HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1879-08-07, Page 8.CLINTON NEW EitA,
CU VIC t; 1 1 Di ftECTOD.Y.
Bervices at o held in the .c-irnrche or in Clinton as follows
WILLIS —(Canatla Presbyterian)—Rev. A. Stewart.
PactOr. Sabbath -11 a. ra. and 0.80 pan,.. prayer meet-
ing at 9.45 a.m, ; Sabbath school-2.30'p.m.; scum al
prayer moeting—Wednesday„ 7.80 p.m.
CAEABA. 3IETLIODIST.-11ev.G. $ntherTand,p stor
Sabbath -10,80 a.m,, aucl 8.80 p.m.; .Sabbutla achoole
P.sop.m.; yonngpeople'aprayernieeting—TuesdaY.400
pi.; general prayer meeting—Wednesday, 8.00 p.m.
BIBLE CIIIIISTLAN.--Rev, R. Thomas, pastor, --W.
Capp, assistant. Sabbath -10A a.m., and0.80 pm.;
Sabbath school -2,8Q p.m,; prayer mectIng—Wednce.
else, 7.80 P•1m
ST. pAnfis—(spisoopal).—Rev. R. C. Matbaw1 pas-
tor,. Sabbath -11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Sabbath, sc1xoo8-3
pnblio servIce,.. Wednesday, 7.80 p.m.; young
people's prayer Meeting—Tway, Teo pee.
- town. nit4 Zompliip litatteri.
THE PoWN HATE.
•. By reference to the Council report it
will be seen that the rate to be levied
-this* Year is sixteen. milli .en . the $.
This is lower than, it has been since
9 o 7 •
• Clinton was incorporated as a tower:int'
the probabilities are- thatewith as ,good•
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--managoirient next year it will be. even
lewer. Considering the very many itu-
provements that have been made in.
town, the rato is lowf and we aro sure
that the rateirileve will be convinced
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that the Councillors are deterrnin-
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. ed to lighten the burdens of taxation as
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, far as it is possible to de so.
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Nitwit:Council,
• The regelaremonthlyemeeting
council' was held on Moncley, evening.
All.the members present except Messrs.
• clifclley, Foreeter, Turnbull, Sheppard,
• and Erwin. Minutes of last. meeting
read and approved.
The mayorcalled the attention of the
street committee to the fact that in put-
ting crossings into private lots or premi-
ores the parties had notleft sufficient room
• for,water to pass through, and Mr..Cor-
bett, as chairman of the comniittee, iu-
•---etrtiottertheittipector.to notify all parties
putting in such 'to make them largo
enough to. allow. water -to pass through
• -properly.- • -777 • • ,
The report . of • the finance committee
• • recommending the payment of the follow-
• ing accounts,. -was read, viz.,,
W. Whit-
- tilegtoiv-Warkeat-eetticitery,48e751- John-
Alcillander,-"gliarter'esalatey.Areie$41,79.44„___: : ' • $3000 0
• fire and -Water committee, eaten Waste Anda the secrelary-lie---inWe e ina
• for'clianing engine,41.40 ; R. M. ape
fdipation to the Council'• for the same.
in accordance,viith thabeve ieSolution,
nails, &c„ 87.42 y John 'Raw' digging hereby reapeotfully request you will make 0,.;
• well in cemetery, .$20.62; W. J. Paisley, vision, for the, above amount of 63000 fo
•; • Work, &c., $23.25 ;•A„Heraphill, cuttini 'school pnrposes,•and phaco itiwthe hinda'.
• ,thistleeend weeds, $6; R. J. Corlett and" the Treasurer. , • . •
' • .. W.. H. R• INE,,
others; work on streete, $51...; Holmee • • • 8ec'y Sphool peard.
& Su,printipe- &c. $31 63 • W Patter- eteppieeetleneetaalnale, 'lot a. grant t
•son, ,breaking stones, &ce .$40 •;••••Jansee Mies Emma Peide, hlinel.;•giel, to nail
Ferguson, . pump for Well in: cemetery; hei,in 06,41-eting,her.0406#67 and si
. • $9.75 '; Runiliall'&•Ieslieeblacksmithing was .11.00ordh43, grii d the _ 6 ;
and pole for engine, $14.50; 3. Wheat- •••;--the Mayor tliOngbt riegrant should b
ley, quarter's 'salary, $15. • •• inade to the..band, but no adieu ,w -he t
The estimate§ for 'nett year, its fel- ken in the matter: ....HO also .aeleea• th
lows, Werkeubmitted : •• Opinion of the council as to Whether 1
County Rate . likpuldltiipc.40 ecipsgahlwin the itbSene
interea on attaway debentures „ ....... 1200 SS
Intereaton High Sehoot debentures,: see •AVIiee 0r1Would Ni.;Paisle
Sinking Fund -High &hoot debentures:— .260 60
• Intereat on fIrdand water debentures., ... .420 00 leave a. The mayor stated tha
Sinking fund fire and water clebentures.:.... 300 oci occasions e,ometinnee 4140S0 when the ei
Public School estimate • 3000 00
• .Higli Moot estiniate . .. „ 1000 00 Stablig WSW away from and•be cotil
Street aintsidovalk 1200 00 not get the other constables to act in h
8211645- ... ... . place. A: discussion hereon ensued, hu
-• Pim department ' • 860 00
' 426 OD.'
Charity. , .. . 100 .00 it was decided to leave the intitter as
Printing.. ' . ' • • • 100 ee is,for the preselit, • . .
Election. expenses • . • fi0 00 •
• • Incidentals .... • ' 160 00 A. petitien from severalettepayers
• „ 41-4-"--"0* ,17 referenCe te Wititehead'e- fikce"..lbeing,
less neveeue item Lieense&- • 00 •, little on the street,. Wei lead, and 'circlet*
Loss Revenue from flarket Scales. 350' 00 •
W lie, Over: ••• • '
Statute Labor.. .. . .. . . . sob oo
• c Ofistable's Fees 120 60 .
e -By-law"No. 15, 'foil 1879reeferring t
• Pemetery •130 00.
• the amount to be raised:by taxation Botindery Lind appropriation .443 12
• .92orgy .Reterv.a., - 40' 00 -wad, a first; second, and third time an
Magistrate'eFines, .... . '169 ' •
Bog Tax.. , . . .. , 90 00 2125 12 passed. • . ,
• leaving the sum Of.,$8157.05 to raised. Mr, • Menzies: made, a statement
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in accoManCe. With the above estimeteri feteneeta'What it would cost to get cepi
the committecyrecommend that • the fol- of the town riiiiit7,1ithOgrphed,. but n
• • loWing*rates be ' levied on • the . assessed action was taken thereon.',
• • valueof all property for the npresent year, Connell then adjourned.- • •
viz., 'county rate, 15-100ths; 'special rate, • • 4•411...
45.10.0tha ; school' rate, 75-10fiths, and - 'SHEEP GLAND.-Teriterda y• t
. town rate. for looal improvements sale- Clinton Expoeting Opmpa.ny, aleippecif
vitae, &o:, 25-100ths of a cent en, the dal- Englandieight: ear leade,;1000 lieridee-
• iare.making n total Of 1 60-100ths cents 'sheep, intendedforthe English marke
• . (Or One cent and six mills orethe'd011ar). • MANUPAOTuitEus' MEETING. -4 inee
Mt. Corbott spoke of the optimate of etig of the pelt nia.fnifacttireri:ot..th
$1200 for streets and sideWalks as being, county :Was hold here • on Friday' afte
he thought, .rrioeci than aveitild be needed,. &lone...hut no change velia made in tl
they being in goodorder, afid a'quantity „existing regulations between them, • •
- lumber on hand; that it would notbe. • MACEINES FOR 111ANITOB.A.:-4.0n Tue
• mecessaey' to purchase next year. . . day mossis; Glasgow, ix.aepherson &
• • Mi. Menzies Stated that the rate Would
raise $166 More than was abselutely•ne-
cessary, but' there were Olwaye.ineideit-
' tals, andrit Was. thought beat toraise this
amount... . • ' .
• On motion 'of 'ociatecillor 'SteVerison,
eeeonded by connoilloteMOunteastle, the
repeat was adopted.' •
The temper thonglit'the.fire and water
committee should be a• little,. more dili-
gent, 'The:floor ofthe .engino redni was
in a, dirty state, the hose bed been left
where it could no,. be •convOniontly got
at; and several Of the tants -were in an
• Unsatisfactory condition, being only part -
4y filled with water, and one having q.,
pirate in it se that it could not he got at
• in case of fire,, The chairmen of the
• conneiittoe, Mr. Stevention, Said he would
endeavor to*See that these' matters were
attended too. The following lettere foam
the high and. &intim* school •boardra Were
•feed
,to the kavor, Reeve, and members the
Toot CouAett .0 .
0E14irtantsit4The-Iligh SAW Boerd of
Clinton are desirous that the following fitott
end request' should be laid he ore you.
it Ittl.nittl 10010 Oetlueil thet. the et- , Jail. Conitnitt4
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THE CLINTON STEW ERA.
ense of the Bleb &heel to the towlt lleebeen Biell•Eit..---00 Saturday last 3lessrs. Ale " old. subseribbr" sends us an item
of news, but neglects to send his name,
hence the non-appearance of the item.
Thole PLANER. - Messes. Fisher &
Downs have just put in an iron planer
in connection with their factory here.
Carciem-The Clinton Cricket Club,
which started on a short tour on Tues-
day, sustained a bad defeat rit •Guelph,
being beaten by r wickets. •
LEFT OVER. -.A report of ethe meet-
ing of the Independent order of Forres-
ters, held here yesterday, es, oneeeia,
ably left over till next week,
Goon YIELDs,--During_ the peso
week a great many farmeis have threidi-
ed their fall wheat, and Ind the yield
to be beyond their expectations. Mr.
David Oantelon, whose farm is on the
9th con. of Goderich township, comes
to the front with about 50 bushels to the
acre, from 6 acres. Mr, Armstrong, of
the Goshen,line, Stanley, has 43 hush.
to the•acre, and Mr. Jas, Fair, of this
place, has over 40. Those' are the best
we have heard or. if there are others
who have harvested similar amounts
we shall be pleased to record the fact.
coustautly increasing, notwithstanding the ef- Oubliette &Taylor, of Londersboro, ship.
forts arid expectatiOus of the Beard that the , , ,,, ,,, r. 1 , 1 ,. 4.4 , 4.
peu• poi VA* T. lirk, arel 0, a )(MU 14 % e LMIS of
government grant, the county grant, and fees
frail pupils would supply very nearly. what butter, which was destined for Montreal,
would he required to 'keep the school in. Rua- DEVAUPED.— A. yoang man named
cessful operation. The Board have not been
Alex. Fair, a butcher by trade, 'decamp -
able to do this for two reasons, one, that the
ed last weekeleaving a number in town
inor0060 in the number of pupils required a
larger teaching staff than was expected by the • who would have been pleeSecl to inter-
Bosrd, and the other, that the goveruroent I view him on =money matters prior .to his
grant, and consequently the county grant, did
not increase with the ,increased efficiency a•ut,P.
the school and increarang nuinbers in the up. I (JAB ON FIR10.-On Friday night last
per school. I 4 OSP Standing 011 the track at Stapleton
• The. Interniedte pupils, or number making 1 - I
discovered to be on fire, but it Was
the upper school, have increased from 4 under I was.
the new basis of apporthmment, tu-17 at the. extuiginunee before mneh ,Jamage had
,
beginning of, this -year ; while the anpertiotel. been done. It id supposed to have
ment by the government to the first mtermo-, I caught by a spark from 6, Passing train.
(bate pupils was at tee rate of 07 per annum i .„,.. ...,.
.P4SW VI nsaT.—On Monday several
in the first half of 18'76, hut in the seeend half 1
of 1878 it was only at thereto of $12 '11) annum,°1 loads of new wheat *ere brought to
The High School received, in the first half of ' town, Mr. Jas, ()trashy, of Hullett, be-
,
ing the first to dispose -of auy, which he
did at 95 cents a bridle]. The sample
was a very good one. Mr. Rich. Bed-
ford was the second, on the same day.
1876, $505.50, with 4 in the upper school,
while it received in the second, half of 1878,
$424, with 17 in the upper schbol. Had the
same ralio.been continued in 1878 as in,1,976,
the school vfould have reeehied the /lie° Mil
of.$628 for the eecond half 'of 1878, or 81256
for the whele year from the government, and
the ..aame from the county?, making $2.S12,
which, with the fees, would Jive beep suffi-
cient for all our wants, and something to spare.
,eard,. '&4 the-hape tiQOAliesoYekument
'would increase with the increased number of
Intermediate pupils, have not, as yet, asked
from the town an amount equal to the govern.
TREEE is a. certain street in town, not
.long Opened, on 'which 11 Iiietlis have
Occurred,'fvery •one of whieh has been
of the female' sex.—Ceieemoar NEW ERA.
Are there eny more vacant houses on
that otiwat 1 . There is a mot in Exeter
wants to locate there. --Re fleeter, Not
went grant, as provided, but-tve are now 00n- I a, vacancy; eyery Ileum taken. • -
siderably behind, and are obligea to ask you!
-to put into the estimates for 1880, the sum of • Go0».-A. short time age the Road
$1000, a portion of whielt...we will neat this Qpin missione`rs of the county decided. to
Made toshow that the defianeney has not
ofa.t1Ttlh.heeTBBhoaeorsader.astattaekmeents apia.akoanations are .
arisenfrom the want of economy oa the part the
g. reat;pleasnrein stating -number of dealers in the county, and
ly as possible, asked tender's from a
tar -the v110.011'3 cohnty bridges and with
object of getting the artidle as cheap-
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that, inclading all the High Schools ttud.001- also front London,' The tender ot Mr.
legiate Inetitutes in the Province, our school R. M. Racey, of 'Clinton, was 'found to
is ranked as No. 3 by the inspectors.
be the lowest, and her Was; ecootclingly
A. Worteunscrroe, See. -Treat.
To ewe 440;,..,04, Councivors,:.0f,04.1,0ww _payarcled epic eonteact, ,,_ This; gentlenfaa
has also the contract for upplyine the
• • of- Clinton ; ' 8 o
tfENTLBAIEN,,-.*At a special meeting of the •ile, 4idg° at Greid Bend with iron,,
°demon School .Board, held on the lEit of • BusrlvESs MEN, -The nierchant- who
August, for the purpose of passing the esti-
is wise Should, advm tise at all times
mato for the ensuing year, it WM, moved by , .. , '
more particularly before the harvest sea-
Itir. Holmes, seconded•by Ur, Thompson,•that
the following (as submitted by the committee) son is -fully dosed. The •favmer during
be the estimates for school purposes, for the the harvest season has little* in the way
year 1880, Viz ; • , • of news ia We what hegetsin the news -
Salaries, .. • ,, --$3150 00 .
.. , . , , , • 00 00 peper, and the . local , news Rhea.' gets
' IF:teeires t on Mortgage,
30 00 well read at the close of a hard day's
Apparatus, ..,,,, ... •.' .... .. ...,.;..., . • 20 00 work. , Advertise.. now, and catch the
It -early. tide. Don't wait
Inspector, . '•50 00 . '
•150 00 until your 'opponents have4taken the
Jno'cIonta1s
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: ... ;.... 100 00 wind put of yew., laY their announce-.
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- $3700 0
Lees goyernment grant, $290 00
Less county grant loo oo .
Less -balance on hand 310 00, 700 Q
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• merits; AtIxertise early, and advertiee
0 often.
Qniox. Wohle.-e.,one clay last week
P.. -Me-Pe 'Robb, repee'senting the. firm " of
Broadfoot & Box here, received if tele.:
er-Seriforth to. attenenefUnerial
• there with the hearse,.. at.72:30 pan.
It Was 145' p.m, when he receiiecl the
o-
• elegram, and he had to go to livery
of and ,get a, team, .hitch up and dieing() his
clothes, It was. flee minutes to tw,o
• when he mounted. the heal*, and he
• arrived ..ab• Seaforta . at -AO-having
u driven the eight miles in lens than fifty_
e(t. minutes, the horses being in good con"
dition on their aerival there.
0•
e
e nth Exotrasioxs:-On Tuesday the
a.• excursions on both lines' of railway were
e pretty well patronized by the' people
se :here. Over 130 Went to Port Stanley:
p •Oil the G... W. R., where they spent a.
y ;very enjoyable time (many of thtf-teach-
t ers and officers of the Methodist &Je-
•n- bath School going in a betty.) On the
d G. T. R. 1-32 tickets to Toronto were
Is sold for the. morning:train, and several
t more a noon, The making of the k-
it ets good for 'five clay's. wets a •sterin the
right diree,theei, and' *e 44.18t ftiture ex.!!.
outsiOns pf, any di:Art.14e inns, be govern.
ed by 90n),:seme, beliey.ilig it to be
4 for the,adyrceittiges of' both'theritiWey
• , and phlaiic:' • • ' .
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• Pnicsoms.-L-Irev. Rabt Craig, who is
7( laboring at Homings is on a visit
to his friends here. He has .been ill
from scarlet fever for a sliert time; but
e,
has entirely recovered. •
esWrightd if t
Mr. G. H. Wrigh au e, re urn:
ed from Chicago, on'Triday looking
none the worse for their trip.
The many friends of Mrs, Humphrey
he• Snell, of Hallett, will: he pleased to
learn that she has somewhat recov,erad
or
ot fr'dor serious attack of erysipelas.
and i Mrsejohn Hedgins return -
'ed. frdin their: trip on the upper bdree
on Monday, apParently' inuela eimpeoved
in health thereby. 2--
r. •
The Rev. Mr. Williams, of Booi Lester,
le N. • Y,; .(son of Rey., j. A. Williams,
Goderich) was visitinoehis brother here •
r, Williarns, thm•week.
6; Revs, C. R. Matthews and D. •G.
•a; Sutherland, are both on a visit to To-.
80' ronto.
• Tower Tnieens.-There was: a. very
'heavy storm, ,accoinpanied •b'y much
thunder, and lightiiing, on Saturday.
Potatoereproinise to be it good crop, and
II. are selling 138 lout as 50 cents ft blIS1101. -
'Di'. Dowsley hanrid his office set back
no
of this place, shipped foutrthreshing ii
chines, three steam engines, and it hor
power, to Manitoba. The freight them)
SuMEsS.--The excursion under the
auspices of the "Seatorth V. S. School
was upon the =whole 4 success, and they
all speak highly of Toronto. .
--Mohler STOLEN, ----011 Friday, the ist
inst., whilst Mr. D. O'Brien was stay-
ing at a hotel in Eeemoildville, be was
deprived 'of cash to the:amount of $57._
A young Mum by the name of O'Toole
is suspected to be guilty of the act, het
he hes tiken his leave foe perts
known-- „
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NEW MANSE. -The united congrega-
tions of Seaforth and Harperhay,' who
now go •under the name of the First
Presbyterian Church of Seaforth, have
agreed toeether to erect a manse for
their pastor, the Bev. •Mr. McDonald.
The building is to cost upwards of
$3,000, •and will he finished in good
style.• - •
GODEICICH TOWNSHIP.
• ITORSE' Dune -Last week a yaltiable
horse .beloneing to Mr; H. Cook, reed
contractor, Lief the, 9th con., died sudden -
.1y. It. had become. quite; a pet, and on
account- Of. its .valeable7servicie, Mr.
• Cook had •christened' it "Doxy." •It
ureU a...geneetal fev.orite_inethe.fainily, and.
its• death cast quite: a 'gioorn: over the
bold. Their spirits, however, ral-
lied the -next -day by the -addition Of a
son.to the family.
Re,Thatinia.-We are glad to aea•thate
'amounted to. about, $550. •
Onallot.--The: Blyth Record ii
nounces that Sir, Davidelforrow, fo
rherly of thieplece;.is about to open
shoe shop at that placeee We ate i
clined• to think that he made n sorio
mistake when be left Cliuton.
011AVOES , TEE AA18K.,•4-,Mess
.Draper and Davideon, .whce efficient
filled responsible positions in the WTI
here, sre to he succeeded by Mess
Badgitky, of Montreal, and •Clarke
Londmwonsegnent upon the cliah
in proprietorship of the bank,
Ay AIMSIvE TRAIIP.--.011 Mond
night aotnAegged tramp, who gave It
name as Stokes, came to town,and so
made his presencefe/t at any rate. F
no apparent reason he struck with
stick all who came within his reach,
EOM itiata40ea braiSing his viotiins ba
wartoittkin 'before the May
and fined $4 and costa, or 30 days
STANLEY.
RE -ENV AGED, --)1 P, Geo. Baird, Jr:,
has been reeneeaged in S, S. No 10,
Stanley, and Mr. Geo, Baird, Sr., in
S. S. No. 1, for the year 1880, eachat
selary of $500,
'FIRST THROUG11.-411% Hugh 4Gilruour,
of the 3et1 con. of Stanley, is the fleet to
finish his harvesting operations,. he hav-
ing got through his spring crops yester-
day afternoon. This is much earlier
than last year.
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• PORTER'S HILL.
CHANGE or Pon Orrien.--Owing te
the former inconvenient position of the
Post Office here, it has been taken.from
Mr. McDougall and given to Mr. T.
Elliott, who has establislaed it in the
store of Mr. Evans'. The chaneee Was
made on the 1st inst,, and' will at least
prove' more convenient to the people
hereabouts.
• HOLMIESVILLE.
NEW HouseeMi, ' Jordain is
erecting anew house here oa thelot ad-
joining Mr. ,
Pehrloaraie-The wife of the Bey. J, his bakery business to Mr. W, Mit-
Philp, who has been away for several °hell. .
BAIITIELD,
Voreas' LisT.---On the voters' list
of this village, there are 49 persons
qualified to serve as jurors, and a etotal
of 145 names.
Bvsneuss matters are very. quiet just
now, but as soen as harvest is over,. our
merchants expect to receive a fah share
of the fall trade.
li,Amwav,-The people of this place
cling tenaciously to the " railwity
scheme," and although they see no pre- .
sent prospects of thole hopes being rea- -
lized; they anticipate that "in the good
times conaine" connection -with Clinton,
by rail, Willeibe a settled feet. "
- HURON ITEMS.
My, W. Hodgson, of 'Exeter, is yet
very ill.
Mr. Robt. Nott has left Brnssels- for
Manitoba.
1- There Are over a -thousand narees- on
the Grey voters' list, '
Mr, Thos. Chino, Hay, 'harvested 50
bushels of barley to the acre.
Mr. Clifford, of Wingham; has sold .
-weeles-„-returned home yesterday after -„I The.time_of lielding the 'West Ridin&
noon.• fall show -has been changed tn.' the 2-2-nri
and 23k4 of Sept.
• A self -binding reaper was satisfac-
torily tested on -the farm of jell.
coe, ColbOthe, last week.
• Mr. A: Matey has been engaged to
teach in Brussels School at a salary of •
$450, in place of John McIntosh, re- '
signed.
An attempt was made to rob the re-
sidence of Rev. Jas. Greham, Seaforth,
laat Week, but the robber was frighteu•
-
.ed off before getting anything: •
. Mr, Stanley Day, of Seaforth, has
received a oongratulatoty telegram from
his eounsel in New Jersey, informing
him of Ids success ia chencery:•suit
which has been pending for seven "years,
and 'Which has been favorably terreinete
ed by _the Court of Appeal. '
, „Mr. -Wm: -A.rmserong, "who resides
near Brussels,. was the victim of a pain-
ful accident on .Moncitiy. • He was clriv-
hird'reaper, and his foot got between .
the wheel ancl the body 'of the machine,"
when ie Was badly maugled.• -Had not
the reaper snapped; his -leg_ would have -
been broken, „' • •
'Mr. A. McLean, of Seaforth,. brother
-attendede - • un ay- eveni ng the-sEev.. ..1..Moloart.„ .ofthe
.1, Philp preached. her. funeral sermon
it" the Methodiet Churell here, -- the
.building was crowded to excess, many
• having to stand in the entrance. The
bereaved family bave the sympetliy of
the entire neighborhood; .
NEW Onniterf.-The contractors of
the new church here are busily engaged
in its erection and will soon have itoom-
pleted-; it will -certainly improve tho 4-
pealance of our graceful village. -
•GOOD THAES1I1NG.-On Monday, last
Messrs. Beeville threshed on the farm
of J. R. Holmes of this place, over six
heardredebusheislef-fallewheat, ILL
hour, which is considered geed work,
the 'straw .being Jong and heavy,
PROPERTY EilIA:k..TGE.--MP. Walker has.
sold hria store and, property • in. Holmes -
vine to Mr. Potter on the Huren road.
We understand.Mr, Pottee's son,. of
Kippen, intends starting a waggon shop
here. • This is a branch of business,- the
went of whieh has been perely. fel t, and
We are glad to find Me. Potter has
not overlooked our quiet little village in
selecting a site for Iftisiness cif this kind.
Mr. NV:bilker meioses returning . to the
• ". wife' was
,prostrated with 4 .sevore, attack or
-flaminetiOn on the brain." died -on Wed-
nesdeY of last week: • The funeral' took.
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alaseeeenellr (la was • veey. largely
after surmounting many difficulties, Mr.•
Wni ROittledge has returned, .dafta and
•sonnd, from his land hunting journey in
the, North-West.• After •teavelliug
through e lerge %rapt of country, Mr.
Rentledge eencluded to -take nielend in,
Idichigae, which, „be ' seys, is the best
soil he seer saw.. • „ The land' is rolling.
and the Soil is a reddishclay loam. - He
took up 360 spree, 11 .miles. wese.of
Sault Ste. Marie The water -le Wells
is but that .ire springs, which
abeamd plentifully, tastes a little irony.
-11-1-ere is plactroniiellet and white fish
found..in the Mincisquin river,* which
flow''agrees" farni; he killed .olie of.
the forticter variety, with an axe, while
there, which weighed seven. pfitinds.
The land was once covered. with :forest,
but the tintber was deetroyed by Arc,
thoogit the . 'arid was unharmed. s' A
kind-uf .shrubbery had sprung up 'over'
the groend,•whielt can be Cleaeed. off lat.'
from one t�two epees per da Ye •-A cleat,
title -of the land Will be 'given; by -the
holder paying'one -dollar per acre and
taking the oath of allegiance, and to.
-those who will not take thceneth, a life
lease will be given, after'which the land
falls back to the governtnent. He chose.
.the latter terms, his loyaltY to the Brit-
ish crown preventing him taking' the
oath. • -He is g,aing to return to the.new
country after harvest, to sow fall wheat
and make improvements, preparatory to
moving, his family. As he is ninon of
•preeision and enterpriae• we pi -edict for
'hima: much success he, his new Underfelt;
Jug:: friends extend their • beet.
wishes for his- flame prosperitypia-he-
tifways Proved hiratelf a veluable citizen
during his sojourn hoe. • .
Conexar. Men•rwo..-eThe couneil met
at Hohnesvillei, oze the 15th of July, at
5 p.m., (being aespeeird Meeting) be 'hear
Mr. Bay's report -respecting. a plan of
bridge at the Gully, Lot '33. The
counoil authorieed laini to advertiee, for
tenders•for same, Oversee its erection,
and bay!) it completed . £113' Soon rte pos-
sible. It was moved, seconded and car-
riedethat the treasurer borrow five, hue -
deed deltas; to pay for repairing sudden
breaches caused by the late freshet. The
following accounts were paid . S. Mc -
on his lot; %yid& is an imprOVetieent._ Lean,--iepairing culvert, con, sudden
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'Merehrattelitire anticipate a good fall
trade. •There are several drains an town
from wbich unpleasant Odors aride, As
high as 90 omits were offered for Conso-
lidated Bank 'bilis: here, on Monday.
•The bus horses here are driven between
thirty and forty miles every day; rath-
er hard work.for them. • Not the slight-
est thing of :importance occurred on
Tueraley-the civic holiday hero. Six
head of fine young cattle impotnicled
here, will he Old on the 1.6tli inst, if
not redeemed. A. special Meeting of
the School 13oard was held on Friday,
particulars of which will bo found in a
letter in the council report. A 'splendid
trop of spring wheat wan cut on the
&eat of' Mr. Sas. Far t On Ttlesday.
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breach, ; Wm. Morgan and others,
work on Oen 6, S.B., $8 ;.jos; Wilson,
P. WI., hammer for township purposes
and breaking etouee„ $4'.75.; Wm, Ed-
wards, plank, spikes, one pipe and rep,
culvert on coil 6, $4.75; Geo. Satnieson,
ditch en con. 6, and cleaning 'ditch on
H.R., $2.50; Geo. Burns,. rep, bridge
on con, 16, also work on near -B,
Line, $4; Sas. Iohnston, rep, Culvert
on S.R., near 13.L., $i.50; R. Morrow,
rep. culvert on con. 10, 75 cents. The
aotincil adjourned t� meet again on. the
fourth Monday in August.
• Itunq,PATrox, Clerk.
two Would feel obliged it the clerk would furnish us
the minutes earlier. ....Three Weeks after the cotnell
hasSatis rather late, and many of our noderIch township
subscribers protett strongly egaintt
eeturned 'home eon Wedneslay last,
after a' four yeaes' sojourn in, Coleradoe:
He „intendsremaining: in Canada _a
conpleof months, wl.en he will again •
rettirn.to :that:State. Ue is looking
hale and heart/. .
1879.
• SUIVIMER.
1879
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