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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1890-05-16, Page 8r� 4511,0011 Men .4*,' beM; suU,atsShiro"Rlpoom b. yiit , to lifr;awes .Archibald, of, Mora, •W nit ;i+'RIII,A!, NAY 16, 1890, 11 transient visitor bete 'sot week, Oar citoice is -fOly. OL.1,Vi t. 1IOWAT, for lrelnier. . OW fur WvAAU9t- A. BISHOP, for South Huron J. G,IBSON, for East Huron Electors who mark their bal- lots for any of these condi- dates will bo helping to sup- port one of the best govern- ments that ever had an exist- ence. LOCAL NOTICES. Try CARLINE for boots and shoes. Eggs taken, 5 per cent off for cash. To be given away, another fine Sew- ing Machine, at COOPER At LOGAN'S. Finelarge assortment of Trunks and `Valises of the best quality at JOHNS - TON and ARMOUR'S. They are very cheap. J. Twitchell has received two more cars of those XXX cedar shingles that are giving such good satisfaction, also 1 car of pine, at $1.35 per square. gown Ulna. PASSE».—Those who have passed the Easter examinations at Geulph Agricultural College,from this section are : D. Buchanan, Hernial]; R. Elliott, Seaforth. HORSES. Mr Geo. Shipley has sold his splendid driving team to Messrs McMurcbie and McCorvie at a good figure. He also sold a heavy horse to Mr Maroie,of Montreal. Mr A. McMurcbie sold a driving team to the same party. REFORM RALLY.—On Monday evening a public meeting will be held in the Town Hall, at 8 o'clock, in the interests of the Liberal candi- date, Mr Garrow. Addresses will be delivered by M. C. Cameron,.A. M. Roes and J. T. Garrow. Let there be a large turnout. Information from Tokyo, Japan, up to April 26th, says :—Mrs Large, wife of the missionary so brutally murdered and who herself was fright- fully slashed by the long swords of the assassins, is now out of danger. Al- though the native police have arrested 25 men, no one has been positively identified as the one who did the deed. STOCK SALE.—Bp advertisment it will be seen that a stock sale will take place here on the seventh of June. Farmers will be allowed to offer any live stock by aaction, free of charge. This will be a chance that no doubt many will avail themselves of. Any particulars can be obtained of either Messrs. W. Jackson, J. Johnston, or D. Cantelon. PROSPECTING.—Mr J. T. Garrow, the Liberal candidate for West Hur- on, was in town on Monday, accom• panied by Col. Rose. Mr Roberts, the Conservative candidate, was also in town accompanied by Mr F. W. Johnston. Both candidates were making calls upon their expected sup- porters, and we presume that both met with kind receptions. DISTRICT MEETING.—The May meeting for the Methodist Churches in the Goderich District will be held in the Rattenbury St., Methodist Church, Clinton, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 20th and 21st inst. There Is considerable church business to be transacted at this wee/Ling, as it is just prior to the winding up of the year. GooD Geowril.—Mr E. Wise, gardener, of this town, has a grape vine that is two years old, that he has raised from the seed. It has been cut back twice, but is now more than four feet high. He has it in a pot in the house in full leaf. He has no name for it yet, but we suggest that be call it the "Wise Grape." A DANGEROUS PASTDAE.—On Sun- day last a couple of youths, who no doubt thought they were doing a smart thing, kicked the bung out and let the water:out of the barrel that ° stands at the end of the iron railway bridge near town. Unless they have more money than brains, they had better not repeat the experiment, or they will ha7e to stand a trial. VPe are informed that scarcely a week passes without large stones being plac- ed on the rails,"for fun,"to the danger Of life and prorerty. If trtsepassers on the railway property get punished, they, will have no one to blame but themselves. "CATTLE.—Sume really excellent cattle were shlppod frow here last week. In Mr McLean's lot were the following; 15 bead bought of Mr E. Turner, weighing 19530, an average of over 1300, each, 6 from Mr Jas. Cornish, Hullett, weighing 7380; 7 boughtfromJas. 'Johnston, West Wawanosb, weighing 9335, 2 from C. Washington, Wevvanosh, weighing 2840, and 5 head from W. Hill, Col- borne weighing 7000. The weights show that all these were good cattle. The following were delivered for Mr Smith, J. G. Steep, Goderich town- ship, 8 head weighing 3460; John Middleton, Goderich township, 27 bead, weighing 33455, Mr Dennis, Varna, bull 1920; J. Diehl, Stanley, 2 weighing 2420; J. Caldwell,Stanley; 2 weighing 2530; Thos. Frazer, Stan- ley, 3 weighing 4360. All together these were a pretty good lot of cattle ACOMINa ENTERTAINMENT.—The concert to be given in the Town Hall on the evening of the 29th, by the young people of the Rattenbury, St. Church,.promieea to be one of musical merit. Several vocalists from ad- joining towns have been engaged to take part, and in addition will be the lady whistler, Miss McManis, of In- dianapolis, of whom the Toronto Mail says:— "A very pleasing feature of the entertainment was furnished by Miss Laura McManis, a young lady whose ability as a whistler charmed her audience, elicited many admiring comments and much vigotonely giv- ' en applauses. Whistling is evident- ly becoming popular among the lad- ies, and may soon be an accomplish- ment generally possessed. Mies Mc- Manis trills out her notes with the facility and sweetness of a canary, following faithfully the moot difficult passages in the not simple pieces of music selected. She was accompani- ed by her sister on the piano," ° bliss Sibley, wbo has been attend- ing ttte Detroit School of Elocutioq, is Nome. Air S. S. Hartt has wev,d into the houee !,f Mr E. Holmes, on Ratteu- httey,etreet. kir James ,frown, of the Huron road,bas a widow sister frou! Ireland, visiting hint. Clint,n Fire Compauy talk of go- ing to Wingham to compete in the hose reel race, on the 24th. Prof. Trevor is organizing a sing- ing elites here, the class commencing on Thursday night, 151,11 inst. The annual meeting of the members of the Mechanics' Institute was held in the Council room, last (Thursday evening. Dr. Blackall is credited with affect ing an unusual cure in the case ot sick mare owned by Geo. Westacott Hullett. Mrs James Miller ie visiting he daughter, Mrs Foster, in Toronto Mrs J. W. Rite!, sister ot Mrs Foster is there also. Mr W. Robinson, of the Huron Road, has been unwell for a couple of ,weeks, but we are glad to learn is getting beater. Mr Arthur Couch has bought from Mr Thos Shipley his farm on the south side of the Huron road, a short distance from town. A meeting of the members of the Atheletic Association will be held at 8 o'clock this (Friday) evening. A full attendence is desired. Mr W. Cantelon had so bad an at- tack of sciatica on Friday last, that he had to be driven home, and was only able to leave the house on Tuesday. Mr Thos. Rumball, late freight clerk, has been promoted to the posi- tion of operator, and Mr Albert Jack- son, of Londesboro, takes the freight department. Mr Samuel Grigg late of the Grigg House London, and a well known Clintonian, has been appointed Man- ager of the Northfield,Mass., summer resort owned by evangelist Moody. Mr R. Barkwell, lwho has resided here for several years, has sold his property and will move to Michigan, where his son Wesley is residing. Mrs Barkwell and her daughter, Mrs Hiles, of Hullett, intend taking a trip to the old country. a r IMPROVING. — The recent heavy rains have wonderfully improved the appearance of fall wheat, for in plac- es where it looked to be killed, it is now looking splendid. Spring grains are also coming on well, and at pres- ent prospects for fruit are good. It was the frost of May 29 that last year did the damage. We are pleased to mention the names of the following succesful com- petitors wbo wrote at Clinton in con- nection %with the Scheme of Higher Religious Instruction of the Presby- terian Church;—A. L. Budge, who took a medal in the senior depart- ment for an essay; the Misses Ross, daughters of Mrs J Ross, Brucefield, who took respectively a medal and prize in the junor department of his- tory, and W. H. Anderson, ot Bruce - field, who took a prize in the same department. A PROTEST --Local politicians, both Conservative and Reform, are kicking at what they regard as an unfair arrangement by the head manager@ of the telegraph companies concerning reports of the elections, to to be furnished on the night thereof. Last year each party paid $15 for telegraph returns. This year they are asked $20 each, They admit that the extra work to be done by opera tors at a time like election night - should be reasonably well paid for, but they do think the amount now, asked is unreasonable, and the proba- bilities are that unless some other arrangement is made by the com- panies, politicians will go home the night of the election, sleep the sleep of the just, and get their political digest from the papers next morning. Local Sporting Notes LACROSSE. On Monday evening match No. 2 of the series of games between the town and Doherty factory lacrosse teams took place. The last game having resulted in a draw -0 to 0—it was thought that this game would be very exciting, and accordingly a large number of sportsmen, and also ladies, were assembled on the grounds.— Nor were they disappointed, for the game was intensely interesting. It resulted again in a draw -0 to 0. The following were the teams :— ORGAN Tow FACTORY Goal, Doherty Cottle Point, Morrish Robertson Cover point, Potts Cantelon let defence, Downs Stoneham 2nd defence, Davis Manning Centre, Lavin Spindler 3rd home, Whitmore Young 2nd home, Fair Scott lst home, Read May Outside home, Stewart Gibbings Inside home, Kennedy Ker Field capt., Mude Jackson Referee, W. Harland, jr. GUN CLUB. The following was the score at the practise, on Monday: — Wm. Foster, 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1-6 J. McMurray,1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1-9 C. Milne, 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0-2 G. Hinchley, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1-9 E. Hovey, 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0-8 C. Overbury, 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-3 The society has lately purchased a new blue rock trap from W. McDow- ell, Toronto, and an excellent supply of artificial birds, • Considerable excitement prevailed in sporting circles on Wednesday, over a threatened magistrate's case between the officers ot the Base Ball Club and the members of the Gun Club, arising from some misunder- standing. Each bad retained legal counsel, but instead of allowing it to go to trial, wiser counsels prevailed) and it was referred to Messrs W. Mc- Gee and A. H. Manning, to settle by arbitration, they to call in a third person. The matter will be amicably arranged, and the same good feeling. that has been displayed between the various clubs in town, should prevail continually. CRUCRET.—The Victoria Cricket Club has accepted a challenge from the Seniors of Exeter, to play a match at that place, on the 29th of May, A . Iq curtain section of this county, the Eq,ual Bi bts party were Very, 0404 lsl. i?u .n end n l ld, anti after duo consideration they decided, upon tendering the` nomination to one arbour we wo will .call Mr Blank. Hy naturally Belt honored that his name shouldltave, beefy selected;` barthe factry that he was an officer of the Reform Associa- tion in the Riding, the editor of a recognized Reform paper, and in uo way'desireus of nomination, or in sym- pathy with the movement, prevented his acceptance thereof.' "We are not at liberty to divulge his name. Mr Musgrove, the Conservative candidate for East Huron, was once called in to attend a school examina- tion at Wingham. One of the echol- are failed to pass a certain examina- tion, and at its close the father of the unfortunate scholar came up to Mr Musgrove and said:—"Well, if my boy failed to day, he will pass yet, for I am determined that be shall mow up to be a second Edward Blake." Tbat "boy" is the Conser- vative candidate in South Huron at the present election, J. G. Holmes, and as Musgrove tells the story him- self, it hae an intereet in being re- counted at the present time. Prior to the last local election, it wad generally understood among the Conservatives of South Huron that Dr Coleman, of Seaforth, would be their candidate. He was regarded by the rank -and -file of the party 'as the coming man, and it is said thathe spent several hundred dollars in look- ing atter the revision of the voters' lists, and other preliminary work. When a convention was held to nominate a candidate he was selected, but was afterwards unceremoniously thrown overboard, and Mr Swener- ton, of Exeter, taken up. Naturally enough this action not only caused the Conservatives the lose of Mr Coleman's vote and support, but it is currently stated that other equally prominent Conservatives helped in that election to swell Mr Bishop's majority. It is singular bow an odd name, given to an individual, will some- times stick. In West Wawanosh there resides a well-to-do Conservative farmer, who is known by the some- what peculiar cognomen of "Steel - rails Johnston." The wav he got the name is as follows :—In 1877 a monster Reform demonstration was held in Clinton, at which the Hon. A. Mackenzie, then Premier, was one of the speakers. While he was detail- ing the purchase of a quantity of steel rails, then lying on the north shore, for the line of the C P.R., and de- fending himself from the charge of the Conservative press, Johnston in- terrupted him with the remark, "They're all rusting and you had to buy thousands of dollars worth of paint to cover them." The extrava- gance of Johnston's figures caught the crowd with laughter, and he was allowed to go to the platform to ex- plain himself, which he attempted to do. Some one in the crowd called out "Steel.rail Johnston, sit down," and to this day the name has stuck to him. THE INSIDE FACTS.—A week or two ago the Conservatiyes of South Huron met in convention at Aensall. The report thereof that appeared in the Empire next day, conveyed the idea that the meeting was a most un- animous one and that the selection of Mr J. G. Holmes, of Toronto. as standard bearer, was at the urgent re- quest of the couvention. We are as• sured on the best of authority that this is not strictly true. The nomina- tion was first offered to every promin- ent Conservative in theridiog. Point blank and emphatically they refused to be sacrificed. One prominent Conservative told the convention,fur- ther, so we are assured, that be thought the best thing they could do was to snow over Mr Meredith, and when asked what he meant, be said that he did not approve of all he was doing, and be should be got rid of. Another person was offered a purse of $500 cash, if he would run, but he de- clined. The convention then wanted to postpone their nomination until after the Liberals had selected their candidate, but,Mr Birmingham took forcible possession of the meeting and said "Thii'S convention connot be postponed, it must select a candidate, and if a local man can not be brought out, you must take Holmes." And this is the recommendation that Mr Birmingham gave him. "He is eager for nomination, has plentyof wealth, comes here to win, and you will find him a second Montague, for he knows how to work along the side- lines." These particulars were public- ly stated at Hernial!, on Tuesday, on the authority of a delegate to the Conservative convention. Local Church Chimes. Rev. W. Cosens, of Seaforth, occu- pied the pulpit of Ontario St. Church on Sunday morning, and was well liked. "Unanswered prayers" waathe title of an address given by Rev J. Edge, at the regular meeting of the Young People's Association,of Rattegbury St. Chrucb, last Monday evening, At the quarterly meeting of the Official Board of the Glencoe Meth- odist Church, held the other night, a resolution to invite the Rev. W. H. Butt, son of Mr Joseph Butt, Base Line, back to Glencoe circuit for an other year was unanimously carried We have the pleasure bf announc- ing that one of the successful gradu- ates of the Chicago College of Science in the 1'h. B. course, is Rev E. Medd, of Iona, son of the late Henry Medd, of Hullett. This is all the more cred- itable to Mr Medd when it is known that most of his studies have been done while he has •also• been doing circuit work, and it is well known that the latter has not been neglected. The General conference of the Methodist church of Canada will be held in Montreal in St. James Church opening Wednesday, Sept. 10 next. This conference meets once every four years, and is the legislative body of the church, being composed of an equal number of representative min- isters and laymen. Some inepertant matters will come up at the &infer- ence, the question of college federa- tion will be threshed out again, and the proposition to lengthen the min- ister's stay on a circuit will he discuss- ed and legislated upon. This will be the second General Conference held since the union and the second held in Mon'rral, it having been held twelve years ago in Dominion Square Church. 111 IS MAKING A BIG PUSH IN MillinerytressGoods ON SATURDAY WE HAVE A SECOND SNOW - ROOM - OPENING, W H E iA big Display of Freshly -Trimmed W • 1MILINERY,4- MAKE both for present and summer use. CALL AND LOOK THROUGH. OUR DRESS GOODS at 8 cents. OUR CASHMERES, 42 inches wide, at 25 cents, worth 35. SEE Big - Slaughter - in -PRINTS We are overloaded in this department, and are running many lines off at Actual Cost Prices. Come en.rly and come often, and thus secure the bargains which are being offered at Robertson's GREA 2 CASH STORE - - CLINTON Worth YourAttention Have you seen our great pair of Halifax Tweed Pants If not you should see them at once, as they are without doubt a wonderful bargain, BOY'S CXL AffT, 85ods. We sell a tremendous lot of this line and they should be seen by every- body, as they are a bargain that ought to be more appreciated Wo Ptill have a full range of our $10 Tweed Suits Manufactured by ourselves, and which 'aro worth $14 in the regular way. Our large and growing Clothing trade is the best evi- dence we can offer that our stock and prices are all we represent them. Children's Suits 32, 33, $4 and 35 'We are the largest dealers in tho County in Children's Clothing, and buyers will find a full and complete assortment in all classes of goods. to, Jackson Brothers, THE FAMOUS CLOTIHIERS, CLINTON SPRING GOODS Our stook of spring goods is now fully assorted in every department, and • otlr prices right. We are offering special value in Dress Goods & Prints, Cottons, Cottonades, Shi rts,Sheetings,&o AT CLOSE ;PRICES. Lace Curtains From 50 cts a pair up JOHN WISEMAN THE LOW PRICED STORE, CLINTON STOCK NOW COMPLETE IN EACH DEPARTMENT WE NEVER Had so large a stock before, and so well as- sorted in all lines, and prices away down.— Prices to suit the times. Come and sec us and be convinced. For one month we will offer Special Inducements in Ready Made & Ordered CLOTHING. Come and get some of the Bargains while they are going, and save from one to four dollars on a suit. Having bought largely in CLOTHS, we are overstocked, and in order to reduce our stock, we are offering special bargains in Canadian Tweeds, Halifax, Scotch, West of England Black and Colored Worsteds, in different patterns. Mantle Goods, Dress Goods, Silks, Carpets, Curtains, cheap BOOTS & SHOES, as usual, below dealers prices. HATS, CAPS, GROCERIES, &c. Plumsteel - & - Gibbins Searles Two Stores OLIN roN- Albert Street. BEE3LEY GO LEADING ARE SHOWING SIIHNIrIrIIT/I FULL MD IN I(ID GLOVES Special value at 55c. in tan shade, with embroidered back. Better value and better Gloves at 75c., in black and tan shades. Better val- ue and better Gloves, at $1 in black and colors, and don't fail to see our Swede Undressed Glove. At $1.25 we have an Al Glove that will please you, in black and an, Fine Assortment Ladies Boltonian Vests In Cotton, Silk and Wool, all sizes OUR MILLINERY STOCK is cowpiete Latest Styles New bloods Children's and LA Dl Ed A IPRONS Before making an apron for yourself sir:little girl, See what we offer you at less than colt of making. lleeslev's Great Millinery Emporium. The Ladies Favorilo Esiahlish nOn t