The New Era, 1882-12-21, Page 10•
;LINTON NEW ERA.
THURSDAY, DEO. 21, 1882.
Zolvii ?opicz.
MR, S. PIKE has a cactus,plant that is
now.in',flower ; this is a very unusual'
thing this season of the year.
MEsens, Fitzsimons & Watson have
shipped over six thousand sheep from this
vicinity, during the past summer.
CHRISTMAS De_y.—Monday next, being
Christmas, will be observed by the sus-
-pension of all -business, the. post office
alone being open the usual holiday hours.
Lain OvEP.-A communication on the
.causes of horses . and cattle filling with
gas, from the pen of Mr. J. Metcalf, Y.S.,
is unaxoidably ;held over until a future
issue.
REDUCED FARES.—By advertisement it
will be seen that reduced fares are offered
• on the railway, for the Christmas and New
- earholidays-a-priyyilege-tha-will doubt
]ess be' taken advantage' of by a large
number. -
BusiNEss CHANGE.—Mr. Jas.. Anderson
has'bought out the bakery business of
Mr. J. R. Kennedy ;_he'has rented one
Smith 1 clr. to:. i
the stores in the S r li b o w�"ch
place be Nyill remove, and combine con-
. fectionery therewith. ,
LAND SOLD.—Mr: W. Craig has sold the
lot he a short time aro purchased of Mr.
Paisley; consisting of the. west part of lot
39, 16thcon;, of Goderich township, 40
acres; to Mr: M Kelley;, of this,; place,; for
the sum. of $3,100.
ORANGE OFFICERS. - At the annual
meeting for the election.ofoflicers', of L.O.
L. No. 710, of Clinton, on Monday, the
following. were .chosen :=Chris. Young,
W. M. ;;J:Hamner, D.M. D'. Cantelons
Treas ; T. Cooper, $ecy.' •
_Mx."JosN T. COOPEI1.,'late of this town
has moved into••Brandon "forthe- winter,-
and
inter,and will work at his trade of harnessmak-
ing so soon as he getable, haying receiv-
eda severe .gash .in, the leg, from which.
lie is rapidly'reco`vering. He is well
satisfied with his prospects.
Scumo •-TRvaTEE: -The nomination
of four; trustees ` takes place at the town
hall next Wednesday. We hope that no
opposing spirit will be displayed, but that
four geed men • will be nominated --and.
no more—which:. will _save "the expense
of an election. • The retiring trustees
are Messrs. Thompson, Kenney, Cunning-
hame and Leslie. •
APPOINTMENT:Mr. 'A. H. Blackeby,
one of the late proprietors of the Record,
has .been appointed .a -Commissioner by
the Dominion Government to visit the,
—factories -in the State-of-Massachusetts,aud
report on the :Working .of the '"Factory.
Act" in that state. He occupied.& similar
position sometimeprior to his purchase of
the Record.•
GOOD. FIGS.—Recently Mr, Cantelen,
of this place1 sold a hig< 11 months old,
that dreeeed'411 lbs., and from` which 50
lbs of -lard was rendered ; this is: unusual-
•ly•-Large, and shows good feeding. On
Monday; Mr. Me Hazzlewood, of Hullett,
sold two;,dressed hogs that" went 'over- 900
lbs. ; -one: of: them weighed. 590 'Ms an -
Tu esdAy„ Mr
nTuesday,Mr Di,nsleybought of Mr.' Lan-
sing, of the base line; a hog weighing 642
,lbs
Sen.=Un thenight of'llonday, the l l th
i nst., a little child belonging to, a family
in this' neighborhood; died after a short
illness:';' The:parents wished4'to1piry it in
the cemetery onthebase :line;isa ti'prepar
ations were made accordingly, .but the
blockade pre Tented 'them 'removing it,
from 'the -ho -use -;-the expectation - being''
that .tlie storm:nwould daily abate,. the body
was.kept, but the relentless storm-
.
torm ''con
tinned, and not until Sunday was. it taken
• from the.house,'and buried where desired,
• PECULIKn ACCIDT\T'— One day last:
week M.r.. Jas.. Swan, of . Brucefield,'met
with a sin nilar and painful accident. He
was driving a threshing. machine along
the Huron road; `near Alma," which* hap:
pened to :be cut "away on one side. •T.o
prevent the machine from tipping '11 long.
pole was-run,beneath•it from side -104A ,
on
ide1 nid-
on which himself' and a companion were`
seated The other -slipping off, causedthe
pole towfly'with a .spring, and Mr. Swan
was thrown •over, the machine, into a snow
bank, injuring him somewhat about. ,the
shoulders:' '
BURST sprit FLtJEs.°—On Tuesday the
early morning :train on the Trunk left
Goderich titin time; and passenger'waiting.. 'waiting
at Clinton station'wondered whk:the traits
did nets rrive here, at 6.10, as •no.'.tidings
could lie got of it until 5.30,. (w.hen con-
ductor McKnight ;walked into • the build-
ing and informed them' that hi,�° engine
had burst her flues near Holenesville, , and.
was not able to move, "he 'having left hist
passengers and •walked in. The passcn-,
gers had to wait until 9 o'clock, when
(;onductor•Crawford's train lbrought them
down.
. A CAN< y -1 t isnot it unlikely . that at
e next' ineetuig-of-eouiicil; tlie--questiOn
of allowing the unoccupied store in tha
Town Hall • to be ,used for the -Custom's
Oflice, will be discussed. It kispears that,
as an inducement to get the office located':
Here, Mr, Perrin gave the free use of one
• of the rooms in bus block, but since .the
property has passed into ether hands, this
privilege.e. as
,been refused. d.
It1w0n
ld cer-
tainly be a convenience to business men,
if the office were on a ground • floor, and
would 'make no difference to, the town
finances at present, as the store has been
idle for some time.
SOME FINE CATTLE, -'Phis week Mr.
W. Craig shipped a car load of Christmas
'cattle to. Toronto;' which embraced some
of the finest young stock that has everleft:
this neighborhood. Those purchased of
Messrs. Lyons, Waite. and Mountain, in'
Hallett, were particularly good, and show.
that these gentlemen understandthe busi-
ness of feeding stock. The consignment
was purchased as follows : -Of Geo. Stan:
bury, Stanley, 1 heifer, 1,200 lbs., at $601;
W. Grant, Stanley, 2 heifers, one at 1,350,
$125; Geo. Lyons, Hallett, 2 steers, 2,650,
$157; R. Waite, Hullett,' 3 heifers, 1,300;
each, *65 each; M, Mountain, Hullett, 4
heifers; 1,350, 2 at$72 each; and 2 a $67
W. Sheppard, base line, 2 heifers, 2,200,"
$105 W. Weir, Goderich township, 2 at
$$90; a 2 months old „calf from Mr. Weir,
at $1b ;Jcihn Mason, Iituliett, 2 bend" at
$80; H Snell I•Iullett, yearling heifer, at
.A Sxor7erlGE.--Laat. week,Mr. R. Irwin
had orders in for seventy-five ear load; of
grain, nearly the whole of which was for
Liverpool, but the storms practically sus-
pended shipping business, "as he wu not
able to get a solitary ear away until Setup:
day afternoon. •
A FAITHFUL OFFICIAL.—The people of
Clinton have good reason to feel proud of
and just cause for speaking in the most,
commendatory terms of their faithful and
painstaking postmaster. The willingness
of Mr. Fair to accommodate the public,
often at considerable ,trouble to himself,
was forcibly shown .on Saturday last.
Owing to the blockade, no mails were re-
ceived.here from London, from Thursday
till Saturday,night, when six bulky mails
arrived after nine o'clock._ He was really
under no obligations to the public to keep`
open. after 7 p. m., but knowing their 'anx-
iety, he and his able assistant, Miss Josie
Fair; sortedthe Whole of* these and ,kept
open until they were .distributed to the
anxious crowd who thronged the office.
•
'ButEF..—Our thanks are due Mr. B.
Webb for several heads of beautiful cele-
ry. At a meeting of the ministers and a
'member of the.Couticil Board, on Friday,
it was decided to expendthe money raised
at the' thanksgiving service, among some
of the poor of the town,• in the, purchase
of flour. To -day is said to be the short-
est day ;in the year; we dont see any dif=;
ference in the size of it. An adjourned
meeting of the Council will be held on the
28th inst ; p" artier holding accounts aaginst
the town should render them before that'
meeting,.in order.thatthe year's '.business.:
may be wound up:: The Exeter Times,
notwithstanding the fact that it has pre
viously written against thein; has adopted
what is known as "the patent •inside,"_and'
thepatrons of the Times will evidently
appreciate it, as they get" a larger amount
of fresh reading matter than the Times; or
any other paper, could afford to set"`up.
Master Fred. Holloway had a piece ofone
finger .takenoff, while Working about some
machinery in -the -Organ Factory the other
day ' "gentleman in town, ordering a:
•:A
pair of overshoes of a special kind from
London, was evidently a little mixed
when he wrote for "a pair' of snowshoes,
with; the fancy beadwork onthe toes," no
wonder the party -of whom they were ef•-
pered replied that "there wasn't su'eh a
thing in the city."' 11Ir..Dayis has put
new tin bottoms in all the street. lamps
and an"additional brace "across the same.
M . David is, buying pork here
for Mr. Frank Case, of Seaforth." Bexley
Campbell has given "tip the barber "shop
next door tee the Oommercial, which is.
.being continued by Sidney Butler. :Mr.
E.J. Rowlands, who has just been attend=
ing the Model School here,• has been 're-
engaged to teach near Mildmay, for ::the
corning year. A family in' town were
compelled tense corn`'#or fuel on Sunday.
their-snood-p'le-having-given=6tt_�-and-it-
being impossible to get more. On Sun
day night. thethermoreeter went,down 4°
below zero;;being the coldest night of the.
season; "Mr.. H Tewsley, butcher, intends
to move into the building just north of hie.
old stand. Mr. W. GBroadfoot, wheat.
buyer: for • Mr. James •Fair, is also now
buying coarse grains on his own behalf.
Mr. R. W: Emerson has:discontinued> his
butchering, ;''business:_._Mr. Robt. Gorrell.
expects to return to . Manitoba. -in a few.
days; 'A " couple on -Albert Street were.
• treated to the:pleasant strains of music'on:
Thursday night, produced •by some youths*
On. dilapidated tin pans and cow bells:'
The string band, under the leadership' of
Mr. Homer Cooper; has.changed its prac
tice,room to the Beaver;jBlock. if some.
farmer were to bring in aloadofevergreen-°
trees.before Christmas; he would have no
difficulty in selling the; 'same. Mr. ,James'
Whittingham returned from Manitoba on:
Satu-rday, suffering from Red:=River fever.
Mr.: C;; Moorish is also on his:: way home,
suffering from the sarne. ` Miss Macpher
son, of Fingall, is visiting relatives here:
Mr..McCulloch,of the:,firn .of.Goldie Mc
Culloch & Co -Galt, spent severaldays:
here.last week, the guest of: Mr. James
Fair. There. are two or three tenders`. in
for the plant of the Huron Record.- Next
Tuesday evening the election' of officers
for the Oddfellow's Lodge, will takeplace,,
installation following a week later, when
Mr:.II. Lawrence; 'of. Goderich;• 'District
jziity,;will.officiate.', A meeting -7a the
Model School`Board was held on Monday.
exenrng, but.no.business .bey.end the pass--:_
ing of`a few accounts,' transacted. • Brus
sels' School Board have authorized the
reading of the Bible in the —schools"; here
the matter . is optional , Mr. S. Mercer,
w;
Who:has been„aay visiting :friends; has'
returned home. • One day last week' a'.
young man'iroin town left for Goderich
on purpose to see his adored. one ;• it an
. -
pears he got blockaded and .had to .call•
at a, farm” house and stay three days ; on'
his arrival back the boys have been run-
ning on hint pretty stiff; The Clinton'
correspondent of the Goderieh•News walks.
into a psuedecorrespondent of the Record
with a sharp stick, and appears to .have.
the whip hand, as the facts are about as
the News correspondent this week states,
and the public are" passing no very Com-
plimentary •remarks over the- presumption
displayed by.the Record correspondent (2)'
'Mr. Iiodgens' condition during the Week-
-has shown a ;inarkdUhnprovement and
there seems yet to be room to hope forhis'
recovery .Qn Tuesday, Miss--McGulloch,
who severs her connection with the school
this iveek,'was 'the recipient of two hand-
some vases and a card receiver, from her
scholars, the gift being accompanied by a,
touching and` expressive address. 11loyor
Forrester and family ,intend to spend
New 'Year's'day with friends at Orange-
ville: Angus McPhail and Thos. Cham-.
bers returned frons*. Winnipeg. on Tuesday,.
:the latter suffering painfully, with rheu-
matics. On Tuesday :Messrs : Doherty. .&
Gi-bbings•s1.11pped the large liiimber of 20
organs, and Would have shipped more, but.
they hacl not car accommodation. Mrs.
Allinson, has been for some time
under the treatment''•of 'Dr."-Proudfoot;
oeulist, of Montreal, wishea its to state'
that She is now able' to discern objects
quite easily; being' able to' read small
print and thread needles. Mr. E. E.
ICeefer, who"goes home for his Christmas
holidays,.leaves his office in charge ofMr.
A. A. Smith a gentleman from Toronto.-
Mr. Austin Callander has just placed an
order for forty for the north---'
west,jyith Mr. F. IZ,umball, he also expects
to manufacture about 150 sets of harrows
for. the same place.• Mr. Chas Morrow, of
f"piriswood, Dak , is vis ting'his many old
riends in, this neighborhood. We' ate
very sorry to: hoar --or the • sudden death, -
of a daughter of our.old friend Mr. Geo.
Coxa of the Getlerich incl,
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Underclothing.
n magnificent shades and :colors. SEE OUR 15 CENT
SILK HANDKERCHIEFS.
KWEAR.
Handsomely packed, one in a box, for .Christmas offerings.
NS CUFF BUTTONS ne continuous grand success
AND PINS.
Silk & Cashmere Minters.
U LADIES F'`UR GAPS.
BOY'S 'UR GAPS.
TIHE. FAMOUS HATTER AND FURRIER, CLINTON.
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