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The New Era, 1884-06-20, Page 10"LrI TON NEW ERA. FRIDA , LUN 1884.. r." •l o 4 219TIO $. .� Acsi the article fv V' ators. Spy tlasees f' roma 150. to $S.7',r, at W 1RW Hook RStore. :Extra discount this week. SZWalrl . AQH,INES-•- W. $'ITT sells' the ht running new Home ,Sewing Machine, �v1«' a• :taken the lei, f ;On gopi .. • COMM. Dow t. --r The price of live stock is falling in England, owing to an over -supply from lawman markets, sand We believed that prices must fall here- This will be welcsme news for beef -salters; but for farmers it is a far from:brightout look. di osarEu,—We learn that the. town- ship Ueborne bas appealed to the«oou.n- ty Tudge againstits equalized assessment, the county council having refused to de - Crease Ueborne or increase other miodel- • palities jn:the county ; the anatter comes up for hearing at'an early day. A SEL•toi,Ar, Linin.—The otherday es Mr. Jahn Brownlee, lot 19, mill load,. Tuckersmith,,.was plowing, he turned up a portion, of a sea coral, which was like a • petrified limb of .a tree. A small portion of it.he left at this .office for the inspection . of the curious.. A, Goon AriroxiVENr,-The EWNEra. extends. its congratulations to Mr. W. E. Oroves, on his promotion to the position of headmaster of Wingh, am Public. Cheel, Q He is quite a young man, but well -lip in his ,protesaional studies. and tohis• other acquirements he sometime ago added the art of printing. -- - AE.THVerTAI, •DintoCATION.--; young roan named Donohoe; (son of widow Donehoe of ,:Goderieh township) called upon a Medical maxi of town to c+ogee, Iris right arm; one day last weer, it being dislocated -at the -shoulder. Haw . it be- came dislocated he did not know mite had gone tobed with it all right, and found next morning when trying to pull •on his pants that he could not do .eo, the, arm • having by some, means been. throwin out apiece during his sleep. Air trEvonTtNATE Yoi TL -.-The other day a boy named Geo. Herriott reeeiyed a fearful blow inthe face while playing ball with some : • companions. • A bat, caught him across the, nose and almost flattened it out, and. the eye was also badly bruised. The injuries are such that, it will take them some time to.: heal. It seems to be the fate of this, youth to get Burt. '..He has had a leg :and arm broken, and many minor casualties during his limited career and takes all the. efiairs with perfect indifference;.' • Ax • ExPEizSIvE SamsE.—A Goderich township farmer, driving to . town the other day was:consoling himself with his pipe.and when through placed the article in his coat tail pocket. Re soon after was made aware of its.presence there' by find- ing that his coat was on fire.. After., he 'bad extinguished it he found that a large. We had been burned through a Russel -Cord• coat, linen dusterand goat robe, and ha wisely determined hereafter to be sure his pipe was out before putting it away. ,TBE SIM LIsT.--Mr.S. Mercer has, un- fortunately, suffered' a relapse,due to, his •igoing•to work .before he was ale to stand it, and be is confined to bed. Mr. Wm:. -Davis was called. to Alias. Craig last week by the serious illness, Of: his'brother, who is suffering from a complaint. that • has so far baffled the skill and knowledge of the medical men in that vicinity; 'at last ac- counts he was very low, and : an attempt, was to be made to•.take him to London in the hope that treatment • • could there -be received that would prove beneficial: - A Gonsx orTan ... Tv. ---Mr.. Joseph Rowell, of this• town (father of Mrs: J.. Hodgens) leaves for Toronto . in a few days, to take part in the Semi -Centennial Anniversary of , that, city. 13y virtue of having been an alderman of Toronto he will be a guest of the city during thean- xiiversary, the officials having formally invited all old aldermen to become their guests. •Mr. Rowell was in office forabout, three years,, commencing. in 1865, and was at that time noted for hiseiaergy and zeal in the managementof civic matters, CLINTON Fuzz Snow. -=0n ` Monday last Messrs, John Mason, G.E. Pay; Thos. Carbert, Jas, Biggins, and Rich. - Cole representing the Hulled. agricultural" Society, canvassed the town.for , subscrip4 tions thereto and-met'with very gratifying suceess. As Clinton now , stands; to the front as the -leading place of the County, an effort must be made' to have a fall show that will outstrip all its predecessors and be in keeping with the progressive agricultural . interests of . the •County •of Iiuron: The Clinton NEW; ERA; a,.county journ•! uI, prides itself on giving the best report of the Blyth murder of the county papers. This may be trap;'but had the Advocate been in operation at fhe'time referred -'to, you would have ',to take a back ' seat, brother ERA. --Blyth Advocate. [Let's see. The West Aiding Good Tampion met in Blyth last week a report of which appear- ed in the NEWv En & and Advocate. Will our youthful confrere' please tell -us which the best report. The. E paper gave NEW ERA wn't take a back sett with any pa- per so far as local matters are concerned. •Anaty• N'oTES.-=Converts still bentinne to join the ranks of the Lord's Army, and the number in their street processions make quite a formidable artily. What. -ever objection may be raised against them, this much can be said in their favor, they have succeeded in reclaiming a'- number who were fortih'erly the ontcasts of society, and these are evidently' trying to become better members of 'Society. When they. went over to Bayfield' last week, an at- tempt was made to break up their meet- ing, and threats wore made against them should they returia, but Capt. Homily says that this will not deter hire from again attaeking the strongholds of sin in that pl e. The Sundaytii htmeetings in the town hall are attended bylvery large num- hers, hi fact many dome its from the tout. try who are unable tO make their way, in- to the hall. To use a common expres. cion, "it takes 'the army to draw the crowd." Oa TuesdaySeveral members of the army wenn to Michell to participate in a grand Jubilee, attd it is intended to hold a similar service. in this ,town in tLe course of a short time. It has been decided tO erect barracks here, but when it will be done and where it will be locat- ed are points not yet.fixed. TUE Dn&Tne ROL.L,—Mr. Jacob Miller, aro ni"744 aw Bch . - ✓< (father o Mr.J I l �r, of town, n brother of alir.' James Millen died on Sun- day 1444 the residence of pis son 4leorge, at the a Of 70 years; he l?d been a rest - dent oftho township for many yea;re,, and hls funeral on. Tuesday was very lamely Monday, had only been a resident for a limited period; her death was the result of a severe cold contracted some time since, Mr E. Keefer was palled awayon Friday to attend the funeral of his fater- in-law, A, Church, Boa., of Lydonville,N. Y., and on y evening received surds word that his infant son w �aa d ing, re- turning by train to Loudon, bre rove from there to Clinton on Sunday, reaching home just a hour before it died, and at the very same hour t'1ii. Monday when Mr, Keefer's father-in-law was interred at Beaver -dam cemetery, Thorold, his own child was interred here; the have the sympathy' of all in their elouble affliction, $xIEFa,-^Jim Jackson got a black eye from a lacrosse stick last week; at least he claims items alaick did it. Mr;M.Fischer has several orders for suits from Wood- stock this shows that Clinton business men can supply customersaaywhere:. The Mutual Marriage Aid Association of Ham- ilton has bust •up;:' a number in' this neighborhood were roped into the concern. Mr. S. Haywood, while outt'ing grass with a sickle the other day, cat the back of his left hand severely. We were slightly in erre; lastnveek in suyingahat the Doherty Organ Band would have a picnic on the int of July; the picnic is for the entire Organ Company and its friends, at which the band will be present; the merchants have given prizes:to the.extent of about 020 to be -competed foriainong the rands; the public are at. liberty to attend, but will be expected to provide: 'Mr. Bay- ley was last week in charge of the photo- graph gallery of Mr. W. Wade, Seaforth,, during the latter's absence on a business trip to the other side. -i1r. Mark Cassels, of \s ingham, spent :a couple of days amid his.old friends here last week. The first home-grown strawberries of the sea- son were sold on the market on Saturday; at 25c. a quart. Mrs. Woolverton, ort` Helaine ,n, who died last week,' was a rela- tive of Mr. Woolverton, dentist, of this place ; the papers of that' city speak very highly of her. Mr. Robt. Dinsley, who has been in Wyoming district for a year past, is home on a visit. Mr. Dougass, ofthe� Woodstock .,Sentinel, (a relation of Miss . Douglass) called on us 'kat week. The Volunteer Company, under. command of Capt. Forrester left here by special train on. Tuesday to put in their annual drill at London; no doubt they will have a good time, as that is really about all the boys go 'for now-a-days..A team be longing to Mr. James Watson,: 'Mullett, ran away in town on Tuesday, and made •matters pretty lively for a few moments; the tongue .dropped down and eventually. ,caught in the road, throwing the waggon up into the_air and breakingit more or less -es ecially more. Mr, hos. R.MiI, ler,, teacher, Porter's Hill, put'his arm out of joint'on Monday morning, while.getting out of a waggon here; he: remarked that, "it often 'acted that way" `stating that; it, often came out 'of joint and got beds in place itself; .assiist'ance was :necesa' ryb Monday: morning to replace it., A poesy book containing a small some of money was found in town, which•the.owner can have on applying at this office. Dr.Recve mourns the loss ofa.spplendid ham, which soinebody.Was 'theughtful enoueb..to re- lieve•him-of the other night. :•:Ham • is not• healthy in summer•doctor, and the Zan who took it was simply a philanthropist— to himself. A legal gentleman in . town almost had his nose chopped off. the other day, by a friend who -threw e�dust- pan at him ; the mark on. that por- tion of. his face shows: he did, not get off scot free. We have already .several;com- mercial travellers residing xn our 'midst, and another one at London has expressed his intention . of moving here as soon'..as he. can Sud a house suitable; the location of Clinton, combined with its social 'ad- vantages, make it a. particularly desirable place of residence for. commereial men. having'routes in.this ° section.. Mr. J. B. McKay, f(son of • Mrs. ' Thomas. McKay; of this place,); is now President of the Do -minion Business College, Kingston; Clin- ton boys,make their mark wherever they. go. A sitting' of the; Division Court.will. be held here . on the 28th ihst.,..'there is not' much to •colne up for settlement.- Mr. Joseph Allanson cuthis hay on 'Mon- day on- day' and Tuesday, he is bound_ to "take the cake." Wesley. Bear wears a hat. made entirely from °newspapers, fourteen of Which were used in making it, • in dry weather it is as desirable: a form of head- gear as one could wish for,- but if he gets the ppolities miked he must look out for headaches. The excursion from Kincar-• dine to Goderich on Wednesday was only fairly;patronized. The excursion to Lon- don next Thursday should draw a gond crowd, Mr. Jos..Al`lanson left us a basket of •splendid ggreen. peas'„on Wednesday; they, were well filled and show . that this 'section will produce as .early vegetables' as more' southern localities. Thursday. was the warmest , day of the season, gguratively, it was .” as hot as blazes." Mrs. •Jolie} Taylor,'of town; received. the sad intelligence• this- week that her bro- ther,. residing in the township of Esques- ing; had been killed by a horse. Mr. ani1 Mrs. Carslake ere taken guile. 1 M s. Cax a to 11 n Wednesday, and fiad to call 1n a doctor, who found that they had , been poisoned bypartaking of canned. lobster; the poi-. son was exceedingly, rank, And would,. have •.caused death before morning, had not strong antidotes been administered-; the can. had just been opened, arid the poi- son may have arisen from the tin; they, are recovering. • Mr.Jonathan Millon of Ben - •miller, has justpurchased through Mr T. :0. Doherty a Heintzman grand piano.— The recent rains were almost. worth their weight in gol'd'�to the crops of this county. The reeve . and deputy -reeves of Rowick have set an exainplethat all. other like of= Eiders in the county will of course, follow, which is this, when passing through Olin - ton the other day they so fascinated by the beautiful appearance- and tone of the Doherty Organ . thateach ordered odi to be delivered at their respective homes. Messrs.'Brundson and Beesley are On their way home from , Manitoba, owingto dul- ness of trade. Mr. Hy. Cook, of the Hu* ion road, came in to the army meetingon. Tuesday evening, tying his"hoarse in ront of a store; when he name out'tlie horse was nowhere to be found, some of'theboys having allowed it to jog off home. :Mr.J. C. Stevenson is. home from Louisv�ille,I�y. Mr, Andrew Dietl. succumbs to the ma - triennial fever in the course of a,le* days I. II . attended. Miss E. Lorimer, who die on • • WHAT THEY wExn,--Rev Dr. Wil - OM... e r•ef 4.1,Pgikr4 0 (erenoe, was, a num er o years ago, a ler' ak Wilton, ;Salt. ".RO!Cf °Vre, of Goderich, a leadigg Presbyterian .Stair , served an apprenticeship_ as blacksmith is McQuesten s foundry .Hamilton, many years ago. Rev. W. C. 'Henderson,. M.A., the new President of the Guelph Confer- ence, was the son of a farmer in the Pro- vinCe of Quebec. RATIIEit A SET BAOK,T•-On Thursday oiled week,ust after the: meeting of than Licensed Victuallers, three somewhat weighty members efthis Association warp passing along, Albert.srteet, when ones Of them in .a bombastic mat,ser remarked, Shaw me a Scott Act man and I'll knock him down." A well-known resident of the town who is small of stature, hearing the remark, boldly avowedItis priciples with the expression , "Here isone fox you."The UV., turning to the party, was astonished' at his frankness, and amid the cutting laughter of his friends walked away, reniarkipg "You•are not the man 1 was looking for," .1 • STIMET •SWEEPl'No6,—•The streets have ing been gravelled, of course every one gets as far away from the gravel as pos- sible,. In Many of the stones broken on the streets are found perfectly petrified cockel shells, showing that at onetime all the gravel used for the streets was once beneath the water, Clinton is said, to have more sidewalks within its borders than apy town of the same size in Canada —and . still people are asking for more, Toff many people leave, their horses uh-- tied and then swear at them if they get frightened and start off. The crowds who are nightlyonthe street give the town a yens anita ated• apPearaneth 4 .K r • ice A picleiuson sella hots.hold• future ea titto, market square, • ilight1 U'rid4y,g Prior to Bev. B. Davey, late of•Londeg- born, leaving Bervie..circuit, he wars men seated with a purse of $66, and Airs, Davey with a silver knife and fork. While away last week tev, .3; Kenner Was presented with a. ban4$9me Oa watch in recognition of his services as Treasurer of the Superannuated Fund ug the. late B. C. Church. These who wish toattend an excellent and instructive entertainment, 'should se- cure seats for the cantata Lost and Saved,. which will be rendered by a large number of voices next I<'riday, 27t1 Inst. Messrs. $, Andrews, A. Churohiil,htiss Correll, rMrs, Lavin and Geo, Allan were booked through to Manitoba, by W.Jack- leu, agent Northwest Transportation Co.; they sailed by the Quebec, from Goderich, on Wednesday. DIED. Q -.-Ab Lyndonsille, Orleans Co°, N, Y., ou Friday, June 15th, Archibald Oliurch, Esq., (father'of Mrs. Edwin Keefer, elinton,)' 'aged 70 years.. KEErEa.—In Clinton, . on 'Sunday, June 16th, Raymond Van DeCarr, infant son of Edwin and Clara • Reefer, aged 1 month. Loalncsx,—In Clinton, on the 16th inst., Elizabeth Lorimer, aged 32 years and 11 months, . Matz-ft.—In Gederieh Township, on the 14th inst., Jacob Miller, aged 76 years, 3 months and 7 days. • ... AT 'THE GOODS: oolc RICHTER MOUTH ORGANS, 10 key, brass,,.25ots. EXPRESS: WAGGONS, Iron ..axle , $2,.25, also 'WOODEN. axle, 75c, and ,$1.50. BABYCARRIAGES going very cheap. FIRST CLASS. stock. of FRESH INK. NEW, stock of BLANK. BOOKS. ALL PAPER--TxE LARGrEST VARIETY AND YzAPES'1.' in the County of anion. croquet and L.o,eeosise •St ck `F`anci, �, ' aplendi d' aaf sortaireen°t. • 3 ;mmor�h;s `ooc1 and ola�eap. ,•#ird Cages and Walhiuausl. g 11K -4.0k OM* I ooifortablo And in order to clo so see the grand assortment of LINEN DRESS L. �,r: 1�I Y .4.`! !�7t They take the place of Muslin, Also, we show a fine range of CREAM a, IlZt WHITE LAWNS LIGHT GROUND PRINTS And WHITE GOODS. 'for the hot weather. A • nice range of • Satin. De - Lyon, for Mantles, Our job Brie of Dress . Goods. .. Our job line of. Hosiery :� forget Don't or�et the • Boys Clothing. THE; FINEST 4. BUTTON KID GLOVE m EVER OFFERED TO THE TRADE.. isean.. DRY . GOODS ` EMPORIUM CLINTON. THE 'TUB LUDGA.TE. SHIRTS TRE INWOOD. Our stock of WHITE and :COLORED; SHIRTS is the Largest .and finest in this . section:' Sizes from I to 17. • OUR GREAT UNLAVNnnIRD' SHIRT, reinforced, .at' 75 cents, has hada big sale, , and eople should 'see the they p � :l � linebeforeey purch;lse. 1 Nothing has ever beenseen, like it.. Tut WrMili tnar;, TRE L41rAzIST, Full range•of'`_LTNET & CEL:L`CJLOTD COLLARS up to 172 JACKSON ° `. - , .The ''atrnoils liciaittOro -C1i n.to, x.'. To be a l em in the Towu :gall, Cliuion, oo Fridy. Jif•27fti ]3eautifu l caner r 3e ,ut f'f.l .costiu; C> r'eh ;stt Secure your Reserved Seats early, at Jackson's Ilat Store, and,..get a goad seat.