Clinton New Era, 1894-01-19, Page 1rj
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ROBERT„.HOL1ickES, Editor -and Proprietor
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A C ``NTEREST.1NG NEWS '
i.:, Fkana all part
of tl a CrntntY `bbd• wide-awake
and. llively Co " 'eaPoldents
CLINTON
ING
'n orderrto clear them out_be
• 'ore entering` stock, a line
of $15.50.and $16 50 Tweed
Suitings have been re-
.marked
5 0
i
If 'You are looking for'a good
se vicable Suit at a moder-
ate price, • this ought to be
yodr chance.
'`.: C,io.clerieh Township
.—,T}�e all- F,An� 41sA.Nc�Es.—Mr Jno.
acto
near Hoimesville, to Mr Grave r
the sum of $1350; it contains 66 acres.
WEDDING.—On Wednesday evening
last a large number of friends and re-
latives gathered at the residence of Mr
James Laithwaite, to witness the mar-
riage of his -daughter, •Miss Cora, to
Mr Wm. Driver. Rev E. A. Fear of-
ficiated. The bride was the recipient
of a large number of presents.
At#RItr� Breticli of
Agrirnual u� o
nounced in
afternooxr,
affairs pro
.-c
16 in a the .officers and directors
for 1591 'Pres , J+; McNatughton; vice-
Pres„ S. 'Beacom; `sec., °;.I3. W. Erwin;
treas. J. l 1organ; Directors, J. John-
ston, R.Penhale, J. ppparrow, J. Wild,
W. Elliott. J. Parke, R. Snowden. E.
Swarts, W. Townsend.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—Mr J. Claimer -
GLOVES- All . our Lined
Kid Gloves have had 'con-
siderable cut off the price.
We didn't':carry 'any ,over
• last year and we" don't want
to this.
Cash and One Brice
JOin �odgo�
0100710*
" ; AVarua
T, of T.-V.ecrrle. Council R. T. of
T. intend holding allow : �Socialin the
town hall on Tueedr*y evening, lthe
„Aets23rd nest 4.1004
pso� A number
ra
may ,,. � p
from the neighboring conic will be
present. • '
jANT,111/4.RY 1
. S. Halstead,
.of'the Maitland' con.,. has rented the
held �as an . !Currie farm, on the 7th con., owned by.
tel on F'rida
� Mr Wm. Currie, cif Dakota; it contains
of last years, 80 acres. Mr John O. Elliott has sold
xy; The'fo1- the Lavis farm, on the Huron road,
]l fo
on, on the the 4th con., of Stanley,
had on his farm a Holstein bull, whic h
he intended fattening this winter, but
as it had on several occasions shown
signs of crossness, he thought that be-
fore commencing to feed him it would
be safest to have him dehorned. Ac-
cordingly Mr McIntosh, of Brucefield,
came out to perform the operation;
several of the neighbors were also
called to assist in securing the bull.
He was successfully defier ed inside
the building, but a shor tdisr'fnce from
the stall in which he wRs tied. Mr P.
Cameron and his nephew, Sandy, un-
dertook to lead him back to the stall,
and in ''goin thropgh a narrow pass-
age, Sandyet d P t went
NOTES.=—Mr Morrow and his son,
' John D., from Fullarton, are in Varna
this -week. Mrs Neill Morrison. of
Washington Territory, and Mrs Thos.
ibinuon, of Manitoba, daughters of
j al John Reid, Varna, are home on a
visit to their parents. Mr John Spar-
row, the noted horse dealer, of Varna
with an eye to business, having sold
his,heavy draught team, purchased a
handsome Shetland. pony. bringing it
home in the buggy ,with him and
placing it on,the i ti o le,
ges imable
uch to the sunrise offhisu
Mr W. A. MVlcBrayne has pur-
dandy driver and top buggy;
ired of walking. A con-
s • ices 'of St. John's
1 be • held in the
evening, the 26th
and "choice music.
go an Ser
ahead, but just as they were turning
nut of the passage, the bull Miriade a
savage attack on Mr Cai"nergn: the first
blow knocked -him down, and then in
rapid succession he struck him some
four or five times, when Sandy, with
almost superhuman effort, seized •his
uncle and pitched- him several feet
away from the hull. Then the ani-
ma] raising his ea
in view of the
rd taking forcible
perance hall. A
meeting of all
that have been
was called on
et in. the town
taking united
ousin denounc-
• eprivin the
ege of bol
PATRONS OF INDUSTRY. -=At the last
meeting of the Pioneer Association of
the Patrons of Industry, after the usu-
al orders of business the, following of-
ficrrs were installed for the ensuing
quarter, ending March 31st: -Pies ,
W S. Lawrence; Vice Pres., A. Wood-
ward; Rec. Sec., J. C. Lindsay; Fin.
Sec., Eva Jenkins; �ide, W. Holland;
Sent:, H. Dike; Min a, A. M. Churc-
hill; Demeter, B. Weir. A fullattend-
auce of members is requested to -night
(Friday) as there will be important
business brought for discussion.
Belgrave
NOTES. —Grip has been visiting a
number of hom
Ti. Wray, sr., T. octor and wife; r .
Wheeler and faith 4a,{zd's ever al other s,
most are now better '"Josep�h.Carbett
does not improve much. J. E Hunter
will preach in the Brick church and
Belgrave-Methodist churches; on Sab-
bath next. John and Geo. Taylor,
of Belgrave, attended • e funeral
in this neighborhood,
the parental roof... `Miss Vanny
who has been spending a few
visiting relatives in and around Tuck.
ersnith, returned home on Saturday;
ruing with her a Mr Crich. Mr H.
I.'ennyba°ker, of Port Huron is visit-
rng old acquaintances in th vicinity
E1ppen
NOTES,—Mr Becker, of Hills Green,
has moved' his family • to .Mr Wm,'
Kyle's house. Mr Shaffer has a large
quantity of fowl in. Miss L. Thomp-
son is recovering from her recent ill;
ness.
�W.P.M.S.—The Bippen Auxiliary of
the W,F.M.S. held an interesting
meeting on • Mond'ay' evening, Mrs
Walker, the president, ably filled the
chair. Mrs Swan, Revs. Messrs Swan
and Henderson, of Henson:- and Ache-
son, of Rippon, and the pastor, deliv-
ered short addresses- the;choir furnish-
ed suitable music. Mrs H. Ivison, the
secretary, read an account of the good
work the society had done in the past.
- Hullett
RENTED.—Mr Geo. Westcott, of the
base line, has rented his farm of 75
acres, to Mr N. Lawson, for aaferm of
five years, at a rental of about $200 a
year. Mr Westcott gives up possession
the lst of March and will move into -
Clinton' to reside..
Fore • r .
evening, , - • , to hay.:
in. the early � part , of Fe
services of, Mr Money, of
or Mr MeLeod, of Seaforth,
secured for the entertainment,
which the audience will.be trea
oysters. The Foresters always ha
good concert and this will no doub
up to the rjnark.
SUCCESS. -The friends of ,pi.
Logan will' be glad to hear 'Of his
cess in the profession he-„tidop
Word has been =received here rece
from near., St. Ignace, Mich., whe.
is practising, to the effect that• h
worked up a very lucrative pr.
Since going there last summer.
is good news from another B.
boy.
PERSONAL.—Mrs. Flater, w
been here on account of the
her parents, Mr and -Mrs Thos
received a telegram. to return
ham on Monday. Mrs John
two children, of Wingham; er:.
ing friends here last week.' Rev. Ja-
Anderson will occupy the/pulpit of St.
Andrew's church for the next two
aabbaths. Rev. Mr Leech, of Varna,
delivered a missionary sermon in the
Methodist church on Sabbath morn-
ing.
BIG UNDERTAKING. —It is expectea A PLEASANT EVENING.—The society
that a big job will be undertaken this recently formed for the amusement
year, by the council, that will be of and general edification of the un
incalculable benefit to a number of people of thq village held its first
along the 3rd and 4th conces- ig at the English church parsonage,
cions. Startirg down near Constance, on Tuesday evening. The want of
farmers through whose premises the such an orgai,ization for the long
river ran have been greatly troubled winter nights has been. felt for some
by their land being flooded, rendering time, ana we have no doubt but it will
it at times, almost worthless. It is become very popular. The number
proposed to clean out the channel of of young folk who have no other em -
the river, and also put in a big drain,
at &. cost of, perhaps, eight or nin- .•p•1me]nt ;n the evenings, makes any'
thousand dollars, and by this means organization whi6h is strictly -,non-
denominational and which is for the
head for a moment, th f e al of reclaim land practically worthless now. benefit of no particular body, of - the
gazed at the rescuer and turning from It us altogether likely that the work
highest value in a community such as
the scene went into the yard. With their aunt, Mrs dos, Martin, rn Tucker will be gone on with, and it will be a ours, and so long as it remains such it
Brown -
little to defend themselves none res- lee,osmith, on Wednesday. John Brown- good thg for the township to have it is worthy of the hearty support of
b pres- of London, was in town on Tues- done. those who havde the time to devote to
ent dared to face the enraged animal. day There was a wedding in town on Th council elect for Hul- Th 1 attendance on
certain the extent of Mr Cameron's time. The box social held on Thara_ and confirmed the minutes ofdevoted to prayer, ill be a good
injuries. He out the back way, in The following appointments of
gotday evening was 8 grand success. townshi officers for this were crowd.
and though very sore, managed with Wm. Welsh, of Win ham, was in town made. Robert rs for ' s year; whoa Locals.—The magic lantern enter-
COUNCIL.—The
to walk up to his own house, this week. Confirmation tainment which we referred to
few minutes of ci uel susrnse fol- COUNCIL.— a it. ere was a large a
lowed, as some present could not get Wednesday. Some of our sports took lett met at Londesboro, on the 15th g
in the concert in v oursngham on Tues- Tuesday evening, and it is eitpected
down from their place of safety to' as- da even ; they re orted a good Inst, signed the statutory declarations, that the next meeting, which will be
last meet -
but when he reached there his strength
was almost gone. The doctor was
called in and it was found that he was
very severely bruised, ninth two ribs
broken and a lame knee. He was un-
able to lie down for three nights, but
now the pain is not so severe and he
is slowly recovering. The bull was
master of the situation for some time,
but at last he moved out of the yard
and then a gun was procured and he
was shot.
COUNCIL.—The council elect met ori
the 15th, pursuant to statute,andlinade
and subscribed the required declara-
tions of qualification and office. Min-
utes of previous meeting were read
`and signed. The follow,n'Ig officers
Assessere o , John Lough; Clerk, 0. Reid;n J.
Stewart ; Caretaker, Wilson Cook;
Board of Health, John Manson John
Johnson- and Thos. Fraser; MellicalMM
Health officer, Dr. Armstrong Au-
ditors, Geo. Baird and Peter Camp-
bell. The clerk was instructed to ask
for tenders for township' printing and
also for cedar for township. ,purposes.
The following gravel accounts were
ordered,to be pard;—Itobt. (Snowden,
$27.68; Rich. Penhale $9.00. -The clerk
was ipJetructed to draft' by-law con-
cerning appointrne:4t .of to'vOnshiu of-
ficer/. By-law No. 7, relatilgto U. P. o ,
S.S(No. 1, Ha and Stanley was read NorEs.—Mr Geo. McGowan, who
"1 d d t fi beensick with grip is re -
on service was
held in English church on Sunday last.
Miss Thompson, of Bayfield, was in
town last week.
East Wawanosh
ACCIDENT.—As Mr Cudmore's men
were pressing hay at D. McGill's last
week, the man who was feeding the
press got his foot caught and drawn
into the machine; it caught him on the
heel and turned his toes up to his in-
step, it is very badly strained and
bruised and will lay him aside for a
considerable time. The unfortunate
man's name is Jones, and his home is
in Ripley.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The. an-
nual meeting of the members of the
East Wawanosh Agricultural Society
. was held at Livingston's hotel. Bel -
grave, on Thursday, the llth inst. A
number of members were in attend-
ance. The Auditor's report was read,
showing a balance of $144.88. and on
motion was adopted. Mr Chas. Proc-
ter, who so ably filled the office of
President the last three years, was re -
sever-
Neilans,
as collector; John Wilson, Man
-
al and George Stephenson, Con -
tor,
weeks ago, will be given by the pas -
stance, auditors. The local Board of tor, Rev, d. Olurs ant, in the Methodist
Health will be the same as last year,weekchurch, Ong Thursdt evening of this
the
viz.: the Reeve, Clerk, Geo. Watt, Jn.Sabbath School tville supplement children £ the -
Sprung,
Thos. Carbert and Dr.Young, lantern. There was quite a number'
Health Officer. A petition,. signed by at the town hall, on Mondaymornin ,
James Armstrong and a number of g
others, was presented byMr Lochartt to see and hear the councilbeing.wou Blom'
asking that a new union chool section in; if some of the 'rate -pay„ c. *Old
be formed out of parts of Union No. 5, make it busi,me4s....o in' once'
Hullett, and East and West Wawa- in'a while, they,vennld be theh' better
Wawa -
nosh, or that the boundaries of the abte t0.of theciate or condemn the.
existing Union Section be -altered. actions of their re ..resentcep: and
The council will require this year 9,500 Would not be Obliged, to • accept bear -
feet of rock elm plank, 16feet long and • in dekice. s ne H. Hewson will
2�} inches thick, for township purposes; not move into his new store till sum -
to be delivered at the following places;
mer, but in the meantime will have it
pur-
and in the quantitiesanamed:-1500 ft. fitted up. Mr. •John Tippet has at John Brigham's; 2000 ft. at Londes- chased part of the old hotel which
boro; 2000 ft.at Kinburn; 2000 feet at and intends on•Main street, near the Queens,
James Sne11's, and 2000 feet at A. T. and using it as a kitchen when
iiacdonald's. Tenders for the supplysthe builds in the spring. We under -
of the said plank will be received up to churchnd tint d hat ehaving da lecture anof d
and opened at the next meeting of concert on the evening of Jan 20th, at
council. A number of accounts, which Rural Dean Hodgins, of Sea -
amounting to about $110, and for Slee_ forth will lecture on "Ireland and the
or
not-
rons t
$1,
day nigh
lar council,
Pendant fw,r,'.:,
of promise of
evidence was g
after Judge
jury. they discui
a verdict of $1,
of the court : to b
erris, council for,
ford, defendant.
ours and was
first to last.
„Ayer
MORRIS
he annual
ricultural
otel, on
the direct
and, after
The officers'
elected, and Jos. Owens vice president; tion expenses, $72,were passed. Cour Irish.” 'The Salvation Army intend
Directors, Walter Scott, Jno. Coultes, cil adjourned until the 5th of Feb., at having a .grand .banquet here on Mon -
sr., R. Corley, R. Currie, T. Bridge, R. 10 a.m. day evening. Rev J. T. Kerrin is •an-.
Mon-
d to lec-
,
h
•a ba
claims,
e ensuing y
s follows --Fr ; , Thos. Coad; Dire
rs, John She tt,'A. Tierney, John
cMillan, Chas, Howe, John Craigs'
A. T. McDonald, Chas. Ruddell,;. Robt.
Medd, John Potter. > Some discussion:
ok'place eoncerningthe acquireinent,.
• f new �g�•ouuds, the present site being ,
• small, and a committee Was • ap
oir�t id to make enquires and report.
• 0 -bociety is in a most flourishing".: a
bndititan,
•
ANNNIVERSARY SERvICEB.=Anniver-
;� r y services were held in the Presb
erian church on Sunday last, the Re ••
Mr Tully, of Mitchell. " offlciatin.
rge congregations both morni
and evening listened to effective:„s
ons given eloquently by the
entleman. He also delivered a
nteresting•lecture on' Monday e
ng for the same object, subject,
Pyramids of Egypt,” whi tvas'h
with interest by the unu any I
udience. Collections ere"'ver•y
sfactory.
CHURCH.—On Sunda 1: co
ion service was held i
is Lordship, the,
onfering the rite
dates. As usual`
egation greete
hurch was filled
y, some standi
whole service, w
mpressive char
ogether with t
igley. drove o
noon and Man
onflrming lar
places.
N.
4.
Scott, N. Coining B. :Wilkinson an
nounced in the Strathroy Age
' .e in that town on Jan 23rd, on his
' 'nt.subject "Life in the Argen-
eetings have
he Metho-
Jas. Proctor; Auditors; P. W. Scott
and M. H. Harrison. Sec., F. Ander-
• Tress., C. McClelland.
andipassed. he' reeve a' de y- as very ,
reeite were authorized to gi e an order .covering, and his many friends hope;to a
to the treasurer for interest on bor- see him able to be around once more.
rowed_, money', also an orde for his sal- Mr R. Marshall, who was on the
ars: '. he . moil then ad ourned ,, to lisp last week, is able to b -
ry, • Miss Mary Wilson,.
Wilson, has been ye
'*.ion of the lung
ew brick Nous:
vacant n
Tuc keramith.
CONOERT.--Laing Bros.
will give a grand • •'
in Turner's
in of
w