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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1898-09-29, Page 1S1.00 A YEAR IN;;ANCE. VOL. XX INDEPEN? TON. HURON COU GS—NEUTRAL IN NOTHING. THE SU SCRIPTION to aQ9 06 tori; te.114 e THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 189,91 ° - W. J. MITCHELL, Editor andlernIO WHOLE NO. 1,036 HE NEWS -R :1`' i D to THE END of '9g;I» oti NE DOLLAR. 66 it BELIEVE that the frying pan is the most fruitful source of crime in America," says a dis- tinguished authority 00 cook'ery. Whether this belief he justified or not, it is scarcely possible to overstate the wretchedness caused by indigestion, The worst consequences of had cooking and hasty eating are averted by KENNEDY'S PURE RYE WHISKEY a sound stiniulent for medicinal and family use. It helps an everloaded stomach as an extra horse helps a team up a steep hill. THE CLINTON LIQUOR STORE Lack Me (a die `�`r Ei ABLE But it is not a very desirable thing to have in a grocery stock, and therefore we make it a point to keep our stock new and up-to-date. A visit to our store will convince you that we carry no shelf -worn goods. This week we are showing some very pretty things in Japanese China and Fancy Glassware consisting of Salad Bowls, Cups and Saucers, Jardinieres, Bread and Butter Plates, Fruit Dishes, Bouquet Holders, etc. Take a look at our windows and you will be convinced that they are up-to-date goods. Remember we are sole agents for Miracle Washing Compound. A Snap—Good Glass Tumblers 40c per Dozen OGLE COOPER & CO„ Clinton THE CASH GROCERY. Cash paid for Butter and Eggs. 6 Phone 23. Red kji —AT— NOW 1N FULL BLAST. People seem to be very much surprised at our selling goods so cheaply. The SECRET is we PROMISED to do so, when we commenced the sale, and you will always find us as good as our word. Our object is not to sell goods for fun, but we want the stock reduced by $1500 or $2000 during the next few months, and to make sure of doingit we are giving exceptional argains in many lines of our large and well - selected stock. Here is a partial list. Can you afford to pass it? 5c Memorandums, now 2 for 5c 35c " 25c Special Day Books, 5c, worth 15c " " " 25c," 40c Leather SchoolBags,lOc" 25c Envelopes at 5c, worth 10c C.B.S. Lead Pencils. 15c per doz Special Scribblers 2 for 5c Odd Shades Berlin Wools... 4c oz 75c Leather Belts for 25c Assorted Hair Pins...4c per box Bootees, reg 25c 14c per pair Splashers at 8c Fingering Yarn-. per ib 3c for regular 5c Wall Paper 4c 7c & 8c " 7c " lOc 8 & IOc " 15 & 25c " Odd Window Shades ....25c each Special Shades at....40c, 50c, 60c All Paper Trimmed Free. Book Covers supplied with all School Books. All outstanding accounts must be paid at once. c 1, CLINTON. n 0 0 THE TWO A.J'S. m D have nearly all arrived and been passed into stock. They range from $12.50 t lei $20 We made a special effort to get good Tweed combined with nobby patterns and colorings to sell at the POPULAR PRICE OF $15 and when the goods came to hand they were far beyond our expectations. They would not be dear if sold at $10.50, but our price will be $16 till they all go. Special line of Black Campbell Serge, heavy weight, for $17. tiff o aLboL'� 11 CLINTON. Tway THE MVO. G usually found in an up-to- date gents' furnishing stoi e are kept by us. Our aim is to please our custom ers, so we keep the very latest goods in the market, and this season we are showing a much better assortment than ever. We have a large assortment of the most fashionable HATS AND TIES They are good goods and cheap, so sell well. A0 NJ 8 CLINTON. v IPretty. as a Picture 4i IL 1 45 u Any Bhirt of "Tookes'" if surrounded by a frame would make a fine,picture. The outlines are so pleasing, the work- manship so accurate, the laundry so artistic, thus the tout ensemble leaves the imprint of the master hand on every garment, This character, or, in other words, these features, are the zeal secret why "Tooker' " Shires outsell all other brands. "st ir�j r 3\141 J ' fi,) J The T.eader, open back, 50c The Business, open front, $1 25 The Champion, " 75c The Null Dress, " 1 50 .Tho Gold Dollar, " $1 00 Pavey Percales, Colored Bosoms, etc., a complete range, "Pear T ookes" Shirts and be content" A/1'0 LoTHIEIt, FURNIsntn, AND HATTER. r ffietabltshed 18$d. -:)00, VICTORIA BLOC CLINTON. Monument To The Donor, Seale & Hoover sold a red Swede sarcophagus to Mrs. Turner to be erected to the memory of her husband in that God's Acre in Tuckersmith known as Turner's cemetery, the land for which as well as the church site was donated by the pioneer whose place of burial will be marked by this sarco- phagus. The Train Ran'ON The Track. Tuesday forenoon's freight train ran off the track about four miles this side of Goderich owing to the spreading of the rails. Fortunately the train was. running slowly at the time. Next to no damage was done and the auxiliary from Stratford lifted the cars back to the track. Traffic was interrrupted for a few hours during which the engines and cars from the two lines were held waiting at the yards here. The ".City" of St. Joseph. Haying heard so many stories of the progress of St. Joseph, a hamlet in the tow ship of Hay, the editor of THE NEM-REcoRn drove down there the other day to see for himself. We went by way of Bayfield and from thence due south along the Lake Shore road. The farms all along this line are almost as level as a board and well cultivated. The dwellings of the farmers are large and comfortable, and, almost without exception,have a good bearing orchard hard by. The yeomen appear to be prosperous and progressive. Dry- sdale is a small village two and a half miles north of St. Joseph. There is a temperance house, a store, blacksmith shop. etc. Midway between the two villages is a large and neat Catholic church with the priest's residence adjoining. Both buildings are of brick and of a pleasing style of architecture. The grounds are well kept. This church is in the midst of the French settlement, which extends south to St. Joseph. The farms are small and the houses old and of frame, but there appeared to be any number of children rollicking about. St. 'Jo- seph itself was a disappointment. There are three handsome frame resi- dences which would do credit even to Clinton, and a brick is in course of erection. There are,also a half dozen other dwellings of recent construe - .tion, a brick blacksmithho s p, a saw•mill-and a- brick and• tile yard. A two-story frame building, which is now approaching completion,is said to he intended for a store. The factory, about which there has been so much mystery thrown, is a three-story brick building; the lower story is used for a store -room ; the second as sleeping quarters for the men employed about the village, while in the top flat pipes for organs are manufactured. A11 told there are twenty-five or thirty men employed about St. Joseph. The mam- moth brick building intended for an hotel and stores, one story of which is now up, is the feature of the place. To complete and furnish this building, which will be large enough to accom- modate between two and three hun- dred guests, will require the expendi- ture of a great many thousand dollars. The biggest hotels in Toronto will be no more imposing. But St. Joseph, this big building and all, is not half so in- teresting as Mr. Contine, the founder. He is twenty-eight years of age, polite, plausible, dark skinned, brown eyed and the proud father of a half- dozen frolicksome children. He is quick of speech and has unbound- ed confidence in himself and his "will -power." Indeed, it is to the latter that he ascribes such success as he is meeting with. What anyone resolves with all his might to do he can accom- plish, says Mr. Contine, provided the will power is strong enough, but if he wills to do that which is plainly beyond the power of man "his mind is foolish." Mr. Contine turned the first sod at St. Joseph eighteen months ago and is ap- parently .quite satisfied with the pro- gress the place, from which he expects so much, has made. " I set out to build a city," he said, "not a village or a town, and I will succeed. When the hotel is completed and ready for guests I will unfold the plan which is to make St. Joseph one of the most important places in the province." In the meantime he does not appear to want an influx of population. He said the firm which manufacture the Den- dron bicycle would next spring begin the erection of a factory of immense proportions at St. Joseph and make it their headquarters. When asked if the Isolation of the "city" would not prevent it becoming a manufacturing centre, he replied that railway commu- nication would soon be forthcoming and that the Government would build a breakwater and wharf. .11411 this seems chimerical to an extreme, but if capitalists are sufficiently susceptible to the promoter's " will power" to open their money bags, .St. Joseph may yet become a place of considerable importance. In the meantime the people of thereabouts appear to have every confidence in the ability of Mr. Contine to accomplish what ho has sot about. The- AtietPlebiscite Meeting. ',tthh; plebiseite meeting held in the t¢'Wn hall Monday night was not ad- dreised by Dr. Macdonald, M. P., of Witigham, who was announced by local, and poster, as the speaker of the evening. The Dr, was indisposed, hence could not come. Rev. Mr. Hall of Belgrave came ine,tead and was one of the trio of cleric` who spoke, Rev's Millyard and Murdock also taking part. There was a large attendance, the hall being well filled. Meeting of the Y. P. L. Union. On Friday evening of•,Xrext week the regular quarterly !Visiting of the Clin- ton Y. P. L. Union will be held in Rat- tenbury St. Methodist church and be addressed by Miss Wiggins, who lately spoke at a plebiscite meeting in the town hall. This talented lady is not after all a daughter of Professor Wig- gins of storm prophecy celebrity. Her father was an hotel -keeper and she is coosin of the McCoole family of this town. It is expected that Miss Wig- gins will address the local W. C. T. U. on the afternoon of the 7th inst. Must Have The Name. We are in receipt of a communication which, over the signature of "Free Will," deals with the question of pro- hibition, espousing the side of the Antis, but it does not make its appear- ance in these columns for the simple yet'suflicient reason that it was not accompanied by the name of the writer, "not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith," etc. To depart from this little rule would, in a very short time, furnish a newspaper roan with more than a peck of trouble. While not being able to agree with "Free Will's" opinion, yet we regret not being able to insert his communi- cation as he deals with •the subject in an able manner. Exchange of Pulpits. Rev. R. Millyard exchanged pulpits with Rev, Mr. Godwin of Goderich last Sunday. The congregation of Rattenbury St. church were much pleased with Mr. Godwin's discourses and if the popular pastor of Ratten- bury was in anything like his usual form the good people of Victoria St. church, the Circular town, must have been delighted. -The pulpit of Willis zz� chinch_ was occupied l aniiltori' ofiondesboro unaiii-a.. and in the evening by Rev. Alex. Mc- Millan of Toronto. Both sermons were thoughtful and scholarly, but though changes are wholesome, they say, yet the members and adherents of Willis church would just as soon hear their own pastor as any other divine. A Course of Entertainments. A movement in behalf of a better class of entertainments than those which our citizens have been asked for some years to patronize has been lately instituted by the Eastern Bureau of New York. A series has been arranged for which will enable our citizens to bear at a moderate cost the famous Fadettes' (ladies') Orchestra of Boston, comprising twenty melhbers each of whom is a trained artist, the Harvard (male) Quartette of Boston, J. Williams Macy, humorist and buffo -basso, Edw. P. Elliott in impersonation of plays, and Rev. Morgan Wood of Bond street Congregational church, Toronto, The committee appointed to arrange for this series have adopted the plan of securing subscribers in advance by which means they hope to make the success of the project certain. Tickets are being sold to subscribers admitting to the full course of five entertain- ments at one dollar. Subscribers will enjoy the additional advantage of being able to secure reserved seats for each entertainment by paying ten cents extra at the time when the plan is open, They will also have the privilege of first choice as the plan will be open for subscribers two days earlier than for the general public. The com- mittee in a preliminary canvass have met with encouraging success and the course, which, with the exception of Morgan Wood's lecture will be identi- cal with one to he presented to the people of Toronto in Association Hall this winter, has been fully arranged for. The first entertainment, that of the Fadettes' (ladies') Orchestra, will he given during the latter part of October and the others at intervals of a month. The• cost of this series will be about four hundred dollars, two hundred dollars of Which is for the Orchestra. The expense is large but we believe our citizens will'support the series, the more because whatever surplus there may he will he dispensed in such a way as the committee may approve. At present the subscription list is in the hands of the secretary, Mr. Will J. Ross, and anyone wishing to secure tickets may obtain them from him or at Jackson Bros' store. Already about 225 tickets have been subscribed for and as the eommittee have decided to close the list when the 800 mark has been reached. it will be in the interest of intending subscribers to place their names on the list as soon as passible, • S.' S. Rally for the Plebiscite. Little Locale. An S. S. rally for the plebiscite was Septemhgr 29th is St 11,11 ehael s held in Rattenbury St. Methodist church Sunday afternoon which was attended by the children of Willisbabd the two Methodist schools. Mr. Jas. Scott presided and addresses werb de- livered by Kr,. 4', Houston., Mr. Id" Tip - lady, Rev, Mr. Hamilton and Rev. Mr. Godwi i Temperance was the theme and in appropriate and timely terms the different speakers enlarged, upon the subject. Death at The House of Refuge. Mrs. R. Reid died at the House of Refuge on Saturday, aged fifty-two years and the body wait, taken back to Seaforth for interment. She had been an inmate for only a short time. On Sunday forenoon service was conduct- ed at the House by Rev.' Mr. McMillan of Toronto, who gave an appropriate and touching discourse. Several mem- bers of the Willis church choir accom- panied Mr. McMillan and sang the sweet songs of Zion. Discharged Prom Arrest. Mr. Jas. Walker of Dominion City, Manitoba, who was some time ago arres ted at the instance of one of the Coo br thers of Goderich township, tills discharged from arrest by JudMasson. Mr. Walker feels keenly the indignity to which he has been subjected, the more so since it was erroneously reported that he had been placed "behind the bars." Though arrested, bail was promptly pert up by friends, of whom he has many. Judges Do Differ. Fall fair judges differ and the de- cision of one at this fair is just as likely as not to be reversed at the next. Two instances of this occurred last week. At the Central Fair the red ticket was awarded Mr. Oliver Johnston's driver and the blue to Mr. Elliott's, while Mr. Elliott's span of roadsters won first place and Mr. Jas. Reynolds' pair second. Down at Seaforth Mr. Elliott reversed tickets with both Mr. John- ston and Mr. Reynolds. winning first and second respectively. • ' day. The fire engine was given Its periodi- a.nal test Monday night. ' An intelligeht` boy wanted to learn printing. -Apply at this office, The prayer -meetings held lq . the Baptist chut:ch yesterday,.w well Attended. Some complaints are made,, ithe robbing o1; °orchards by yolu goers about town. 1 Citizens who have "lifted" their potatoes say there will be no more than a half crop. Mr. Tye and staff of Stratford are giving the G. T. R. buildings their an- nual overhauling. Deputy Jones was off duty for a couple of days last week owing to an attack of rheumatism. Mr. French addressed the Epworth League of Rattenbury St. Methodist church on Tuesday evening on the book of Hegel. Mr. A. Couch has had his butcher shop overhauled, papered and painted and the brightening up of the interior is quite apparent. Capt. Keeler will return to Clinton to -day. Staff -Capt. Philips of London will lead the meetings in the barracks Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. Peter Cantelon met with an ac- cident Tuesday which resulted in a sprained wrist. Fortunately it is the left one and he is able to handle pen and pencil as usual. B. P. Sibley, who has again became a citizen of Clinton has joinel the Rattenbury St. Methodist choir. Mr. Sibley was formerly a member of this choir and at one time its leader. Mr. A. J. Grigg is exhibiting several of his game birds at the Goderich Fair. We have not yet heard what success he has met with, but no doubt, as usual, his prizes equal, or about so, his entries. Mr. W. E. Bryans, who is attending the Model school here, has been en- gaged by the Jamestown school hoard for 1899. He will thus be teaching within three milesof the old Bryans homestead. Rev. Mr. „cement occupied his own pulpit last Sunday, both morning and evening, and though unwell preached two forcible sermons upon the question which the electors are to be given an opportunity of saying yea'or..nay to -day. The ladies of the Ontario St. Metho- dist church are making such prepara- tions for their thanksgiving dinner next Thursday evening as will ensure a success. The choir and some of the S. S. children will contribute to the pr ogram me, Professor J. J. Fisher brightened up the exterior of the Palace with his paint brush last week and is now at work upon other places of business on Albert St. A coat of bright paint makes a big difference in the appear- ance of a sun -burned store front. A Week's Shipments. The past week's shipments from Clinton station include :-D. Cantelon, 1 carload apples to St. Louis, 5 cars to Liverpool ; Elliott & Mitchell, 4 car- loadsi toLiverpool ; Shuttleworth.._& McPhail; 1 carload to 'Glnsgow; R. & J. Ransford, 4 carloads salt to Toronto and Collingwood ; 1 carload of Holmes- ville cheese for export ; W. Doherty & Co., organs for' Wellington and Auck- land, Now Zealand, and Montreal ; Jas. Fair, carload flour to Montreal ; S. H. Smith, 2 carloads cattle Toronto. Barbarous Barbed Wire. Barbed wire fencing is becoming a thing of the past and cannot go out too soon. In last week's issue of THE NEWS -RECORD mention was made of two cases in which horses had been mangled by barbed wire and this week we can record five more. Mr, R. Coats' old sorrel driver got tangled up in such a fence the other night and was so severely injured that it had to be put out of misery. Mr. Coats valued the beast not for what it would bring if sold but on account of the long time he had owned it. The sorrel was twenty-one years old. A Presentation. The members of the Ont. Si. Metho- dist church choir,together with the pas- tor and wife, assembled at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Gihbings Tues- day evening to "farewell" Mr. R. B. Foster, who for upwards of a decade has been a valued member of this noted choir. During the course of the evening an address, accompanied by the presentation of a handsome dia- mond ring, was made Mr. Foster by the choir, which took this way of ex- pressing regret at his departure and wishing him prosperity in the future. Afterwards a few hours were pleas- antly spent enjoying the hospitality of Mr. and Mrs. Gihbings. Mr. Foster leaves this morning for the "other side." May success attend him. Monument Unveiled. The monunit'ent erected in Clinton cemetery by the Order of the Wood- men of the World to commemorate the memory of its deceased member, the late B. Tomlinson, was unveiled last Sunday in the presence of about 1,000 citizens and people from the surrounding country who had gathered to witness the beautiftil and impressive ceremony, The members of the local lodge, to the number of about thirty, assembled at their lodge room, from whence they marched two by two, preceded by the S. A." band. to the cemetery, and gathering in wedge shape before the monument the ritual was gone through with. Mr. J. B. Hoover was master of ceremonies and Captain Combo director,- but the prin- cipal part was taken by the Bead Coun- sellor Commander, Mr. 0. C. Hodgins, Lucan, who .also gave aa appropriate address. A quartette consisting of T. Jackson, Jr., J. W. Chidley, Captain Combe and A. J. Holloway sang see - oral selections during the course of the ceremony. Brncefield. Mr. Goldin Graham has returned from the old country and reports hav- ing made a fairly good sale of his cattle. Apple packing is the order of the day around Brucefield and we would judge by the quantity coming into the station that they are a good crop. R. G. Simpson has Laid in a nice stock of boots and shoes and also goat robes and rugs for the fall trade. J. Snider received anumber otorders last week for light and heavy' harness. The people know where to come for good reliable work. Mr. Chas. E. Mason, the old veteran horseman, left last Monday for the old country with a load of horses. Mr. Mason intends bringing back with him a stallion that will be a world beater. We wish him success in his venture. Mr. Alex. Mitchell shipped two car loads of apples from this station on Monday for Liverpool. D. Cantelon also shipped several loads. Goderich Township. Mr. Jno. O. Elliott returned home on Saturday evening from his visit to Dakota and is not broken up on the climate of that state. Mr, Ed. Elliott accompanied the corpse of Chas. Cronyn from Brandon, Man. Mr. Cronyn met his death by jumping off the separator which he was oiling onto a fork handle, which penetrated his bowels, The un- fortunate man lived three days after the accident. The funeral was post- poned from Sunday until the arrival of the ten a. m. train from London on Monday. Mrs. and Miss Brown of Toronto have been visiting at Mr. Wm. Elliott's Bayfleld Con. Mrs. Brown is a sister of Mrs. Elliott's. Messrs. H. Murphy and R. Thompson purchased lightning rods from Mr. Senn last week, . Mr. R. Jenkins is laid up with an attack of erysif a t)s. Mr. Robt. ands Miss A. Thompson visited at Mr. Sno. Torrance's, Zurich, on Monday. - . Iioilnesville. . Mr. R. W. McKenzie and wife of Goderich spent Thursday with the latter's mother, Mrs. Holmes. Mrs. Armstrong of St. Marys is visit- ing her sister, Mrs. H. B. Evans. Mr. T. C. Pickard and wifo are visit- ing friends in Toronto, Mrs. Howell of Onondaga is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Holmes. On Wednesday evening there will be a special service to commemorate the birth of the late Miss Willard, in the Methodist chnrch. There will be sev- eral addresses and music by the choir. The will be a prayer meeting on Thursday morning from 10 to 11 at the parsonage. Rev. Mr. Turnbull of Goderich will preach in St. John's church on Sunday at 3,30, The Clinton choir of St. Paul's church will be in attendance. We un- derstand that they intend holding a tea_ meeting on Oct. 4th. A cordial invita- tion is extended to all. We with Rev. Mr. Smith success in his undertaking. A number from here attended the Goderich Fair. Epworth League will meet on Mon- day evening at the usual hour. The subject, "Epworth League Discipline in Relation to the Character" by Mrs. F. C. Elford. Mr. Guy Hicks is enlarging his barns by building a large shed on a 2h foot stone wall. Mr. Logan of Brucefleld is doing the frame work and A. Cante- lon's mason gang is building the stone walls, A special Harvest Thanksgiving ser- vice will he held in St, John's church on Sunday afternoon next at 3.30 o'clock. Rev. Rural Dean Hodgins of Seaforth will preach and the choir of St. Paul's church, Clinton will render suitable music. A grand Harvest Home dinner and concert will be held in connection with St. John's church on Tuesday evening next, Oct. 4th. Dinner (fowl, meat, etc.) will be served from six to eight at the residence of Mrs. Mulholland, and the concert beginning at 8 o'clock will be given in Wilson's Hall. Good talent from Goderich, Summerhill, Clinton and Bayfield has been secured. Don't miss the brilliant execution of delsarte and gracefulness by two of Goderich's fairest t sun g lai es. Solos, s readings and 9-rl'k s fgal music. ' Reeve Connolly will occupy the chair. Varna. Mr. John Barber•, who has been visit- ing his own home at Hamburg return- ed last Monday. Rev. Mr. Oaten of Belgrave has been visiting at Mr. J. Harnwell's. Mr. Joseph Cook has gone to Sea - forth to spend his holidays in recruiting up bis strength. Misses McClymonth and Richer, who have been visiting at Mr. McKie's, returned home last Monday. We were glad to see such a number of Epworth Leaguers at the Christian Endeavor entertainment last Monday. They acquitted themselves well, Church.—Rev. W.W. Leech, former pastor of the Methodist chu.{rch here, occupied the pulpit last Sunday. We are pleased to renew old acquaintance- ship and to know that both he and Mrs. Leech are in the enjoyment of good health. Rev. Mr. Burton and family have gone to Whitechurch to take the Snnday services and renew some old acquaintances made during his pastoral stay. We are pleased to see the active work done by the Epworth League in this great temperance movement. It shows that -they are active and deter- mined to crush the traffic and let Canada's sons be free. R. McCool & Co. are running the evaporator. They started last Tues- day in full blast. They pay from 15c. to 25c. per cwt. for apples. We are pleased to know that the farmers of this community do not have to take a back seat at the shows. Mr. A. Dunkin secured several prizes at Seaforth for lambs while Mr. J. Foster took prizes for hogs. He has a good supply lisping ones on hand now able surely t supply the demand. He bas a very a nice six months' bog bought in London which is certainly a dandy. Mr. Joseph Cook, who has been visit- ing in Seaforth for over a week, is home and startetd work again. Joe has had a hard and lot g -siege of it, but is looking happy and gay. Hie smiling countonence ill cheer us up again. Apple packing is the work of the season around here. Quite a number of the village and neighborhood went over to attend the funeral of Mr, Charles Cronyn, Gode- rich township, on Sunday, but as the remains did not arrive they were some- what disappointed in not seeing him. Charles was highly respected and well thought of among the young men of this village. A meeting of the teachers of the local division of West Huron Teachers' As- sociation will beheld in the schoolhouse next Saturday, Oct. let at 1 o'clock, p. m.