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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1891-04-17, Page 411116 !! ¢ d,f y. •....-µms,,..«-� rr Baby ee 'tinges --W- Coop e: Qa Cu nderaed by_. --Jaela n Brett Mil4nery 13.eoaloy a Co Breen (.00 1 ,--- J. C. Gilroy , Beets te 81ioei .-J, Twitchell Have, you heard --.•W. et. Uuivaette ointoupTou FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1801. -- For Effect Only. Mr Cum pbell, the Coteservative member for East Durham, in the .Local, is agitating that Outario take the management of it edu- cational affairs entirely in itsown hands—that is, amend the B N A Act so that this can be dune, tied then having sole control of school matters, abolish enr.irely the Se par•ate Schools. Unfortunately we. fear Mr Campbell is working for a little political ettect,pure and simple, for his movement is book od at the outset by a proviso in the B N A Act, which declares that it shall berAblenil.ed "with the consent of all the Provinces" only, now anyone knows perfect- ly well that the consent of all the provinces cannot be secured to an amendment of the Act in the line indicated. It may be unfortunate that it is so, but there is t -o fact nevertheless, so that Mr t✓'hmpbell can make no head- way with his movement, however desirable such might be. To a certain extent the B N A Act is at'nest inconsistent piece oficom. binations. The framers of it certainly had no idea of the com-- plications. thatwould arise in -its workings, or they woull have tmado the process of amendment much easier. As it stands, amend- ment is virtually impossible, and . there is no alternative but to abide by its provisions, undesir- able as some of them may be. Vet aitittltelt•attetl, lixeauness. The Toronto Telegram advises James L iughes, Publio School lnapector of that village, "to quit work in which his 'whole heart should be and so hunting eggs." If J L adopts the advice of the Telegram let hint come to Clititen,wher • he will find eggp as hi eggs -,-.eggs weigh- ing a quarter of a pound each—eggs quite different, too, from the very high- ly scented one which bleu Minister of Education, G Washington lits, was very nearly made acquainted with, when in a two houre' diatribe of polit- ical misrepresentation on Lhe platform in Clinton, during the recent Dominion elections, he degraded the Office he holds and posed for theedueation of the youth elf this country ae an unnonaoion- able demagogue of the fust water. The foregoing is from- this week's News -Record. If anything can tran- scend it in pure Weanaess, we would like to see it. Did our Conservative friends ever see anything like it concerning a Conservative speaker who ever visited this town, ill these columns. Besides being of the very essence of meanness, • it is a deliberate libel upon the Conser- • vatives .of the town. We doubt if one in their ranks ever contemplated doing such an unmanly thing,and we venture to affirm that no such thought ever en - 1 tared the head of a single individual ex- cept the polluted one of the person who penned those lines. The meeting ad- dressed by M r. Ross was also addressed by Mr Hawkins, of Brantford. Just think of what the Liberal press might have said concerning this gentlemen 1 Did anyone even hear a hint of any suggested insult to this person. The difference between Liberal and Conser- vative toleration is very marked. .►.s.411. The Seaforth Sun thinks it •a small business for the government to tax such things as seed cata- logues coming from the United States. So it is, but the govern-, ment that the Sun shines upon is capable of doing some' pretty small things. Out of the eight old Pro- vinoes in the Dominion, only one under a Conservative Govern- ment, viz, Prince Edward Island. But 'three by-elections held on Thursday wiped out the Govern- ments msjority, and 'it will bo compelled to give place to a Lib- eral administration, It is officially announced that October 12th has been fixed as the date for tho joint discussion ,of the reciprocity question by the United States and Canadian goy. •ernments. This is a consider- able distance in the future, but eve' hope that material good may be the outcome, The proceedings of the Local House have been enlivened slight- ly during the last few days, by the discos sion of alleged irregular- ities in a couple of elections held last Juno, it being claimed that in these instances Conservatives were the sufferers. Mr Mowat adreit- ited that some overzealous official or supporter might exceed the bounds of judgment, and the pro- per way to roach them would bo by way of the Election Court. Bust the parties concerned in ringing the charges are evidently not desirous of doing this, prefer- ring to "make capital" on the floor,of the House. -- Tho recent refusal of the Trans - for Committee of the Methodist Church, to change from one con• feronce to another,ell the ministers who .had conditionally accepted ,invitations for this year, is caus- ing something of a, `ruction" as was expected,and it looks as if there is danger ahead. Tho trouble, to a certain extent, lies in the fact before pointed out in these col- umns, that thorn is too much wire - pulling, both by congregations and the Stationing Committee. Tho original principles of Methn- (list itinerancy have been lost eight of almost Altogether, ani with some, (hut to their credit he it said, riot alt,) the work of the Stationing Committee has assn m. ed tho shape of a "scramble" or "got there if yon can.", News Notes Around The County The Choicest Stealings front Our County Esehanges. Mr William McLean, cattle buyer, Goderioh, is seriously i11. Brussels is supplied .with electric lights at 11 cents per night. T. A. Hawkins has been engaged as organist and choir leader in St. John's ohvrah; Brussels.-- .. _ _ . _ - _ _ . _ P. Nugent has sold his properly of fifty acres on the third concession of West Wawanosh to Thos McKenzie, of the same concession, for the sum of 1#'1.,800. Mr C.• E. St. Clair Simpson, who has been accountant in the Bank of Com- merce Seaforth for a number of years past, leaves this week on a trip to the old country. Mr Wm Hudson of Hibbert,has rent- ed the old McBride farm in Tucker- smi from Mr Thomas Connolly, for a per od of seven years ,at an annual ren. ta of $300. aures Stratton, tr.. of Brussels, has been laid up for some time with a sore ha occasioned from cuts received from broken glass followed by something lie blood poisoning- By vote of Melville church congrega- tion Brussels and the consent of the session an organ will hereafter be used in connection with the service of praise on Sabbath evenings. Mr Norman McCosh, a most worthy and promising young man of Seaforth died Sunday last of consumption. He had been an employe in the Broadfoot and Box Furniture factory. Last week the Standard Bank of Ca- nada opened a branch in Capt Stretton's new block, Brussels under the manage- ment of .G. P. Scholfield, This is the chartered drank Brussels has had. -Mr James Watson, post -master at Sunebine, has received the contract of carrying themail between Belgrave and Sunshine since the Bushfield office has closed up. The.salary paid is $60. Mr John G Wilson, of Seaforth, has been gazetted Lieutenant-Colonel of the 33rd or Huron Battalion of volun- teers, in place of Lieutenant-Colonel Coleman, who retires retaining his rank' James McCance, of Toronto, a former Winghamite, aged 83 years of age while drawing his pension at the Bank of Montreal on Friday morning, had a stroke of apoplexy. He was removed to his home in theambulance. This is the third stroke Mr McCance has had, so it is likely to prove fatal. A surprise party gathered at the house of Mr John Pickard, of Porter,, IIill,on Wednesday evening last week. After enjoying themselves for a length of time with amusements of the even- ing, they presented Miss Alice Pickard with a handsome silver fruit dish and napkin ring, for her services as church organist. The Brussels Post says:—Last Mon- day Rev S. Jones took to bleeding at the nose, and some difficulty was ex- perienced in getting it stopped. The loss of blood has weakened the reverend gentleman considerably, but we hope to aeon see him about again. Mr Jones is upwards of 83 years of age, and is a remarkably active man, both mental- ly and physically, for his years. Wroxeter was startled Monday morn- ing by the news that Mr Robert Mont- gomery had that morning been found dead in bed. Mr Montgomery occupied a farm on the outskirts of the village, of which he had been a resident for many years. He was a native of Ire- land, aged 67 years, a good, industrious citzen, and a consistent member of the Methodist church. While Mr Stewart merchafit, of Cor - stance, was returning to his home in Kinburn in company with Mr John Turner, sr, of Seaforth, the horse he was driving became frightened, backed into the ditch and threw both. -gentle- men out, Mr Turner sustaining a severe hurt on the shoulder and Mr Stewart, a deep bruise on the forehead. They are thankful that the accident did not prove more serious. inburn• NoTEs.—Air S. S. Cole will soon have his portable sew mill in running order; he has considerable logs on hand, and had the winter been favor- able for lumberingoperations, he undoubtedly would have had sufficient logs to have kept his mill running the entire season. Air James War- wick. who lost 111.4 hand some time ag , is new able to be around again, an : i- v. ,ting friends- in Brantford this week. l.lr Jarman moved to the Snell farm last week; the residents of this place will find him an honorable and industrious gentleman; he comes well recommended, Mr J Carter, of of (inderich township, spent e. few days last geek visiting his brother• in law, Mr John Cooper, of this place. J. A. Stewart, our general merchant, is at present laid up with an attack of -�ongestion, brit hopes are entertained of Iiis early recovery. Farmers in this Qection are expecting a good 14: ,atop of fall wheat this year, as it never gave better promise at this sea- son. Alt John Ilinchley, whu bas been ill for some time, 1s in a fair w •y to regal!' hie usual good health. Ur Cooper spent Saturday last in Stratford on professional business; the doctor bas wore than a mere local reputation as a successful medico. Mr R ,bort Clark atarts nest week to work at his trade as a stone mason having secured employment witb J. faIntosb, of Cranbrock; Mr. McIn- tosh has eteurefl a good man, as Bub is trustworthy and lvdustrious. Wm )Zinn, census enumerator for this di• vision, le hard at work; he sage that the chief difficulty that he finds is to get the old bachelors and young la- dies to give their correct age, but be sure and put your own do,.n right, Billy. j Morris. Norms. —Miss Carrie Haslam her gone to Detroit, where she wilt work at her trade of tailoress. Coultir Bro„. are erecting a woodshed in con- nection with No. 5 schoolhouse. Alas - der 'Thomas Corbett had the ill luck to break his leg while playing foot- ball at school last Wednesday. Wiugharn. SUDDEN DEATH.—An awfully end - den death occurred here this week, Mrs George Hutchin on, aged 30, wife of -a blacksmith here, while con- versing with a visitor to the house, suddeuly fell head to fioor,trom heart disease, Stan ey GOOD HORSE LD --That well known stock raiseh•, Mr James Mc Farlane, has disposed of his fine stal1ion,Glenburn,to Messrs Sprung & Askwith, of Hullett,for the sum of $1200. He is a capital young horse, and will be s erviceable wherever he may travel. West Wawanosh. Goon Pnxca Fox COLTS.— Mr 11. G. Taylor, of the 4th con, has just sold two entire colts, aged 10 and 12 months respectively, to Mr Anderson, of Blyth, for the sum or $300. They were sired by Fisher's Lord of the Manor, were prize colts, and are the making of good horses. Mr Taylor is known as a good horse raiser, and bis Rune .__figuree...prominently . is ,.the prize lists. Manitoba Correspondence. CYPRESS RIVER, MAN , Apr. 6, '91 Me EDITOR—DEAR Sln,—I have been in this country one week now, and I suppose your numerous readers and my many friends are expecting to hear from me by this time, Well sir, I must say I like the appearance of things here so far, although there is rather more living out of doors than I was used to in Holmesville. The house is small, made of logs, hewed and plastered outside and in. Barns—there are none—the stables and granary are built of poplar poles, and covered with hay or sods, which serve the purpose well, but loot so strange to one from Ontario. The farm we are working this summer is three and a half miles south-east of Cypress, and one and a half :rem the railroad track, so we can plainly see he trains passing twice a week. The ise, or hill, on which the house is built, in the centre of the section, is s high as Holmes' hill, at Hulmes- ville, but not so steep a raise, hence we can see about ten miles away on he east, north and west, but on the Doth are the Tiger Hilly, four or five miles away, which obstruct the view n that side. The Tiger Hills are overed with small brush and poles, hose are all the trees we can see, ex- ept away to the north, on the banks f the Assiniboine river, and how far do not know. The soil is a black cam, looking very rich and fit to row anything, as far as I can judge. saw some fine samples of wheat, ars and potatoes. I think I told you efore there was no snow here when e came, there was lots of water and ud, because the frost was in the round, and woud not let the water way, but” when the frost lett the ground. the water was soon gone. There is considerable more fencing done here than I had any idea of. Many farme & ave an -outside fence around their laity, whether it be a quarter section or a whole section they own. There are small stakes 'driven in the ground, about 15 or 20 feet apart, and a wire, or two, as the case may be, tacked on to them. I have only one wire, other places I wires on the fence, but this is only saw,two, and at one place I saw three on an outside fence. The farm is in one field, generally speaking. Then the roads are five rods wide, instead of four, as in Ontario, which looks queer, and puts me in mind of the narrow farms in Quebec Province, when I was there some years ago, ,1, changing the gauge of the G. T. R. t The hill we live on has a good many gi stones on it, almost covered. too much re to plow among, I presume, hence it is not broken; but the land generally has no stones, eticks nor thistles, so it is good to work, and easy on a team. The weather has been delight- ful ever since we came here, the sun has shone every day but one, when it snowed a little. with sharp winds from the north. The air is fresh and bracing, and our appetites are good. 1 told you something about our trip out here, so will now just say a little about a few of the places along the line: North Bay we could not see much of, but Sudbury is a pleasant little place in a hollow in the bush. The country is very rough all the way from Allenville to Lake Superior, and there are no inhabitants except the railway people at the stations. The land is roiling, and covered with evergreens and dry poles. The first part of the run alongside of Lake Su- perior was rough; going near the wa- ter, through several tunnels, and over high bridges, but from Port Arthur to Winnlpeg, a distance of 427 miles, what I saw was nice and level, from Winnipeg to Cypress River, 95 miles, is also a good road and fine, level country. R. Doei<ran. t r a 1 e 0 c c n 1 g I 0 b w m g a NEWS NOTES. P. T. Barnum leaves an estate valued at over $5,000,000, 11L', W. Searfo, sheriff of Brant County, died on Saturday. Mr. li U. Buttler, late ofStrat- ford, talks of starting a weekly paper at Wiarton shortly. John Crerar, of Birtle, formerly of Stratford, is Mentioned as the probable Attorney -General in the Greenway Administration. The Manitoba Government has agreed to give a bonus of $1,500,- 000 cash to the Hudson Bay Rail- way when the road is completed. Statistics show that more goods are now being imported into Mex. ice from the United States and less from Europe than in former years. , ' Mrs James Glendenning, of Shediac, died a few clays ago, the• pit of'tr plum becoming embedded in the tissues of her stomach. She left a husband and four child- ren. Il A. H. Mori►•o, pastor of St. Tauwas Baptist church, has resigned, and preached his fare- well sertnon 8n Sunday, his salary being paid in advance to June 1. Mrs. John L. Sullivan, wife of the pugilist, will be publicly bap- tised Sunday at Providence, R. 1., under the auspices of the Salvation Army, of which she is a leading member. William White, who was arrest- ed at St. Louis, Mo,, Friday, for counterfeiting, turns out to be Charles Jones, a notorious coun- terfeiter- who is known to the police all over the United States. News was received in Toronto on Sunday of the death in Califor- nia on Friday of Ala. George Gillespie, of that city, who left on March 19th to bring back his wife,who had wintered there on account of ill- health. Tl,tie(sn}allehild en of.Thomas- Munce were playing with a partly empty glycerine can at Washing - on, Pa., Sunday, when a terrible xplosion occurred. Two of the boys were blown to atoms. The bird will likely die, • Charles Wilson, a tramp work - ng for Jacob Wendock, Ashland, P a,, has disappeared, taking with inn $10,000 of his employer's. oney, which had been hidden n ousean , old coat in the attic of the h c t h m It is expected that the Ontario Legislature will get through with its business about the end of the present month. The public will be satisfied. With the Diminion Parliament in session after the 29th inst,, there will be a surfeit of puplic matters to discuss. Mr. Renard, Conservative M.P. P. for Richmond and Wolfe, has resigned his seat, admitting that he owed his election to bribery by agents. His opnonnents will not allow the case to drop, as they claim ho can- he disqualified for personal brit ery. By Barnum's orders no one saw his face after his death, Ito said he wanted the impression. formed of him while in lite and strength to remain. A few days before his death the veteran showman said he would have given $1,000 if he had not looked upon the face of General Grant tr,fter ho was dead. On Monday u farmer named Holcombe living near LaCen'tor, Was., placed some giant powder in a stove. The powder exploded, demolishing the house and setting fire to the ruins. Two daughters of Holcombe, aged1I4 and 16 years, were instantly killed and Hol- combe and his wife were perhaps fatally injured. Mr Dewdney, superintendent of Indian affairs for the Dominion, in his annual report refers with regret to the shocking immoral- ity that exists among British Col- umbia a.)d Northwest Indians. Ho says ,la grippe was particul- arly severe on the Indian tribes. from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and hundreds died from its effects, he total Indian population is von as 122,585, of which 17,776 side in Ontario. It is rumored r n Winnipeg that John Tarkhill, while temporar- ily insane from the effects of la gripe, blew his head off with a shotgun at Cedar Pnpids, Iowa, I on Sunday. The Agreement reached by the Manitoba Government and rho Canadian Pacific involves t1t}o building of 150 miles of ra:Iwiiy by the latter this year, giving facilities to the Souris district. the Northern Pacific Railway has offered to sell out its whole system ie Manitoba to the C. P. R., and it is probable the offer will be accepted. It was asked in tbo Legislature yesterduy if the offer had been made, and the Attorney - General said it had, but the negot- iations had not advanced far enough to discuss particulars. It is understood the C. P. R. dogs not want to pay much for the whole system, but uosires the terminal facilities in Winnipeg. It is also stated that if the offer is accepted the House will be dis- solved and an appeal made to the country next Juno. At the dinner given by the Devon Congregational Uniort. at Tavistock, England, a sensation was caused by the presiding min- ister, Mr. R. Davis, who said he could not propose the toast, "Tho Queen," and that he would there- fore call upon Rev. Mr. ,iohnson to preform him task. Mr. Davis added that Mr. Johnson might also toast the nine() of Wales and all the gafnblers if ho chose to do so. Mr. 'Johnson c nese- gtiently proposed the toast "The Queen," saying Icer Majesty had no more Royal subjects than the dissen tors. Thereupon tlroassom• blage, with the exception cl the ftov. Mr. Davis and his wife, rose to their feet and sang the Nabioiial Anthem. ry WALL ALL PAPE J , WINDOW SHADES, BABY CARRIAGES OUR 3 SPEC ALTIES FOR THIS MONTH Our stock of Carriages for the spring are the choicest lines or the lest manu- facturers in Canada They are built for service and dura- bility. The bodies are made from selected Reed and Rattan. The Patent Steel Wire Wheels are on all our Carriages. The Parasol Attachment is undoubt- edly the most complete. They will please you, because our assortment is new and at prices within the reach of all. W. Cooper & Co1 CLINTON. NEWS NOTES. A .Dctriot despatch says rafting of logs from Canaria will be con- ducted on a larger scale than ever. A petition liar 'liven entered against the rotor.) of Alex. Mc- Neill, Conservative, North Bruce. A company is being finned in Buffalo to tunnel under theNiag- ara river between that city and Fort Erie, Charles -J. Weil', assistant train - master on the Michigan Central at St. Thomas, shot himself ead Monday morning. Fourteen persons wero poisoned at Chattanooga, Tenn., Sunday by eating cream puff which contain- ed arsenic, Robor•tJ. Gowdy, a clerk in the Kingston Postoffice, was arrested Tuesday on the chargo of tampering with the mails. Tho Canadian Pacific Railway, Cio.has issued in London $21,000,- 000 of mortgage bonds on its Minneapolis and Sault line, Count Lewenhaupt, who was married toMiss Bayard,on the 2n d inst., at Wilmington, Delaware, died on Monday of malignant typhoid fever. He had been in• disposed for the last two or three weeks. In the woods a few miles from Cheboygan, Mich., James and John Gillespie wero chopping, when James, axe slipped- and cut him badly. John wont to get help, and when he returned with a party, found a pack of wolves picking his brother's bones. At Bancroft, on Saturday last, P M. Clark imposed fines of $15 each on William Christopher and Norman Lake for killing deer out ofseason. These men had slaugh- tered fifteen doer, most of them does heavy with young,which had yarded together for the winter. Andrew J. Woodard, who lived near the Norwich road, a short distance from Woodstock,and who was well known there as a butcher was found Friday morning in his slaughter house hanging by the neck and quite dead. It was ev- idently a case of determined suicide. The present Provincial Parlia- ment had its first vote Thursday The question was ono upon which the parties squarely divided, and the result shows a majority of 21 in a House attended by 82 (Speak- er incluced)ont of 01 members. Tho debate on Mr Wood's resolu- tion in favor of abolishing the foe system of remunerating sheriff's, registrars and certain other class- es of public officials, was taken part in by many members, so that the house sat late. It was after midnight when the vote was taken. NEWS NOTES. A iepnrt from Victoria, 13 C., is t tl� e that Mayor t:rant of tll,'stA•c•ity has invited President Elurr•isnu to visit the Br'iu>h Col- urttl,iu ('al,itat (tering his western ton r. The C. 1', R. gild the Dominion Coal Company have guaranteed to the Jl eitoba Ciovernmerit that when the Souris branch railway is completed, coal will be furni-b- ed for $4 per ton. lierbet Lake, an unmarried n an about 21 ye•trs of age, was found dead in a chair at his broth- er's residence in London. 1)e- cettsed hi,d been working in Galt all winter, and had been there only a • week or two. A small bottle was found in his pocket, but as the contents have not been examined it is impossible to say whether it was a caro of poisoning. At Cobleskill, N.1., ea Monday a fast freight, running 35 miles an hour, collided with a gravel train, wrecking the engine of the freight and soveral box cars. Two Italian laborers wero killed outright and three injurod.The in- jured were burned up in the car, the rescuers being unable to reach them. It is understood all were men of families. Purif she importance of keeping the blood in it pure condition is universally known, and yet there are very few people who have perfectly pure blood. The taint of scrofula, salt rheum, or Other foul humor is heredited and transmitted for generations, causing untold suffering, and we also accumulate poison and germs of die. ease from the air we breathe, the food our We eat, or the water we drink. There is bottling more con. elusively proven than the positive power of Hood's Sarsaparilla over alt diseased of the blood. This medicine, when fairly tried, does expel every trace of scrofula oil Raft rheum, removes the taint which causes catarrh, neutralizes the acidity and cures rheumatism, drives out the germs of malaria, blood poi- soning, etc. It also vitalizes and en- riches the blond, Olins overcoming that tired feelhig, and building up the whole system Thousands testify mem, superiority of Medi' Rarsaparilia 84 a brood pnrillrr. Full infer, mation and statements of curry Sent free. loo Hood's Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists. pi; six for l9.5. Prepared onlj bye. Limon a ('(1,. at M11.4,141104, Lowell, Mels. 100 Dzolfer%; 1)7,1 Dollar iTickatsand NEWS NOTES, A 1110 ti in New Fork names} Louis \t'ilhelrn, who was a victim of la grippe, threw himself from the top floor of a five -storey tene- ment to the sidewalk on Monday, and killed himself. A sensation bas been caused in political •ircles throughout Eng- land by the fact that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Capt. Edmund Hope Verney, member of Parliament for North Buckingham. Capt. Verney is charged with procuring -a girl for immoral purposes. Tho offence, was committed last autumn, Capt. Verney giving the name of Wilson When Queen Victoria dimes at the Palace, whether in public or private, the name of every dish put on the table bears the name of the cools who is responsible for it. This sounds as if her Majesty was afraid of being poisoned, but the cause is not fear, but usage. The usage dates back to old times, and is of German origin. Miller and Cora Sherry, resi dents of Dublin, Ind, have die' solved their marriage relations the husband accepting maim- ; proved town lots in that village in lien -of his wifefs affections, The. conditions in the deed aro that ho relinquish his entire inter- est in her and an agreement that she may have a divorce. One of the richest minds that has over been found has been open- od up at Marmora by Marcus H. Powell. The property was for- merly owned by Col. Br own, of Belleville. This lot was mined about thirty-five years ago by practical minors, put they gave up the search. M. H. Powell followed the formation until he has now arrived at ono of the richest gold mines that has ever been discovered. Free gold as big as wheat can be found projecting through the rock. The vein is now twenty feet wide bot'-een walls and is fifteen feet deep, and is widening out as they go down. 14111 Adrerpocittent5. Usti IIoa's nark Lima Etln, ifullrt1, is i, full blast this weok,and there will bolot•r of mo,1 anis, next Wer 1. ITISRY LIVER1101111 Trull Trunk Rf1!lwayTicket Office THROUGH TiCKETS issued to all points in Dakota, Manitoba, and Brit ish Columbia. all information apply to W. JACKSON,.._.,......, TOWN' AGBNP G. T. R. „4,4