The New Era, 1882-02-16, Page 10CLINTON NEW ERA,
THuRSDAv, FEB, 16, 1882.
THE Seaforth Sun last' week clipped
from the NEW ERA. Tuckersmith, Bel-. m
,occupants roiseueusly into the ditch ,.
grave, Hullett and Blyth items, entire,
ACC1uENfs.—On Thursday last, as a
cutter, containing a man, his; wife and,
baby, was•being driven along a batik; of
snow on; tile west side of Albert Street,\
ut turned completely over, throwing the
all, however; escaped unhurt, On Friday,
without a word of credit.
LIBERAL MEETING. --A meeting of the
Clinton Liberal Club will be held on Fri-
day evening, in the rooms in the Beaver
Block. A large attendance is particularly
requested.
IMPROVED STOCK. --On Friday last a
splendid young, thoroughbred bull, that
• had been purchased at Whitby. at a .cost
of $250, arrived here for Mr. Joseph
Fisher, of Colborne.
AVE SEE by the Kingston Whig, that at
the Bachelor's Ball, in that city, of which
a -very long account appears in that paper,
Miss Kate McTaggart, of Clinton, was
among the invited guests from a distance.
COINCIDENCE. As an illustration of
f the axiom that "great minds run.iin the
same channel," we might mention the
curious fact that local items appearing
originally . in the NEW ERA also appear
in the columns of other papers as origi-
nal. The coincidence is the more singu-
lar because the wording in all cases is the.
A PLUCKY REco VERY.—Last week Mr.
W. East, an employee at Fair's mill, lost
his watch and chain among the ,. sawdust
of the mill. Shortly after Mr. A. McCrae,
fireman,.was shovelling sawdust into the
furnace,.when he saw something glisten,
and quick as thought he shoved his hand
in and recovered the article, but not until
he had burned his hand somewhat by so,
doing.
SENTENCED J. E. Barnes, of Hensall,
committed to jail a few days since, on a
charge of defrauding the Singer Manufac-
turing Co., and also on complaint of,;Mr.
G. E. Crawford,,of Clinton, was sentenced
by Judge Toms, on the•latter's charge, to
three weeks' hard labor in jail. A. fresh
complaint'9vas also lodged against -him,;
for which he has not yet been tried. --
PERSONS ILL. -We regret to learn that
Mr. A. Bay still., continues very, low.
Mr. Donald Junor, of the Bayfield -Con,:
cession, who ,has been . ailing for>'some
time, is somewhat better:... Mr. and Mrs.
W. Graham, of the; same concession, are.
also among the afflicted, the latter suffer-
ing much. Mr. J. Cuninghame has re-
covered from, his late illness, as has also
,111r.,1V. H. Hine.,
PERsoNAL.—Mrs. Millichamp, of -To-
ronto is hereon a visit, the Of Mrs. J.
Hodgins. A brother of Mr. J. C. -Gilroy.
dropped dead of appoplexy; at Philadel-
phia, last week. Miss Armstrong, of
Emerson', who has = been visiting her
;.friends here,leftfor hone on Saturday,
by G Tr R. Mrs.; Ingram, of Abelene,
lCansas, died suddenly, last week;: she
was a sister of Mr. Harry: Dennis, and
formerly attended theHigh School here,
she leaves a husband and three children
Mr, Tooker; general travelling agent of
the G.W.R.; was in town yestere e •
business .connected with that road
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—At a; meet-
ing of the directors of the Hulletta
cultural Society, held on Saturday last, it
was decided to hold the annual dinnervin.
connection with the Society, on Wednes=::
day, March 1st; and the secretary was in-
structed to communicate with one or .two
well-known agriculturists, with the;;+'
of their, giving addresses on the occasion
We understandthe dinner will 'be he
strictly on temperance principles 'thi
time, and we trust this decision will be
endorsed by a larger number than has
ever been present before. It was :also, -de-.
tided to, hold a • spring show, for 'entire -
stock, in Clinton, onWednesday, Apri112.,
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.—Ono, Sal
turday last, the workmen in Mr. S. Davis'
shop were disturbed by the smell of cloth'
burning,and instituting an investiga
tion, theydiscovered a piece of wast
cotton, -Which had been partially -saturate .
with' oil, as the cause of the odour. -: Th.
rag _had. .'been -thrown Aside, apparent] ;.
after being used, and was apractical illu -
tration of :spontaneous combustion.: t
had not,burst into flames; .but' -was smolt -
as the 12'45 G.'T R. train was approach-
ing town, t ran tiff the track, but was' re,
placed wiout much delay. j At the same
time its,\v istle frightened a tea,'m stand-
ing b ,>'.ttanbury's storehouse, causing
them tarttn away, and they bolted through r 5'..
the lane•djoining Mrs. Reed's ,residence,
bringing ,, up abort in the front ditch,
withoutra'doing much damage. During
the same,day, a man was driving a. very
spirited team up the London Road, when
the whistle of an approaching train start-
led them, and they bolted; the driver,
realizing his danger of collision' with the,
train;.did his best to prevent the team;
crossing the, track. The locomotive just
struckAie" end of his ; conveyance, but
singularly, did not break anything:, 'Hada
he been•a quarter of ,a 'second later, a dify-
ferent report tothis would require to be
written.
Coaii LrrENTAR' SulPER.—A-party; of;
about one hundred sat down to 'a compli-
mentary Suppea
omplimentarylsuppet at the Royal Hotel, here,;
on Thursday evening, given" as a parting
token _of respect, to Win.. Sheppard, Esq.,
who took his ,departure .for Portage la'
Prairie, on• Monday last, where he has:
made .arrangements -to engage in hotel
keeping. The chair was occupied • liy!
Major Murray,` and the vice chair by,
Mayor Forrester. 'After bivalves, and.
other, good things so well and bountifully
supplied . by mine host, Mr. Kennedy.,
were,beartily partaken of by the company,'
the cloth was cleared, and then followed
toast; speeches, -songs ' and. recitations.
After the -usual loyal toasts were disposed;
sof hi an enthusiastic manner, -as they` al
ways are:in this section, the Gest of
the evening," was given and responded to.
h. hearty applause. " Mr: Sheppard, in
FeLying;:said " lie 'e -It deeply the warm.
Mariner•, in which his health had been
draak,'and although he '• felt a .degree of
fr uctance to say farewell; he could" not
hF1P but feel a " Sense- of satisfaction at
the circumstances that brought: out these
expressions of good 'n Will and strong
friendsliip, and although he was going to
be : separated for • a time, : he hoped to
-evenitually:;spread his last days in this
-town. ; In the course of the evening as the
toasts on, the programme were given and
responded to, many of the prominent
gentlemen of the town uttered strong
terms of eulogunic upon Mr. Sheppard,
h,e having been a resident of the town and
in business for the last thirteen years, and
fqr the whole of his life previous to that
.a, -"resident of Goderich township, where
he was. for some years Reeve. His mili-
tary friends, with whom he had been 'as
sociated for-mang years, expressed them-
selves as exceedingly sorry to lose him.
from their ranks. After singing " Auld
'tang -Syne," the "company separated, at a
',easonable hour, .expressing the best of
•ishes for Coptain Sheppard's future web.
re
BRZErs,=We were.in.. ;error. last " week
n stating that Mr. Jas. Sheppard; had also
isppo5.0 of his -property in the northwest; "
uchds riot the case. The iron lamp poet
-high •wasidying on the platform in the,.
ew town hall lane for some time, was
thrown down and broken; one.night last
week.. The weather bas' been unusually
fine for . the season of the year; .if future.
winters are going to.be ;"like '"this one
farmers may as well ,auction off their,
sleighs. •' Mr. James Thompson has sold --_>
the hind near -Brandon, lately bought by,:
him of' Mr. A. Pay, to Mr. John Middle-
ton,.of Goderich township.. In a plan of.
some property" adjacent to the city of
Winnipeg, appears four streets,. named
respectively Hearn, Sheppard, Wilson and
Robertson. streets ; the •first two after ,
Clintonians, the;'otlier after Seaforthites.
An article belonging•to a'.' Clintonian, ad-
vertised in the NEW ERA, was sold to a
party"in.St "Catharines for $200 -benefits
of' advertising in' a widely' circulated pa-
per. -'On Saturday a " soap peddler''
roped in: a number of victims. on the
market; if the Council have nota: by-law,,
whereby they can :;stop such proceedings,
•
THE eFO.i)go
A rise'in all COTTON, GOODS we inade our, selec-
tions early, 'which has given us an advantage in prices that
cannot possibly be had now. •
'riots. PRINTS. prints.
WHITE, .AND GREY COTTONS, SHIRTINGS
DENIMS, TICKS, COTTONADES, DUCKS
COTTOl YARN, CARPET. WARPS; :
e ors °use in town
nip10 in MANTLE=
AIDER b the ear..
eoialttent on
a. gmen
to that departen1
ing, and was so hot that .it could ;not Ve thev.should pass one; the Inco who invest
held' in the hands, and if it had not .bed-
discovered just when .it was; -would c
tainly havestarted burning, :perhaps ata'
time when the shop was cldsed,``with :Iles
sults that cannot be told All should. lie-
memberthat any combustible cloth, sat r- .perior stock, and bad been" purchased at
ated with vegetable, oils, willtake':fire prices, ever $200...' Mr. F. Rurnball has
spontaneously. disposed of his steam engine and boiler to
LOST AND RECOVERED. -One day ' 1 st a party in Godericli, Mr. R. Anderson,
of Goderich township, has moved into
the hove lately. bought of Mr. W. Jack-
son Rev.' W.. McDonagh took part in
the anniversary 'services:`, ofthe "„Paris
Methodist^ Church, on,1Vloiiday evening.
The band made a'. short : promenade on
Monday evening; more of the same will be
Much. appreciated.' Notwithstanding"the
very bad roads, a large number of people
were in town on. Saturday, Messrs R.:
Coats & Son have, moved into their ew
'premises, aft wil1soon open mit :Ugene 'al
stock of roods. The Weather has every,
indication. Of spring. Mr. John McLeod
was entertained at an -oyster, supper on
illonday evening, by a number of friends,,
prior to his departure for the northwest..
Remember.. the ineeting for the formation.
of Philarmonie Society, tliis (Thursday)''
evening:. A couple of persons' have; been
•
in town 'several days selling the :,new'
testament ; one of ;them is blind; the other
deaf and ;dumb, bat they still manage to,
transact their business. with 'little- diffi-
culty. On Monday two car loads. of cat
tle were slipped.via G. T. R., to Boston,
by Mr. IV.i+tcL,,ean, of.Godei•ich. The.
regular meeting efthe School Beard- twill'
be held on: Monday evening. A•: man:
sawing aBole for a window.inte a stable,
was a turiday morning scene in town. A
verysla'rgenumber of, valentines were sent "
through the post on Tuesday, the super-
scriptions of some being as unique as th
inside..conteiits weresupposed to be. -
assessors, Messrs. Hine. and Stevens start
,,on their 'rounds in' a few days; e`sohs
owning,dogs•will, of course, go ern them-
selves -accordingly: We obs', ve that the
signs 'which have' long :indicated the
whereabouts of the °far -
House, have been -t
to be" retouched
by; Mr.' Geo. Bo
ing the Ilanc
corner of
hencefoyr
ter
Ili
with these fellowsare fools for doing so,
but temptation should be `removed front
their uivay.' A car load of horses were
.shipped ;by G. 1r. T , on,Tuesday'to Mans-
field Ohio; several of them were of sit -
week just as a couple of ladies -were eni
ing Craib, Macwhirter & Ge's store,'
of them dropped her purseand a"s>X
satchel, which she did not miss until a
she had -been in the store' some ti
Coming out to look -for it, a boyinfori
her that' he had seentwo men pick
r-
ne'
all
ter
ne
ed
the articles, and gave a descriptior of
them. The ladle§ then started on a,ltunt
Over town to find, if;possible, the perions
answering to the discription Just asthey
_ were about.giving up the hunt as hopi'lless
'They .espied the urge men coming fronlithe
direction Or the;Western Station, when
one of the ladies,boldly asked for thq re-
turn of the articles:they hddepu icl.
inen:denied all knowledge of 'toe a
but one of thetassels of the••'satchells
The
lair,
ick-
ing out of one of then- pockets, gave „hem
away, and : they then owned, ,tip to
finding them. and stated that.they had in
tended leaving „them at the' Poit4lhce,
but that was "too thin," as each had:: one'
of the articles secreted about his person.
INctuns'r.—An inquest was held oii.the
body of Cornelius Baer, of Hulletii, ' en
Monday, the 13th inst.,, at the liokise of
Mr. John Govier, before Dr; 'McLean, df
Goderich, Coroner. 1l1r., Baer 'lad1i in in
the grave something over a week arid,, and, to'
set at rest the various. rumors afloat, "the
friends decided to have an inquest held,
to positively decide. as to the cause of
death. Dr. Worthington, pf _C.liiiton
and Dr. McDonough; of Goderich,; made
the post mortem examination., and' found
that death had been caused by a strangt)-
lated hernia ; about two inches ;of the.
small intestine had: slipped into the' in
ternal abdominal ring and wasas tightly
constricted asthough a string had been
tied around it, the constricted'portion•be-
ing quite black (Mortified.) A considers
able amount of evidence • was takenas to
his symptoms and treatment, but the tes-
timony of the medical men 3vho Made the
post mortem examination • made, every=
thing quite clear to the:jury and will ef-
fectually set .at rest all' doubts as to the
cause of death. - The v;erdiet of the.jury
was "that he'died"from the: effects of/
strangulated hernia and not others,': ',
e
med Manchester
en down in order
artistica]ly finished"
ers, prior ti) their adorn=.
me new prernise,s onthe
ttenbury and Albert Streets,
l to be known as the Manches-
se. ' Robing were heard" and seen
is neighborhood on different days of,
is andtlast week ;'a sure sign of spring.
Mr. Hodgins moven next week and Craib,'
Macwhirter. & fro, the week after.
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