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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1891-08-28, Page 8irOCA + NOTICES T ays You, seen ills new Music, 'Tea - PO 'Walt4," fl sale by Robins Elias. WAtsEp•-+,-A good ,general servant, to VUotri good wages ptill be paid. Mns.T. stkazeQui jx. ,,, ,d.TWITCHELLhas received a large clock of Trunks and Valises, which he Is selling very cheap. SINoLE HARNESS ie our specialty, and we, offer some fine Sets very cheap.— .TOHN$ON its ARMOUR, Wanted, — Apples and Plums, etc, Highest cash price paid for Butter & Eggs. CANTELON BROS. Tuition in Piano 'lltrsaliszraa Cons; Toronto Conser- 'Aatery of Music, certificate in Piano Ifarmony and introductory Theory, is repared to take a limited number of vupris, Pitman's Shorthand Elementary and advanced classes, onduoted by Mrs. Edith E. Coleman, will be held at the Board Room of the Canada Salt Association, Perrin's block commencing Monday evening, at eight o'Qleok. For particulars apply to MRs. Evan E. COLEMAN, Clinton. -Parties in arrears to this office, will oblige us very greatly if they settle the same at once and without further notice. Zan /hUIHI . • DIVISION COURT.—A sitting of this court will be held to -day (Friday) when several cases come up, among them one of particular interest to school boards, as it relates to the en- gagepnent and pay of a teacher. TEaTIIoNIAL.-Mr T. K. Grigg, lateamanager of the Grigg House, London, and an old Clinton boy, was the recipient of a diamond ring on -Saturday night, from a number of commercial men, who had enjoyed bis hospitality in the past. RIGHTS 01? THE ROAI4.—People who drive should remember that bicyclists have the same right on the highway as themselves. At the same time bicyclists ''should exercise caution so as not to unnecessarily frighten horses. A little consideration on both sides will avoid accidents or unpleasantness. WHAT WE ES$FnCW—The finest fall show in the county: Business to boom when grain begins to move. 'The people who are away visiting to get back home. An immense plum crop. People to pay their debts. A good spell of fine weather before the summer season is over. Less grum- bling than usual about bard times. • Schools to fill up next week. MARRIAGE.—The home of Mr W. Muir, Albert street, was the scene of s'bappy event on Wednesday, when his daughter Maggie was united in marrilagewith Mr W. O. Weese, of Y --Nora, County of York, Rev Mr '9, Stewart officiating. Miss Muir has a wide circle of warm friends here, who extend their best wishes for her future -happiness. FINE FRONT,—As announced in the NEW ERA, some weeks ago, Jellison Bros. have put in plate glass fronts in,both their stores and other- wise. improved their commodious premises. They never lose an op- portunity of keeping their business fight to the front, and these improve- ments will be of considerable advan- •`age in this respect, This enterprising .firm certainly have facilities and pre- mises second to none in the west, and will no doubt reap the_benefit there- from. INFRACTION of BY-LAW.— On Saturday afternoon Inspector Wheat- ley visited two of our bakeries. for the purpose of testing their bread, and found short 200 loaves slightly ender weight in the one, and about 50 loaves in the other, all of which was confiscated, and the owners ae- aessed $1 and costs. The bread was given to the Charity Committee, part of which they distributed to the poor, and also selling some to persons who were wanting it for Sunday use. A nice point of law is involved here and it is alleged that if the Charity Committee were summoned before a magistrate, be would have no alter- native but to fine them collectively, if not individually. If it was illegal for the breadmakers,was it not equally No for the Committee. That itwassold simply as a matter of convenience to the purchaser. it is claimed does not 'Affect the transaction. UNNECESSARY ANNOYANCE.—On Saturday last excursion tickets to Niagara Falls were issued oyer the London Huron & Bruce branch of toe G. T. R. The bills announcing the excursion contained this state- anent:—"Ticketsgood as follows: --One .lay, for distances up to 50 miles; two days, from 50 up to 150 miles, and an additional day for each 50 miles over 150 (Sunday not, counted aday)" At some of the stations that are more than 150 elides from the Falls, the station agents only made the tickets good until Monday night, whereas, the bills plainly stated that they were good until Tuesday night, and parties purchasing, who bad make their cal- •ulations accordingly, were not a 'ittle annoyed at what they regarded as an imposition. The excuse offered oy the agents was that they bad to to by their instructions, which is undoubtedly correct, but the railway wthorities should see that the public etre put to as little inconvenience as 'possible in emergencies of this kind. One person who purchased a ticket above Clinton went to see the Divis• 'sna1 Superintendent at London, and se at once stated that the tickets •honld have been made good until 'Tuesday, which we presume was Ione afterwards, hut in the meantime • he error had caused Considerable tin• ronance and inconvenience to some Wythe exetirtioniste. Lodi Note$. 'gra WOO, of Woodstock, is visit- ing friends here, The scholars will get :back to school on Monday next, Mre Fletcher, of Galt, ie visiting her old hpxne here.— - Mrs Dunford :wr., is visiting her son at Clinton, --Brussels POOL 'tweeter Robb and:wife have Tway on a month's vacation. Mr& • Mowbray, of Stratford gone , has been vistting her:old friends here. A large field of horses take part in the races on the Driving Park ta•day .Mr J. W. Hill has been laid up with-bood poisoning, but is able to be out al `gain, Mr Alex taking instr at Croswell, ooper, of this place, is tions in stair building ich. Mr Kendal , of Stratford, is spend- ing his holidays with his daughter, Mrs H. LeB. Hartt. Mr George Swarts and wife, of Goderich, will again take up their residence in Clinton. Cantelon Bros., Cooks, N. Robson, Jas Steep, and others are into the plum business this week. Mrs Crisp, of Hamilton, who has been visiting her mister, Mrs Shilton, returned home yesterday. Mies Grace Tedford and brother, who have been visiting for several weeks near t✓ollingwood, are back home. Mr and Mrs Jas Fair and Mr W. Taylor are on the bosom of the Atlantic on their way home to this place. The saw mill owned by Messrs Perdue & Donaldson, Goderich town- ship, has been sold to Mr Wm. Per- due. Mr F. E. Tisdall, of Toronto, (father of Mr J. P. Tisdall) who is in somewhat delicate health, is here on a visit. Mr Ransford shipped during the past few days over 200 bushels of Vel- vet Chaff seed wheat, 50 bushels of which went to Chicago. • On Monday,while out shooting, Mr Emmerton brought down a fine hen - hawk that measured over four feet across the wings. The Brethren had a Sabbath school picnic in Mr Glen's Grove, near Stapleton, on Tuesday ,spending a pleasant and enjoyable time. Mr John Shilton, barrister, Toron- to,who figures so prominently in con nection with the Street Railway case, is a brother of Rev J. W. Shilton, Clinton. We are glad to learn that Mrs W. East, who has been confined to her bed for a couple of weeks, by serious illness, is recovering, though slowly; and is now able to sit up. Mike Nellie Walker, one of Mrs Coleman's shorthand pupils, has s - cured an excellent situation in De% troit, as shorthand clerk for the house of P. B. Peterson & Co. The family of Mr John Robertson moved to Goderich yesterday. The people of the circular town will find Mr Robertson a hustler, and he will put some life in the old place, if it is possible. The Exeter Times has passed its 19th milestone, and celebrated that event with "a baptism of fire." The Times is a capital local paper, and would only be improved by a change in the tone of its editorials. On Monday Messrs W. Dodds and D. Robertson, who are employed in Fair's saw mill, went through the floor to the ground beneath, Mr Rob- ertson was so badly shook up that he has been confined to the house ever since. Mrs J. W. Manning, of Toronto, who has been here visiting her - sons for some time, but was prevented going home before this, owing to ill- ness, was able to undertake the jour- ney on Monday, her husband accom- panying her on the trip. Ur Thorpe Holmes, of St Cathar ines, (brother of Mr E. Holmes, formerly of Clinton) is on a visit to friends here. He is one of the oldest newspaper men in the Province, (though long since retired) having been engaged in business in Brant- ford in tjle years 1838-39. Mr H. E. Hodgens, Mr and Mrs Jas McMath, Mrs Smith, of Seaforth, Miss Rowell, and R. Holmes and wife, took in the Niagara Falls ex- cursion last Saturday; those who stopped off at Grimsby Park had not the most enjoyable time on Sunday, owing to a measly, drizzling rain that lasted the whole day. SIR HENRY ON THE WINO.—Sir Henry Tyler, President of the Grand Trunk Railway ; Mr L. J. Seargeant, General Manager, and James Steph- enson, Superintendent at Montreal, together with some friends, arrived in their special car, on Thursday evening last, and after snaking a per- sonal inspection they proceeded west. SHORTER DAYS.—There is now a marked• diminution in the length of the day as compared with four or five weeks ago. - For the two or three weeks following the 21st of June, when the daylight period was at its maximum, the change was scar- cely perceptible, and now the lessen- ing of the days, though it is by alow degrees, makes an important figure in the aggregate. On the first of August the time between sunrise and sunset was 40 minutes shorter than on July 1, and 42 minutes shorter than on June 21. The falling off of the day's length in August will be 07 minutes. The rising and setting points of the sun are moving slowly and steadily towards the south. REMEDY If.—Last week we pub- lished a tabulated report showing the amounts contributed by several Meth- odist churches in the Goderich Dis- trict. Exception has been taken by some to the correctness of the figures. For instance where one minister gets a salary of $700 a year, be is only credited with $650. Our figures are correct as taken from the published minutes, but the fault lies with the peculiar (but official) method of boolr-keeping adopted by the minis- ters. In the case in question the minister does get a salary of $700 a year, but $50 of it he charges up to "horse keep," and the same is done in other instances. This,to our mind is not right, as very few people go through the tabulated reports In order to find out how the sums are specified, and when they take the general statement are misled by the figures thus "given. Seaforith as Business +carve • Thebest indieatron .af the vol of business done in a town or vii is the receipts from the pest o telOgraph and express ° offices, these zespeets we like to com Seaforth with its neighbors. In matter of postal business we, frequently shown that Seaforth. long way in advance of its com tors. The came [statement also plies to the other two tests, teleg and expressage, The receipts of Great North Western Telegraph C Pan)! at the Seaforth office, for first six months of this year,amou to more than double the receipt the Company at either the Clinto Mitchell offices, and to within $4 the receipts of the Goderich o which, being situated in the cou town, should control coneide business that is not accessible to forth. Seaforth does more telegra ing than both Clinton and Mite combined, while the receipts at express offices are at abgpt the same ratio. The meaning of this is that there is just about as much business done in Seaforth as is done in both Clinton and Mitchell. This being the case, Seaforth must give induce- ments for trade which these other places do not offer, and.that people trading here can do better than in either of the other places. This is something that people having money to spend should bear in mind and act accordingly. Feels speak louder than words, and we have given the facts. —Seaforth Expositor. unsa lege f',Ice, pare .Ll a the have Ian"` peti. ap.' raph the OM* the rated o of n or 5 of face, my table Sea- ph - hell the The postal and telegraph business of a town is -not always -a correct in- dex by which to compare with other towns, unless both happen to be situ- ated alike. Two contiguous towns may have about the same population each, but circumstances surrounding may make a material difference in the volume of postal business done by each, without affectineinatertally the general business. The postal busi- ness of Seaforth is larger than Clinton simply because it draws from or sup. plies a larger area of country, that is not supplied by other means, and yet the difference in the postal business of the two towns is not very much. as shown by the official returns. The post offices at Holmesville, Londes- boro and Brucefield restrict the postal business of Clinton to the area be- tween those places, while Seaforth has no place of importance north of it until Walton is reached, and no place south but Egmondville, and the territory accommodated at Seaforth, being wider than what is here, the business of the post office could not very well help being greater. Sea - forth has a branch of the Ogilvie mill there; its headquarters are in Mon- treal; if the telegraphing of this mill is taken out of the total, the local business proper is only on an equal footing with Clinton. The C. P. R. telegraph at Seaforth does no more business, we are informed, than is done in Clinton; the telephone agency does not do as much. As to the ex- press business, we have no means of knowing what is done, but the extra business, if any, done by Seaforth, is due to the same circumstances that relate to the postal business. It is not fair to institute a comparison of this kind, without giving the relative circumstances, because what is only a seeming equality is not such in reality. For instance, here is a bi- cycle race,wherein one rides a 50 inch wheel, while the other rides a 45 in.; the onlookers suppose them to be evenly matched, because they do not know all the circumstances, whereas the one on the low wheel exerts just as much power as the other, but does not,cover-as.nauch ground, by reason of tie lessened circumference of his wheel. And so it may be in other circumstances. Two places, appa- rently working under the same ad- vantages, may not be exactly on the same• footing, but may yet do, rela- tively, an equal amount of business. It does not by any means follow that if Seaforth did all the business claim • ed for at, it could offer one particle of advantage over other towns, in the way of buying or selling. In fact it is well known that competition has become so keen that there is rio ma- terial advantage in any one place over another, unless by reason of some cir- cumstance not available to all alike. Church Notes. The Goderich District Meeting of the Methodist Church, will be held at Holmesville, on the 8th of Sept. Rev. James Livingstone, of Listo- wel, was in town, on Wednesday, and before returning purchased at the Huron Central Stock Farm, of Mayor Doherty, a fine driving mare and foal. Mr Geo. McKinley, who preached in Ontario Street Church last Sab- hath, gives promise of being a par, ticularlv clever and bright minister, and will soon take a high standing among the men of power and useful- ness. The St Marys Argus, of last week, is kind enough to say:—The pulpit in the Methodist church was occupied on Sunday morning and evening by Mr R. Holmes,'editcr and publisher of the Clinton NEW ERA. He gave two excellent se rmons, and addressed the Sunday school in. the afternoon. The W. F. M. S. of Rattenbury Street Church intend holding their annual Missionary tea in the ',acture Room of the church, on i i..rrsday evening next. An excellent ts„gram embracing readings, recr sr ions, music, etc. will be provided Admis- sion, 15 cents. All will be made cordially welcome. The memorial service of the late Mise A. E. Beesley, in Rattenbury Street Church, last • Sunday, evening was largely attended, Mr Shilton gave an earnest, touching sermon, drawing lessons from the life of de- ceased, showing her usefulness, and proving that the service of the Lord was the best for this life and that which is to come. Rev J. 1. Somerville, of Detroit, who conducted the services in Willis Church, last Sunday, was one of the first employees connected with the Doherty Organ Factory, long before it attained its present enormous di- mensions. Who knows but what the moral training he got there may have set him on the track he is now so ably following. As a matter of fact two others are in the Methodist ministry who started from the same establish- ment, Rev W.Baer, of Nanaimo,B. and Rev. W Glazier. Bow many more of the Factory boys are similar• ly disposed, remains to be seen We're going tolquit keeping it. And must close out our stock of it at once. What we have are all new and stylish goods We have no old or shopworn goods to show or try and get rid of, but having decided to abandon this branch of our business, we have made sweejing reductions in prices, as we want to clear out the stock with the least possible delay. We always back up our advertisements with solid facts, and if you have a boy in need of a Suit you will find this a rare opportunity to clothe him cheap. REMEMBER—all new goods and styles. We are going out of Ready Made Clothing, and the goods must be sold. :S: Estate John Hodgoos The last week Has found our store in an upside down condition. We have had it occupied by carpenters, painters and others, who have been tearing and altering things to pieces, and we thought we were never going to get rid of them, but by the time the NEW ERA is in the hands of its readers, we will be in proper shape again, and we hope to have our two stores looking about as nice as it is possible to make them. The extensive alterations will give us more light and room, which we find we must have—our rapidly increasing business requires it. While the above changes have been going on, we have had our Mr. W. JACKSON away on a pur- chasing tour, in Toronto and Montreal, and he reports haying bought very heavy, and that we will be able to surprise the people with many Novelties and Specialties this season. Our buyers' frequent visits to the cities enables him to pick up the many new things to be had, and ready to snap at a bargainiwhen offered, and the coming season will find us with the largest and finest stock to be had in, the west, and at prices the lowest. Our New Goods will be here and put into stock by next Tuesday, and if you want to see a fine stock come and see us JASONBROTHEIIS THE FAMOUS Clothiers, Furnishers and Hatters. .CLINTON AND SEAFO ,TH If you want anything for th • ModelSchool, Collegiate Institute, or Public School, We keep everything in that line: Books mailed free to any address on receipt of price. ROBINS BROS, Book Store and News Depot, Weir's old stand. opposite the Market, Clinton An undor-Cost Sale, TWIle offer our whole stock of goods at and Under Cost for Thirty Days To clear and get ready for the Fall Trade. Our goods are new and good quality, well bought,' and will be•sold as advertised. We fear no competition from any Legitimate source. For good goods and low prices we can knock out any Bankrupt Stocks of old and unfashionable goods. We have full lines in the different departments, and for quality and prices are willing to compare with any in the trade. Note a few of our reduced prices. We have not space to mention very many lines, but enough to show what we are doing. Grey Cotton, 31c Fancy Scrims, 32c Towellings, 41c 2 large Towels for 15c Parasols from 15c u Ladies 4 -button gid Gloves embroidered back, 372c All-woolNuns Veiling assorted colors,7c Skirt Linings 43 All Wool Tweeds 25c Men's Suits $4.75 Men's Shirts 19c Embroidery 12 yards for 10c Check Shirtings 5c Straw Hats 8c Felt Hats 20c Women's Slippers 20c Wm's Lace Boots $1 Women's Polish Calf Shoes, 90c Hats, Feathers, Flowers, Ribbons, all at prices less than you can buy t wholesale. The prices we offer will be adhered to for 30 days only. REMEMBER, THIS IS FOR CASH. Don't forget the firm where the Genuine Sale is going on -CORNER STORE, COATS BLOCK Plumsteel - & - Gibbings July 24 91, Alber CLN' IX'ON” Street. EE811 y,:4 Straw and Felt Ha Department In answer to numerous enquir- ies we des ire to inform our cus- tomers that the Straw and Felt Hat department which has been so long under the management of the late Miss Lizzie Beesley, will be continued by her staff' of assistants, who will commence doing over Hats and Bonnets for the fall as soon as the new shapes are to hand. 111(' „�ley's Great Mi livery Emporium. �Th� fadi�s Favorito EstabIis1iont •