this would not occur, ' STATISTICP,—The f,iliovV� ing particulars are taken from the re- port ot the Minister of Education for 1889 :—School population in Huron between the ages of 5 and 21, 19195 ; Grey and Simcoe are the only coun- ties that return a higher number than this in the province, The Wel num- ber of all sages attending school was 15,733, being over 8000 boys and 7000 girls. The school population, that is J; between the ages of 5 and 21. in Gode- rich, is 1174 ; Clinton, 887; Seaforth, r 962 . Wingham, 799. In Huron near- €ly 7000 of the pupils are in the 3rd and 4th Readers. 132 male and 82 female teachers find employment in this county, the average male salary >, being $408, and the average female . $270. The total amount raised for 1°' 'Public school purposes in the county, was $111,774, and the average cost !eel' pupil was$6.38. It will be seen ▪ ,.1at Ruron is third highest in the number of school children within its borders, fifth in the number of teach- ers employed, yet there are 39 other counties where the average cost per pupil is higher than it is here. For t 3acher's salaries Goderich paid $8775; Clinton, $3156 ; Wingham, $3598 ; and Seaforth, $2840. There are 4 Separate schools in Huron, with a total attendance of 246 pupils, and The total amount raised for these ehools was $2105, Money half St,, ]atrlolVe Mc W:: Moir jr. of Winnipeg, is home ea a visit. Mrs Hawkins, of Toronto, is visit - in old friende here,. A coupleiof tramps slept in the look up on alonday night. Mr - eynolds, of flensaIl, lias bought out the livery business of Mr Roland Beattie. Messrs. Jos. Wheatley and Robert Welsh, of town, have been appointed county constables. Master James Sibley leaven town in a few days in order to study at an American Electrical college. Mr George Shipley has bought the 62 acres on the Huron road, Tucker - smith, owned by his brother Thomas The widow of the late Hon. W Cayley did not long survive him,hav ing died at Toronto this week, age 72 years. Mayor Doherty bas rented part o Mr Thomas Shipley's farm, on the Huron road, to be used for pasturing his ho -see. It is stated that there is an attrac- tive button at Kinburo, and a young man from town is making a desperate effort to pick a up. Mr W. Herbison, of Goderich town- ship, has taken up his residence in town, having moved to the house oc- cupied by the late John Taylor. The next regular monthly meeting of the W.C.T.U. will be held at the home of Mrs W. S. Harland, next Thursday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Mr W. Smithson, desiring to retire from business, will have an auction sale of sundry articles, at his shop, on Saturday next. He has been in business here a great many years. Miss H. Foxton, who has been in Toronto for some time, has returned to town, but will only remain here a short time, as she goes again:to Mani- toba as a teacher. The contract for the new house of Mr A. Foster, of Varna, has been awarded to Mr S. S. Cooper, who is the right man in the right place, and is sure to turn out a neat building. AnnivemarrServices Of Ontario Street °111ethodist Sabbath Sebool. The morning service in Ontario St. church,iast Sabbath,1 on the occasion .ot. anniversary- 443;44m—being- held,- was ser 4ces.-being-.held,- was conducted by Rev J. Edge, and the evening one by Rev J. Living- stone. On Monday evening a large audience gathered to enjoy the usual anniversary services; Mr David Tip- -lady, Seperintendent of the church, occupied the chair, and made a abort address, complimenti•'g the school on its advancement, and general good standing. Mr Ralph Tiplady, secre- tary of the shool, cead the following report.—It is with deep gratitude to ' � God that we are able on the return . of this another anniversary occasion - to report an undiminished interest d ; and steady increase in our Sabbath School work. The year that has t paused has been one of encourage- ment and hope. with only one death in our band of Sabath school workers, that being Miss Ida M. Gibinge, who was one of our most earnest and faithful teachers. We have added to the roll as new pupils, 62 while the removals have been 40, leaving an increase of 22 above last year. Total number on roll 283, average atten- dance 219, increase of average atten- deuce 20. Total number of teachers 22, average attendance 19, total num- ber of officers 7, average attendance 6, total number of verses recited by school 10109, boys 7609, girls 8500, average per Sunday 195; we have distributed papers to the number of 5070, viz. Happy Day 1950, Home and School 3120. The Treasurer's report showed hat the total rceiepts for the year had been $138.56, while the ex- penditure had been 8164.34. An appeal for $75, to meet the current expenses of the school, was made, and to this the congregation had liberally responded, making the amount over $80. The program was to a certain ex- tent a new departure, being national- ized under different headings, and the recitations, etc,, in each depart- ment relating to the country named. The following was the program com- plete. Mr J. W. Riter's large Newfound- land dog, Jumbo, had to be killed on Wednesday, because of an injury it sustained some time ago and from which it could not recover. It was a valued animal. Mr S. S. Cooper has been awarded the contract of a residence for Rev J. A. McConnell,Varna. The reverend is already assured of a first class job, for Sam is hard to beat for good work and neat style. The Vancouver Advertiser, of the 5th says.—Mr Thos. F. Calbick and his bride were in town yesterday and went over to Moodyville by the 5 o'clock ferry. Mr Calbick received many congratulations from his num- erous friends in town. The NEw ERA acknowledges an invitation to ba present at the mar- riage of Mr Nelson Carson, which takes place at Alexander, Manitoba, on the 26th inst. As we cannot very well be present, our good wishes go forward just the same. The remains of a Miss Whitney, ot Toronto, were brought here for inter- ment on Tuesday. Deceased was 21 years of age, and had died from the grippe. She was a neice of Mr John Sprung, base line, and the body was taken to Ball's cemetery. PASS IT ROUND.—Winter is evi- dently trying to steal a March on us. —[Point Edward Post. Has anybody said July?—[Toronto World. April May.—[Forest Free Press. Whoever said so ought to been October on the spot.—Toronto Empire. Don't June know better than talk that way.— London Advertiser. August of wind will take all this away. THE SICK. -11r Tbos Fair was for several days on the sick list, but is now able to be back in his office again. Mr James Turnbull is not yet able to resume his duties at the Collegiate, though he expects to do so next week. Mr A. H. Manning is just able to be around the house, and is anxious to get back to office work. Master Charlie Lawrence, who has had a hard struggle for life, is improving and will soon be quite well. Mr W. McMullen was found in his house, Mary St. unconscious the other day, and is still pretty low. A COLD SUBJECT. —Mr Jos. Allan - son has finished his ice harvest for this season, having stored for himself somewhat over one hundred tons, besides cutting about 500 tons for other persons. The ice runs from 8 to 13 inches thick. Mr Allanson se- cured all this at VanEgmond's pond, where he had the misfortune, while plowing one day, to fall into about six feet of cold water. As everbody around VanEgmond's is so much thinner than Joe, it was with diffi- culty he secured any clothes to wear while his own were drying. ATHLETIC CONCERT.—Don't for- get the date of the Clinton Athletic Association Concert in the Town Hall on Tuesday, the 8th. The program will be out immediately and you will be able to see what a treat is in store for you. Lieut. Rance has perfected his arrangements for his military tab- Ieausiand Mr fills, Jaek,oa bas night- ly !:f`a stilted drilling for the fancy drill. On the 8th you will not know them from the closely drilled Cmpany 4 of the 33rd Batt. Several singers of prominence have kindly offered to help the concert along and they are heartily thanked by the boys. 3.et every one attend the concert. SoNit WEATHER COMPARISONS.— December, 1815, and January, 1816, were very warm, indeed so mild that fires were seldom,lighted in our rooms. February was also as mild as spring time,with the exception of one or two cold days. March was cold and bois- terous the first half, then mild to the middle of April, when winter set in with ice and deep snows, which con- tinued until June. June *as bitter cold, the coldest ever known; frbst, ice or snow almost every night destroy- ing almost everything the frost could kill. Snow fell 10 inches deep in Vermont,New Hampshire and Maine, three inches in the interior of New York state, and in a part of Pennsyl- vania and Massachueetts. July was cold and frosty. Ice formed as thick as window glass throughout New Eng- land. August was worse still. Ice formed half an inch thick and killed almost every green thing in this country and Europe. Corn for seed in 1817 that was raised in 1815, sold for $5 a bushel. ENGLAND. --National Hymn -- School. Ye mariners of England— Howard Grant, Theses is England's Glory—Ida Carter. Recitation—May Rodway. The last sight ofErgland— Clara Steep. SCOTLAND.—National Hymn— School, I'm just a wee bit Lassie— Ida Shipley. Scotland—Perry Plum - steel. Bonnie Doon—Azie Gibbings. Cotters Saturday night—Thomas Hardy. IRELANn.—National Hymn—By School. Erin is my Horne—Lottie Foster. Oft in the stilly night—Lou- isa Finch. Dear Harp of my country —Hattie Pickett. Exile of Erin— Libbie Gibbings. UNITED STATES.—National Hymn —By School. Landing of the Pil- rime—Carrie Walker. American irthday Party—Seven boys and one irl. Mouthorgan selection—Boys. ecitation—Willie Hewitt. CANADA.—National Hymn --School God Bless Canada—Mills Shipley. Death of Wolf --Herbert Muir. Quartette—God Bless our Canada— Composed by Mrs Whitt. 'Miss Can- ada's Tabby and Carlo—May Rada - way. Home Sweet Home—James Livingstone John Smith. HEAVEN.—National Hymn—By School. Heaven—Lucy Grant. En- quiry—Minnie Tipling. Little maid's sermon—May Armstrong. Dream of Heaven—Maud Baker. God Save the Queen. A very interesting entertaiiiment closed at a reasonable hour. • - at. Local Church Chimes Rev. Jas. Livingstone lectured in Port Elgin last (Thursday) night.— Next Sunday he will preach on the Hensall circuit, ° Rev. J. S. Cooke coming here. There was a large attendance at the Baptist church, on Sunday evening, on the occasion of the rite of baptism being administered. Rev. Mr Deck, of Listowell, officiated. and was very attentively listened to. There were four persons immersed. On Sunday last Mr James Young preached on the Nile circuit. There being considerable snow on the ground here he started in a cutter, but, un- fortunately, the rig scratched gravel nearly all the way to the appoint- ments, the wind having blown the snow off the road. Rev. Mr Anderson, ofGoderich,ad- dressed the Young People's Associa- tion, of Willis Church, last Tuesday evening, on the subject, "Every man the architect of his own fortune."— We feel safe in saying that the next time be comes to Clinton even a bet- ter audience will greet him than the one cn this occasion. Mr Anderson stands in the very front rank as an orator, and treats his subject in a very pleasing and able manner. The other part of the programme consist- ed of—Solo, Miss Aggie Jackson; Duet, Misses Dolly Fair and Eva Chidley; Recitation, Miss Nettie Combe;Quartette, Misses McMurchie and McGarya and Messrs Agnew and Andrews, Mtssro e BAND—On Tuesday even- ing last a number of young ladies and gentlemen met in the Lecture Room of the Rattenbury St Metho- dist Church, for the purpose of organ- izing an auxiliary to the W. M. S. of that church. The objects of the band were &early demonstrated by Mrs Detlor,President of the W. M. S., aft r which a number enrolled their names as members. The following officers were elected to transact the year's business. Pres, Mies A. Irwin ; lat vice Pres, Miss S. Acheson , 2nd vice Pres., Mr A. J. Cooper ; Secetary, Miss A. Taylor; Treasurer, Miss G. Boles ; Musical Com. Mimes Boles & Williams; Organist, Mise Ida Boles; A program was chosen and the fol. lowing will be given at the next meeting on Tuesday 1st of April ;— China will be taken up. Mr John Rumball will handle the pointer and show you anything you want to know about geographical China. Mr Ball- ard will lecture upon "Social China" while Mr Frank Hodgene is going to give a reading on Chinese missions. There is s plentiful supply of music for the occasion and there is every reason to believe that the band will be a success. B g R Mr Frank Metcalf, of Blyth, has bought the stock of Mr Chris. Dick- son. EW -OO ROBE —AT------- ROBE T - DS TSON'S We have passed into stock the finest assortment of Clearing Sale! Having purchase. the Stock of Messrs Geo. E. Pay & Co., at 65 cents on the Dollar, I will offer It on Wednesday, Fib, 26 At less than wholesale cost, in order to clear it out before the 1st of April. JOHN iti'ISF;_ THE LOW PRICED STORE, CLINTON PRINTS, SATEENS, SHIRTINGS, TABLE LINENS, CURTAINS, CURTAIN NETS, &c.. That it has ever been our privilege of doing. We would call special at- tention to our Sateens,which for quality and pattern are unsurpassed. OUR DRESS GOODS This season are simply elegant. Call and see our NOTICE. LEI"IT srilE.3ER/ e Lovely designs, the newest thing in the market. Now is the time to buy your Cottons & Shirtings So as to get them made up before the busy season is upon you. Robert- sons is the place to buy then, because he makes a specialty of them and runs them at close prices. If you want a pair of CORSETS, try the B. & C., satisfaction guaranteed. We have just opened up a magnificent assortment of M11_, LIN-JI,Y. T Which is in charge of MISS LOWE, formerly with John D. Ivey A: Co., Toronto. You may need something in this line before our opening, if so, give us a call. We have added to our stock of Dry,Goods a well assorted stock of (} ,OCERIE:i for the special accommodation of our country friends. Come along with your Butter and Eggs, we will be able to sup- ply you with all your wants. ROBERTS0N'S HAVING BOUGP.T A Bankrupt Stock GREAT CASH STORE . - - CLINTON WHO'SYouRNATTE —OF BOOTS, SHOES, OVER- SHOES & RUBBERS At 57} Cants on the Dollar, and in order to clear them out before we get in our spring stock, we will sell this lot on a small advance on what they cost us. Biggest Bargains ever offered in Boots and Shoes, for the Next two weeks. Come and see for yourselves. Plumsteel - & - Gibbings 1 13EESIEr CO THIS 'E : K See our Great Special- ties in Mens & Boys Hats at 3Oc., 76c. Kid $1, - We are showing a special line of Lies (hiti Cotton VflPfl New styles for spring in Bridal Trousseau's, Night Dress- es, Infant Robes, White Dresses and Aprons. Correct styles and better value than ever, at prices to suit the times. NEW EMBROIDERIES, good goods at the lowest prices. CORSETS All our leading lines in stock, the Yatisi, Watchspring and Coralino, and full assortment of cheap lines. We are offering our stock of J The Finest Assortment of New Styles and the best value in the trade See our New York Novelties Nothing like them in this section New spring Millinery Choice selection of the very newest novelties, and from us all the latest stales may be had. Jackson Brothers, HATTERS and FURRIERS, CLINTON Beesley's Great Millinery Emporium. The Ladies Favorite Eslablish�ent