HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1901-12-06, Page 5Supplement to the Clinton New Era, Dec, 6, 1901
The Council.
The December meeting of the town
aldermen was held on Monday evening,
all the members being present except
Mr Bell.
The following places and deputy -re-
turning oliieers were appointed for the
municipal elections: St Andrew's ward,
town hall, Wal•er Coats. D. R. 0.; St
James', house tit t he late Henry Smith,
Thos Johnston, 1). R. O.; St John's, F.
Rumbali's carriage .ho,ThosCottle,D.
R, O. St George y, J Les tie's carriage
shop, S. J. Andrews, D. R. O.
By motion the council granted $20
to be paid to the nurse tor the late (leo
b'lintuff,a.nd the account of Dr Thomp-
son for drugs was not paid.
The report of Dr Shaw, as Mediat.l
Health Officer was read and is as fol-
lows:—
To The Mayor and Tiwn Council, Clinton
GENTLEMEN.—the past year has presented
some new features in the health report that
has been absent for many years.
The outbreak of small pox in the Province
has been more extensive than ever before
but the type has been of a mild nature.
chiefly due to strict hygienic measures and
vaccination, our Own town not escaping
the scourge, but it was gratifying to know that
one Bingle case was all we had to contend with
wholly. Owing to the strict quarantine and
preventative measure adopted by the board of
health about 275 were vaccinated. The Prov-
incial B and of Health notified ine to enforce
compulsory vaccination in the Public
Schools but owing to' the close proximity to
the holidays the Principal on behalf of the
trustees asked the Board to be lenient and
wait till the holidays began and the request
would be complied with then. But by this
time the scare had subsided and the trustees
refused to fulfil their promise. This is not the
only time when the Board of Health is hind-
ered in attaining a better standard of hygien..
in the town Even the Council curing the
past year has nit carried out their promise to
remedy the sewer system although brought to
their notice repeatedly. It is pour practice to
wait until an epidemic: has become firmly
established and then make the reforms: Tee
water supply or the town is gradnally lessen-
ing. Wells that hitherto never failed went dry
this season, the quality of the majority of
these with water was worse than usual ow
ing to the shall »vne-s. The water supply will
be a serious problem for the near future. We
had two eases of diphtheria both proving fatal
'and no direct or indirect coutagion could be
traced to each other, the first being im-
ported through clothing sent from Toronto.
strict quarantine and disinfection bring
enforceo in both cases, with the result that it
did not spread. the antitoxin serum being
used in both cases with negative results.
There were five cases or typhoid fever with one
death. eight oases snarls fever and a few
scattered cases of measles There were 8.5
births au}}1 80 deaths. the rate being 13 7 and
11.7 per 101)0.,. Respect fully yours,
J. W, SnAw, M. 11 0.
The Fire and Water Committee r'e-
romrnenned the purchase of new boots
• for the firemen whet e required
By rnotior,t the services of R. We:sh
vas night-watc•hinvn was continued un -
'1 the 15rh of February with a slight
reuse in satiety.
H.B. Jo,nhe, chairman of the Finance
nmttee, reported t ho p•yrneet. of
the following eceounl.ie—U. Carter,
work, 515.53; \V Steen, gravel, $9; J.
steep. gravel. $0; W Wheeti.•y, gravel,
$19; Gen Pirketr, graeets9.5h; J Miller.
water for rnrh,50e; B Churrhitl, gra lel,
$'2570; 1?. Even e,ilraeine, $1 20- Seeley
dc Turtle', sundries, $3,45:J oh n Grimes.
work, 50e- Jas Duuf ti ,teeming, $1.55;
Mies Cook, for town hall, $4; Fi•e De-
partment. rep•tiri:, &r, $5; .1 W F.ltinit,
teams to fir., $,4; [)avis & Davis. draw
ing hese, $2; T Miller, filling tank, $4;
Charity—ticket to Hensell, 40e; -trip to
House of Refuge, $1 50; Electric• Light.
for str•eet, $70; for town hell (2 months)
$10.15: 0 Urirh. salary, $2l; A Wilkes,
weighing, $2.10; insurance, &:.ri. Re-
ceipts — weigh scales, 815.05; stack
scales, $13.10; hall rents. $13; livery li-
cense, $28; cemetery, $92.50.
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Additional Local dews.
DID WiiLL AT SHOOTING.—On.
Thanksgiving Day a mumbsr of our
sports went to several places to take
part in the shooting matches and all
won pi izes against a big field of com-
petitors. J E Hovey and Dr Blackal
went to Centralia; the former re-
ceiving three fiesta and divided for
third in another event ; the doctor got
one first, tine second and three thirds.
Geo Hinckley and J E Cantelon
went to Dutton where both did well
R Graham and J Johnston took in
the shoutiug match at Wilson hotel,
Brucefieid, tor turkeys and geese and
returned home with an armful of
prizes having got more than any
other among the large crowd who
took part.
A MUSICAL FAMILY.—At the
Sons of Scotland concert held in Luck
now, among those who took part were
the three children of Thos. Jackson,
jun., rif town. Mi'ts Jessie Maclach-
Ian, the noted Scotch singer, supplied
half the program and other artists the
remainder. The Sentinel in ispeakinjl:
of the concert says for magnificent
stage presence, for power, for pathos,
and for the interpretation of the senti-
ments of the ballads nothing has ever
approached Miss alaclachlan in this
county. Among
thus refers to the
'"Ma -ter Stewart
St Joseph.
NoTtts.—The cedar posts along the
lake shore have been purchased by
Jos. Rau and Roht. Snowden; those
that have gone to the trouble of gath-
ering them are amply repaid for their
service; their number is estimated at
upwards of 6000. N. Vantin had a large
uumber of teams at work on Monday
hauling supplies for the hotel in the
Mammoth Klock. The farmers around
here are actively engaged threshing
clover st-ed; the yield promises to be
large. Wm. Bedard, our popular shoe-
maker, leaves for Stratford to help his
brother, who is engaged in the shoe
business there. Jonn Brisson and wife
are visiting relatives in Essex and else-
where. Mr Bicigneuil, manager of the
hotel here, after an absence of over a
Month visiting relatives in Montreal,
has resumed his position; Ernest Prim
eau was acting manager luring his ab-
sence. O. Bissonnette'e large factory
is nearly completed.
is other remarks it
Jackson farnily : —
Jacksor., of Clinton.
aged 10, sang "The Holy City" and
"the Carnival' in a manner 'that
stamps hien as a young prodigy. His
rendition was most effective and he re
-prettied in each case to a well -merited
encore. Miss Irene Jacksnnf aged
12, played a violin silo with artistic
grace and fin.sh and as an eaeor a gave
a selection of Scnttish airs. Miss Lily
Jackson played the accompaniments."
. CANADIAN MANAGER.—It
appears that our Clinton boys pro
great wherever they go and more
especially in the United States which
clearly demonstrates that they can
hold their own among our neighbors.
The following item taken from the
Milwaukee Times refers to William
Bezzo, a son of our esteemed towns-
man, Mr Crips Bezz •, and speaits in
high regards of our• young friend,
which uisny here will he glad to learn
ahont:—`V 11 Bezto, for five years
with the Kroeger•Bios Co., but lately
of Homestead, Pa„ where he held a
position with toe well-known firm of
McCune & Schwartz, has returned to
to Milwaukee and is now manager of
the Alex 'Weil dry goods store on
Grove'street. Mr Bszz is a vomits
man of many talents, thorough arid
energetic, of ex:ellent judgment and
as hniinees manager of a large dry
goods house het is sure to prove the
right wan in the right place for Mr
Bezzo is a man of business. .He has
had years of experience iu the dry
hoods business and his many friends
will he pleased to learn that heis
meeting with success in bis chosen
line if business."
WHAT DOES IT MEAN ?—The fol-
lowing is taken from the Mitchell Rs -
corder and refers to T. M. Davis who
way a recent grocer here: "A few
weeks ago Mr Tom Davis sold outhis
declining business to W. Stoneman,
who nagalreedy made the premises
one of the busiest spots in the town.
Mr Torn Davis went to Clinton and got
hr Id of a business there. and this town -
thought it had got rid of him. Last
ween, however, it was reported that
he had bought and taken over the "in•
nocuous disuetude" of his brother. the
Mayor. The report seems to be true,
but what does it mean ? This ie the
question that seems to be in everybody's
mtnd, and we confess onr inability ,to
shed any light upon it. The bare fact
is that the Mayor bas sold out; the
why, the whence, the whither and th,e
wherefore, are questions to be ans-
wered by the passing golden moments
as they multiply into the larger divie.
ions of time." The above Mr Davis
recently Nought out Geo. Rathwell and
was going to "cut groceries loose" in
town, hitt we learn that after a month
or so of business he quit the ranch and
returned to Mitchell remarking that
Clinton wa.s no good. He occupied one
of the stores belonging to Mr Searle,
who is now "thinking pretty hard
about something."
LtNTOMOLOGICAL,—W 0 Searle
takes quite an interest in insects of all
kinds and gathers a great rpumber of
them. He can tell the habits and
customs of almost any kind of an in-
Additional Local _Ai ews.
sect and should be happen to get
ahold of a strange one soon finds out
their good and bad • qualities from.
the London Entonhological Society.
The other day he receiveda reply des,
witting the carpet battle and several
others he had sent down to learn.
about.
THE AVERAGE.—Brussels • school
finds itself crowded and in comparing
notes with other school8 in the inspect-.
orate found that their average num-
ber of scholars to a department wasthe
highest. The following figures gives
the average number in Mr D Robb's
inspectorate which may be . interesting,
to our citizens: —Clinton, 46 pupils per.
teacher, Wingbam 44, .Seafutth 41,
Wroxeter 39, Blyth 34. Brussels '52.
THE POULTRY SHOW.—The date.
for the annual Poultry and Pet Stock,
Show was left, in the; hands of the God-
ich poultry fanciers, and at •a meeting
last Tuesday weekorganization was
shear.completed for the holding of. the shear.
on Dec 314, Jan 1st and 2nd. The of-.
ficial staff will consist oft -Pres.,
Todd; vice, William Warnocb; 2nd:
vice, Chas Knights; secretary, Oliver
Penningnnn; treasurer, YE Bingham
directors, Colin Campbell, J S Howrie,
J Hardy. S Belcher, D Postiethewaite,
1-1 Doag. W McCreath,J Post.lethewaite,
Robertson, Wesley McLean, J Munro,
Jos Whitely, A McD.Allah, jl.
"IN 1118 STEPS"ILLUSTRATED,—
There will be a grand illuminated • en-
tertainrnent et the Town Hall to -night.'
('Thursday), Dec 5th,given by Miss Clara
Wagner, Chicago's dramatic reader.
and elocutionist, illustrating Chits. M.
Sheldon's.greatest book "In His Steps"
with the grandest views ever' thrown.
on canvas, Miss Clara Wagner comes,
highly recommended as a reader of
great ahtlity, having given this enter-
tainment in all our neighboring. towns
wit Is great satisfaction. The entertain-
ment is under the auspices of flatten -
nary street Methodist church and
ought to draw a big crowd.
SOCIAL EVENTS.—The stridents
of Inc .collegiate held an "at home"'
,Thursday evening at 'which the mod-
ellites and their, friends were invited.
The program 'consisted of promenades ..
and conversations on "Is mart—lege a'
failure," "Gnosis I have met" and the •
C. C. I. and the Model" atter which a •
delicious lunch was provided.. Tate
a..nual supper of the Woodmen tithe
World was held at theClarendon Hotel
Thursday night and the annual meet-
ing of fhe Home Circle for its .election
of officers for the ensuing year was
held thieevening.-The.secondaesemhly.
of the Neu Century Club wili be held
rhii.(Frida.;y)sveningin thetownhail;the.'
ILondon harpers will furnish the music.
Ald7 Holmes entertained a number of
friends last: (Thursday). evening.
TELEPHONE FIRE SYSTEM.—
Something likethie would he wises to
have here and could easily be worked..
The town of Wingham has entered
into an agreement with the Bell Tele-
phone Company to tarnish a telephone.
fire alarm system. Each fireman will
have a telephone placed in his: teaid-•
ence, also chief of police, town hall
and fire chief By a. special system
connected with the Central Telephone.
office the firemen's telephone will
sound simultaneously and give the
location of the tire. Other towns elicit
as Guelph, Simcoe and -Gwen 'Sound
have adopted' the Postern, which has
proved to be very efficient and is not
expensive, Winvham is also to have
a continnons all-night, telephone ser-
vice with tne;allic line.
HOCKEY LEAGUE.—A meeting
of delegates from neighboring towns
was held at, Grand Central, Listowel.
recently, to discuss the ,advisability of
forming a hockey league of the tpwne
' north of Guelph to Stratford. C E
Hacking was elected secretary.. The
!proposed league is to. include Palmer•
ston, Harriston, Wingbam, Elora,
Walkerton. Southampton, Part Elgin,
I t#oderich, Clinton, Seafortb, Luck -
now and Listowel. It was deci
: write the clubs mentioned with view
now to
to receiving their consent to enter the
league. and if the matters can be sat-
isfactorily arranged, the towns Will he
divided inr.o groupts, the winners play
ing off. Arrangements are being
made for the purpose of a' challenge .
cup which will make'things interest-
ing. These clubs +vould make an ex.
cellent Teague as the teams are of an
average strength.