The New Era, 1881-06-02, Page 8rs
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CLINTON NEW ERA,
TIUItSDxY, ,TUNE 2, 1881,
gouts gopico.
Bzotn„ to 'meeting of Council next.'Mondey
evening.
A gnu ettendenoe'of the mern:hers of the
Literary- Society, is desired next Monday
evening.
T r b R% T. Jonas (eldest daughter of Mrs.
O'Neill) eill) leaner here tbiii Morning by the 0.
75 GENTS
The NEW ;ERA wi11 be sent to any address,
from now till tber1st of January, 1882, for
• 75 cents, fn advance.
A MRI..IIonN wee last week sent from bore
to the. Aeylulaa at. Leaden.
'
Pam HOLMES, will organize his second
pinging class this evening.
Mn. Jas.Sxrrotta t, and wife, left for Mani-
toba, by G.1 W. R., on Monday.
SavemAL•draies about town emit a horrible
stench ; they should at once: be attended to.
G$o, M'ittramt, was before the Mayor Mat
week for being drunk, rhe venal dollar and
coots.
Tw: S knew Committee have pat down a
splendid walk along the front of the market
gron.nd.
'A CONssc aur Yn of lumbar- was tbia week
„ shipped from Clinton rotation, 0. W. R. to
Buffalo;. •
Mit. JAs. C11A'Hn'ens, who has been laid up
from the effects of a sunstroke received. last
week; has recovered.
Mz sRI. DouFnvv & Gumtree have bought
from Mr, John Gibbiugs, four acres of land
to the rear of the ,woollen mill:
,u„
• _ J. Cotten, of +ha. Paisley Advocate,
1 1'i , 1t,, for largo, Dakota.
.(nephew of Mr.. Thos. 'McKay, of Clinton)• has'
*levered an interest in the Galt Reformer,'
ON WEDNESD4Y morning*, F. W. Watts
was attacked by.a'vicious cow, and after con-
siderable skirmishing, came off uninjured,
CALL EXTENDED.•—A call has been extend-,
ed to the .Rev, Mr. Craig, of Herndon, to the
iiieumbency'of St: Paul's Church, of this place.
A. WORTIIINOTON, M. D., left yesterday to
attend the meeting tieing held in. Toronto for
the formation of a L',•rq'vincial Medical Asso-
•eiation,
)„fissile. K. MCTitrumir• and M. Douglass
left on•:1Montlay for Montreal,: where they, stet
as two of the bride's Maids for the marriage of
a cousin. • -
THa clrnculo has already damaged• the
plumorop considerably in, this neighborhood.
Currants are dropping off, the pear blossoms
aro blighted, end also some of the grapes.
WE REGRET to announce the death of Mrs:
Arthur Cook, which 'occurred on. Sunday
' morning, after a protracted illness •Fier
death is deeply lamented •by all who knew
Ler. •
TUE FIRE Brigade has 'received a cordial
invitation to attend a Grand 'Fiireman'sdem-
onstration, to be held in Strathroy, on the 9th
inst., but for.various reasons' are unable to
accept the same. '
ON INFORMATION of Constable •Priieley, a
man named Tuttle was last week tried before
Mr. McGarva J', P., for selling goods contrary
to.county by-law:' • He WFS found guilty and
•.fined $10 and costs,.
WE Aitl .iufortEed=that „'youth in, town,.
Roti more than ten.yearreof age, is in the habit
ofgetting'drunk. How he gets. the ligtor.is
not known. We do not .Ippoee there rs:a
doalur•in town who would supply such a child.
MB..TODD, who tins been' connector) with.
the Record since its commencement, has gone
to'Goderieh,` where, it colnpany with•Mr.
Whitley, he takes ehiirge of; the old"Cathcart
job .office.•It is the intention: to publish a
paper abces
MR GEo. F. Iiaiergareb . (when father rte
Skies close to town)aas' ou board theVictoia r , ,
at London, at the time of her dollupse, and
managed to,escape a watery grave, but how;
• he hardly knows.' He sided ;in the, rescue of.
several others'
THE enviers of a minister being•regnired
at a funeral in the neighborhood' this ,week,
lour were vieite4. all living miles apart, bee
fore one could be secared ; the others were to
situated that it was impossible for, them to'
coa l
ywith the request.
Ort EvsNING recently a Indy and . gentle.
,manweredriving down Albert St when,t}e
former's.bat .brew off. Singnrlarly, •nc.. at
tempt was made on: the part of the gentleman'
- to draw up and and recover the artier',which
rias picked up by Mr. J.Swarts, 'Who still has.
: it in his possession • . •
Srai i:v `VATERiNoi--A petition has been:
largely-signedeby-merchants-and--others; for•
presentation to the conncil,`asking t11at'steps.
be immediately taken to have -the etrcets•wa-`
teres. The dust, for some time past, has
been almost unbearable, and the 'sooner the
watering' cart re got ont,.thebetter., •
•MEATY Loss. -Qua day last week a young
man familiarly known as ",Ben Tomlinson,
loser of $400.He had
was the unfortunate
the money in ,the inside• breast pocket ofhis.
coat; but whether some ono relieved him' of it,
or he lost it ''• while driving towards Londes,
boro is not known; although he thinks it• wall
thselatter.
JAS., Tno.eraon,' late' town Clerk of
Goderioh, at brother, passed through here on
Saturday on their way to .Goderich, having.
been summoned back from Dakota owing to;
the illness of their •father, who resides near.
• Chatham. They have taken up . land about
60 miles from Fargo, and express themselves
as well pleased.with theirprospects and with
the country.
Coiuvcrio1..-1n our burried report of' the
Cantata, whiohewas given on Queen's Birthday
evening, we inadvertently ,omitted :to mention
that Mies Lizzie Jackson presided at the pi..
• ane. 1llfss Jackson '•played. the various tie-.
companimentein her usual excellent manner,
and this ia,no small degree tended to the sue.
cess of the entertainment.
Pensonee.-Mr. Aikens, son of Hon, •Sena=
for Aikens, and brother I
of Mrs. Sutherland,
Has been here visiting for a 'few 'days. ,We
observe that Mr Ailiens has lately passed his
mo3ical examinations at Coliourg and, also at
the Univ ereity, Toro`uto,' to the exeininaticns
ho stood high' up in the lists' and we predict
for him a successtul'tintere.
Scavrai'r.—Iltr. 1I, Foster, .pliotot repber;
has recently added a beautiful pied° of: scenery
to his studio. It'represcnts asmell lake sur•
rohndodby trees,the pairitillg of w..ii.1i is
very artistically done. Mr. J. G. Cricli was
the artist. hitherto photographers have been
obliged to send) to Now York for their halt.
grounds, but there eosins to bo no.'good ren:
• son why this state of affairs should continue
• FOR Tn14 NORdr•Wksak.••-Lnvt week Mr.
Jae. Gorton (son of Mr, A. Gorrcll,) loft here
by (I: W. Ili;' for the northwest, principally' on
a tour of observation: . Ilia brothers, 'J 1tonias
and Frank, who wont up earlier in the season,
took up 1180 acres' in. the Turtle Mountain
district, only two inilee from ti:tnbei'ed land,
with the privilege of taking 40 urea of, bush
for every section,, whoa ,it comes in the mar.
het. Thomas, in writing to his father, ex•
presses himself as well.pleased with his.
change. On his arrival et Crystal City, he.
sold his team, a pair of fine greys, for 842(1,
Owing to the. high pride of Hats, and bought a
yoke of oxen, A visit he made to the Londaj.
born settlement, ((where he had also bought
320 took) allowed that several of its members
had already better farms than those now pos.
ceased by their Where in Hullett,
•
! v.Ewz acceptable shower of rain fell on
Tuesday evening ;• it was greatly needed, as
the spring crepe and ,gardens were suflerfng
from the drought.
Wn wean in error in stating, that the peti,
Sion anent the Port of Entry hadbeeu forw.ard-
eti to the Minister of Customs. It is ready to
forward, but has not yet been sent.
ScA iED.—A gentleman residing on Imo St,
after retiring to bed late one night last week;
WAS startled by what he supposed to be bur.
glare,, but on getting up in a greet fright,
could find nothing to substantiate his fears,
hut a few sate,
NIGHT WATCHMAN. -,-A number of the buei-
neas men and °there in town, are endeavoring
to raise enough by private subscription, to en-
gage a night watchman, believing that such a
pigeon would add to the security of property,
ke It would unquestionably be a decided
advantage to have a good man: patrol, the
streets at night.
CnuuCH NOTICES. -',Elio abeehco of so Many
of our ministers attending the annual gather.
ings of the different churches, makes it nem -
eery that their places next Sunday, should be.
filled by others; In the B. C. church, Rev.
L. W. Wiekett, of O4io, U. S.will preach In
the morning- and evening, slid addrees the
school in the afternoon, Special collection.
to be taken up on behalf of the Sunday
__Scheel, at each service, and in the C. M.
church, Mr. James Young will preach in the
morning and Mr. Manning in the evening. --
It is not yet known who „will officiate in St.
Paul's Church, but it is expected to be a gen.
Heiman from London,
CATrr.ru -�A number' of splendid cattle were
delivered here this week,"for'Messrs. Mooney,.
Watson, Hearn, & Go., the following being the
breeders thereof, with the weights:
R. Sprung, Hallett, 4 oxen ... r 0.100
C. liner, Colborne, 2 oxen 8280
'� I steer 1150
Ed. Manning, Hullett, 2 steers 25310
J. Sturdy,-Godcrielt t p, . a steer. ,,... , 1180:
Mr. Duncan, Stanley, : , .1 steer 1240
Mr. Hetey, 1 steer 1370
Jas, Mushy,' Hullett, . .. 2 oxen 3590
R; McGowan, Wawanosh cow 1400
" •• heifer .. „ 1075
T. Quigley, Mullett, . , .,, heifer: 1150
steer'
Thos. Austin, Gedorioh 1203 t'p S steers 4700.
Last week the following were deliverer% here
for Mr. -W. McLean:—
Jae. 31e11, Mensal!, 2 steers ' 2500
John Middleton Godcrich t p, 7 head 8565
W. Wl,o, Ooderich t'p 5 head 6350
D. McLean, Nippon .1 bull' 1530
Jay. Broadfoof, Tuolcersmrth 3 steers, . 3560
Jos. Harvey, Stanley, ..2 head' 21'85
Oeo. Forest, Stanley, .. .3 steers, , . , .. 30'
R3rest,
heifer 1095
A..Slietle , Hallett, • steer.,.,. 1270
John Rig y, , Gederieh VP .6 head 7270
F. Youngblut, Mullett, 2 steers 2.103
D. Jackson, Mullett, cow . 1303
R. Jackson, Mullett, „ ... ' head 2805
Tho.,. Robinson, Tuckorernith,,.2 steers ' 2000
Couur of Iixvisloo.---The Court 'of' Ravi -
Bien met on Monday 'evening. 'to hear : cora,;
plaints against the -Assessment Roll. It is
•composed of, Deputy -)Reece Sheppard cud
Couueiliora Corbett,•..Steveneon; •Coats and
Jackson, the nssessoi s, Messrs, lune and Ste-
vens, were'also.present.• The careful and' able
.manner in which the assesement was 'made
can best be judged .by the fact of so few com-
plaints being ' made. ' Mr. H. Morley : asked
that the assessment of $1,000 on personal pug
party' be reduced, which was refused. Thos.
Johnson's assessment ;was raised to 8300.
The following names «ero.added to the roll: -
..Masse. A. 1:I..Manmag:-.and H. Foster •Ile
ttidants of Mr. ;Jas. Smith, Mr; A, M. Taylor,
on income, and Mr. Mex. • Armstroug, ,as the
leasee. of Mr.>' Jas..' Mills'' house. Mr. ;E.
Corbett'sname was' substituted for Mr. Jas.
Robb's as the owner,of store house No:. 4, at
G T. R. station. Mr,'Menzies appeared, and
after his.explenatson, $200 was deducted from
the assessment -of the place occupied 'by.
Broadfoot & Box. 'It will be seen that' these
corrections were not made necessary through
any mistakes of the assessors whatever
,IIotnERY•:-On Friday. Morning last .it•was
discovered that some; one had broken into the
gent's furnishing establishment of Mr..James:
Smith, and' carried off it large amount of
'ready-made Clothing,shirts, tweed, &c.,- to
the value•of about 300.' . Entrance into the
premises had been gained by forcing, open .a'
rear door with a chisel, after the front door
-had been-tried-iii-4alt --nee-inside,.tbriy
seem to have made 'themselves wonderfully,
free,•for all the goods were tossed in every.
direction. An attempt was made to rob Mr.
A. H. Manning's sale, whieh occupies a place.
in the shop, but it was unsuccessful. A visit.
was also made to the jewelrystore of Few
ler & Son, but nothing further. than a box of
cheep rings takem,
a1 hoou
gh articles
of value
;wereexposed in' the. show 'cases, Messrs:
Fowler making customers' valuables, secure id
their *safe nightly. W. Taylor's shoe store
• was thee visited, and several pair Of sheer"
stolen, etitrance'toboth the last gamed places
lieing'gi£ned by forcing open the rear door. An
:attempt was also made to get into the,store of
Ivir•.j) Hodgins, a door at the back of the shop,
leadiugto a hallway, being burst in, bet•fuI'-
ther progress was barred•by the security of
the.doors inside. It la thought that the bung.
lari visited this•plaeo first, . and being unsuc-
cessful, were bound to make a haul,'and'yisit.
ed the other places necordingly.. A shirt be.
longing to Mr.' Smnthwas found• on the mar, -
ket ground, near Mr. Ferran's office, showing'
the direction the thieves had taken in their
"flight;° clad a couple of chisels were found;
whichbail been used to force the doors ; these
were: identified by Mr. Fred;1;utiiball, a win
-dote of the waggon shop having been broken'
and the articles stolen the :swine night. The
.:guilty parties have 'so far managed to elude
arrest. •
•
A. Seri SCJNr -lilt saddest steno ever
witnessed fit this toivn,. was the burial of the
Misses t'oxtoii, and their half.brother, Harry
Whaley, last Thulsday afternoon. 'Doherty
& Udbbing;s'' Broad. truck'_had been regretted
to. fillthe position of a Hearse, and it ryas,,
draped all e around pith black and white,
The three gaskets wore placedside by side.
thereon, and cm•erecl with flowers and wroath,
and as tits proeos-siou •moved along, six 'pall
bearers walked en each silo of the bodies,:rnd
six other followed in it conveyance. Among
the mourners were the school children of Miss
Arnie Foxtee, from Blyth, filling :two largo
oenveyancos, while a very largo number of
sywpatliizirig friends followed in the process-
ion All places of business were closed as it
iuoved along, and the hardestltcatt could
ecareelyhelp being sof toiled by the sad sight.
To say that the afflicted parents have the
Wet licit syinpathy of the people of:this 'corn.natality, blit feebly expresses the aotuat feeling
in the matter, Qn Sunday .evening Rev. D.
G, Sutherland preached thein funeral sermon
is the Methodist church, a largo congrega-
tion was present, the. discourse being untie,
unity impressive, And ono of the meetearnest
and able of the many fine sermons this gentle-
man. hes- delivered hero. It' le stated that be-
fore going to London, Miss A. Foxton left the
-key, of her trunk with an intimate friend, with
the roquest.that should anything befall her,
cert:r , articles therein should be disposed of
AO :r 'reeliota. It isalmostneed.
.
1 : t was sadly aotnpli.
11,11§0 ',UTIONI3 OF ('UNDOLENCE..
At a meeting of the Trustees and teachers
of the f'linton High School, held last evening,
the following; resolution was passed :—
"Rasof.ven,-. -That tbo'L'rustees and teach-
ers of the Clinton High Scheel desire to ex-
press the sentiments of deep sorrow which
have been canned by the lamentable death .of
two most esteemed ex.pupile of the 'High
.School, Miss .Jane Elizabeth Forton and Miss
•Mary Anria b'uxtou, .in the recent deplorable
• calamity •near London, . RTheir exemplary
character and conduct, their amiable and
whining dispositions, and their unusual at-
tainntents, lead gained for thein the regard
and admiration of all who knew them, and
had awakened among their many friends the
best wishes and highest hopes on their behalf.
While mourning the untimely loss of FO much
goodnessand promise, we eau only bow in
submission to the will of Providence, which
orders all things for'' the best. On behalf of
our whole community we desire to tender to
the afflicted familyof the deceased,' the tumor,
ances of the strong and universal sympathy
which is felt with them in their distress—•a.
distress, as we grieve to know, enhanced by
the loss, along i s a with l m a e
h their 1 en piste of
it t sister
a, a
their dearly and deservedly loved little .
bro-
ther, William Henry Whaley, the sharer of
their,afieetions and their fate. We sincerely
trust that higher sources of consolation than .
Wo Dari offer, will, in time, assuage the sor-
rows caused by these bereavements."
'I'lie Secretary wad instructed to transmit a
Dopy of the Resolution to the family of the
deceased. •
At a meeting of the congregation of the
Clinton Methodist Church, on Monday even.,
ing, the following resolution was unanimously'
passed :—
Moved by Mr. J. Hodgins, seconded by Mr.
W. C. Searle, aiid resolved, That the Church
has heard with unutterable feelings of sorrow
of the very great loss sustained by our sister,
Mrs. Whitley, and her family, in the sad be-
,reavernentwhich.'they have recently been,
celled.' upon to suffer, in the sudden »and. un-
expected deaths of her daughters Jano Eliza-
beth and Mary Anna, whose estimable quali-
ties' gained for them the esteem and. wolf
wishes of all who knew them, (and: her dear
little eon Barry) canoed by the wrecking of
the pleasure ,steamer Victoria, near London,
last Tuesday, by whieh so manyvaluablolives
were lost anti so many hearts have been filled
with overwhelming grief. That, whilst bow.
ing submissively to tilts inscrutable dispense.
tion, we would here give Imitable expression
of our deep and affectionate sympathy with
her and her gamily, and pray that in their be-
reavement all needed consolation may bo rich-
ly imparted, and that in the hour of their sora
trial, God may be their refuge."
A stlatILAn resolution was passed regarding
the death of lkfr. \'Yin. D. Glues, of London,
W/1080 perorate were, formerly 'nowhere of this
congregation, and the Recording Steward, 111r.
A. S. Fisher, instructed to forward copies of
the foregoing to Mrs, Whaley.. and also. to
Mr. 0. Wass, London,
Mit., C. MASON is improving .his property
by the erection of a neat fence,
A SPECIAL meeting of the Fire Brigade will
be held next Tuesday evening, to consider mar..
tors of importance connected with the „Brigade
ACCIDENT. —On Monday, as Mr Jlid. Colilbe,
br.. wasremoving the stopper from a largo
ottlem. of strong ammonia, and stooping over
it, it exploded, almost knocking him down,
and very severely injuring his face. It was
at first feared that his eyewight was destrgyed,
but we ere pleased to know that, this is not
the cane; the prompt application of retuedios'
alone saved them.
• I.0CALNOT'ICES,;:
Just received,' a large stock 'Of American
Coal 011. Harland Bros., Clinton.
New line of Photo frames at Fosene's, Clin-
ton. Very handsome designs.
S. DAYIB ie'giving; special low prices inBuil-
der's;1Iardware, Paiute,, (alas"„,"0118, and_solid
steel "Barb Wire. Mao, i iRST-OLASSS LAWN
MowERs. '
INTON IVOOLLEN- IILI
'Are running full blast. Land prepared, as usual, to do all kinds of work Lir.
the Woollen line. c.
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aurin y.S �u� yin k MInktrin!
OF AL1, KINDS,:: DONT: ON SHORT NOTICE,
Ti? l+aI+AD�, FLANNELS,;YAPN .BCA T ETA -tic
CONSTANTLY .ON HAND,
Either to egehanp,s for .„heal or soli for `':Cash, a PRICES LOWER: THANEVER..
l-(,. CORBETT.
OL1\ 10^, May, 1881
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MERC.tT:;_N'T,
'N'r .2011 THE JUS'rl.Y':CELT,PRATED Ir5GTRU •
We cannot :speak too highly of its merits, as testimonials froni :all parts of the country
show its sncceas.over all others.
HARDWARE, NAILS �• GLASS,PAINTS AND OILS.
Royal Canadian Clothes vWri . era`'
GHEA-PErb-THA•; E 411t-RE•F-ORE OFFBR
CLID.STEEL.FENCE.
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WIRE.
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cres'$epoat
rdors1
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'HOSIERY
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PRODUCE TAKEN
AN'S
try Cloorls Emporiu a, of Cliff on .
.A.PrIMA r111 -IM
Grand Clearing Sale
C+ C) D E. 43
The undersigned having made a settlement on
themost ' favorable •terms with the ''
Insurance
Companies, s,.
offers
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tot e p
bI••c
thegreatest m-
ducementsClinton.
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that.ever were offered in.Cl nt�
on. He:
is prepared ared to `clear"out the whole �..... holeof his present
stock at the immense
Roduction of ` Si* Con on they Dollar,
Thu s, a
Parson purchasing -will get for 60 Cents
value for. $1. IIe is_als epi arecLto-offer
Grc.l lEDt1C ION IN GROCERIES.
15i, lbs. of Good Sugar for'*1� andall -
Sugar other goods -:
in the same ratio.
a �� a p prin. Ca s at hal A good dollar Hat far 50: • cts,.
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2`CTLt.r. G V T • . CTLTT • 't TJN S.
Also, sole agent for the EMPIRE • HORSE . ANI) ;CATTLE I OOD. This feed has been
'largely:treed in .Eugland, and bas' been found'suporior 1o:.any other' manufactured,
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J?OP• FIR,'.(' c LASS ?JxoTOG11,APHS 00 `.1rO •
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All work guaranteed . to give..entlre�
satisfaction:
GALLERY: BEAVER BLOCK, ALBERT STREET,.-CLINTON:'
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'all Papor Wall Paper
.'LUST MICHIVI:D AHD OP. 'N11D; A I,ARGI'I CONSIGNM1 NT'01-0
ENGLISH AND D AMERI(A1`T:. WALL 1VER�
WHtC11 WILL BE SOLD AS CIIt:AP AS ANY IN •TIM Comm.
'Wia s a '
ndow . hada & Window Blind Paper b
Se 0g1 Booc:� Stationery,. Fancy
(fie
Clinton, April 14, 3601.
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PRODUCE OF ALL KIND TAKEN AS CASH.
• ' . A. CALE SOLICITET). •
WM.: COATS
March 17, 18819
Next ,door to the ToWiq Itch,Clinton.
ewes
SIGN OF THE' PADLOCK'.
SPECI..A.a t MOW' •. 4MIC1 1 S
.�I A.Izvrr ',
ILACP IKS4, Coils.
i3IN. l�f �a ► �.,
I<L1'lfll; door 3leg,crllc►le•t ; R'' T!1C�7:'Y,
A large quantity of l7our.barl3ed STEAL FIINCE VVIIiI;, itt )reduced
prices, SPADES, SHOVELS, HARES, HOES,.ete,, in great variety.
THE . BEST NO. 1. COAL OIL
the celebrated AMERICAN HEA.DLIGRT.
PLEASE GIVE' US CALL. PRICES VIIEY LOW,
f O1' r/111 I'AI)I,O0110. 11140K BLOCK, AI;131113T STRIET, CLINTOI•t