The Clinton New Era, 1889-11-29, Page 8'ClintontitivOra
FRI1,lAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1889.
LOCAL NOTICES.
]hiss Murray has resumed her
classes at her new rooms is Perrin's
Block. A few vacancies.
Jas. Twitchell has received his
fall and winter stock of Boots & Shoes
and they are extra good value.
Over 5,000 Rolls of Wall Paper,
latest designs, just received at Drcicsox's
.Booa STORE. Look out for bargains
W. H. Simpson having bought
out the grocery business of Cucnrng-
ham and McMurray, will continue the
same. He will enlarge the stock and
asks for a share of public patronage.
Eatrly inDecembtttr the boas
Globe, Star, Graphic and Lon.
don News will be ready. Leave
your orders at Cooper's Book
Store, Clinton.
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WouLD NOT- PItosEenTE. — Last
Thursday a woman, ot Goderich,
named hale was arrested on a
charge of having stolen 8200 from
DIr G. la, Black. When it came up
••fol trial no evidence was offered for
fthe prosecution, and the magistrate
consequently dismissed the informa-
tion and discharged the prisoner
CLINTON AMATEUR ATHLETIC As-
speraTioN.—The above-named asso-
ciation held its inaugural meeting on
-Monday evening, 25th inst., when the
following officers were appointed:—
President, W. Jackson; Vice Pres.,H.
T. Rance; Secretary, F. R. Hodgens,
Assistant Secretary, J. W. Chidley;
Treasurer, H. E. Hodgens. Execu-
tive Committee, TJackson jr,, F. T.
Koelle, James McMurchie. Consti-
tution and By Laws -Committee—J P
Tisdall, F G Peto, T Jackson jr, H T
Rance, F T Noelle. Suitable rooms
are being secured for fitting up a
gymnasium, reading room, etc., for
the entertainment and mental and
physicalinstruction of members. !A
further meting was held last (Thurs.
day) evening, when final arrange-
ments were made regarding rooms,
and by-laws and' articles of constitu-
tion drafted.
FRENCH-CANADIAN MISSION WORE
—When people are asked to under-
take any religious, work, no more
common objection is urged than that
"they cannot do it," and they stop
on the threshold of what might be
successful work for the Master. No
such spirit, however, possesses the
soul of Mrs Ross, of Brucefield, (relict
of the late Rev John Ross) who has
undertaken mission work on behalf of
the Pointe aux Trembles French-Can-
adian mission. This• lady is making
, an efFxt to raise fundis for the en-
largement and better equipment of the
mission school, and to this end is de-
voting her pen and talents She has de-
veloped a special scheme for "French
work," and is sending out monthly
• letters fo the adheront, of the Presby-
terian church throughout the length
and. breadth of the Dornininn, urging
on their attention the special claims
of this work, and asking for their
hearty co-operation and support. Of
course she has the sanction of the
Mitisiou Board of. the Presbyterian
church in her laudable efforts to evan-
gelize those who have not the light of
the gospel, and we befieve that; her
undertaking is such as to merit. spe-
cial commendation. Already a num-
ber of congregations have responded
to her appeals, and the work that she
has set on foot'bid.s fair to take a
firm hold upon the sympathies of the
people. It is rather singular; how-
ever, that more help has come from
the outside of Ontario than imide,
notwithstanding the oft -beard state-
ment about " French aggression,"
and one is led to conclude that the
people of Ontario take very little
stock in the cry, or are not sincere in
--their efforts to extend relief.
CONCERNING THE DEATH OF HUGH
JAMES WHITELY. — About ei hteeu h
months ago, when Dir H. J. Whitely, o
of the pith con. of Goderich township,
died, rumors were current tat his
death was hastened by poison dmin-
istered'to him. The NEW ERA then I R
made special inquiries as to the truth
or otherwise of the, rumors, in quar-
ters where it believed the information
would be authentic, and on strength
of the information thus received, de-
clared that there was not a particle of
foundation for them. This seemed to
give a quietus to the matter until
about two months ago, when the same
rumors were again heard, with more
or less minuteness of detail. Little
'attention was paid to them until last
week, when they took positive shape,
the statement of a young lady _bring-
ing the matter to a focus. When Mr
Whitely was living, an occupant, for
a time, of the house with the family
was Miss Minnie Johnston, and this
person subsequently moved to town
with the widow, and for a time
was her constant companion and con-
fidante. Miss Johnston, we believe,
alleges that her conscience troubled
her so much that she could no 'longer N
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Little Local Items.
Council meets ou Monday.
bliss Styles, of Blake, has moved to
Clinton to reside.
The new proprietor of the Grand
Union has put in the electric light.
Mr James Combe, jr., has gone to
Glencoe; where he takes charge of a
drug business.
Mr Geo. Howson left on Tuesday
for Crosswell, Mich., where be has
secured a situation.
Albert A. Welsh, ot the London
road, leaves for the Canada Business
:College, Chatham, this week.
Mrs Geo. Robertson, of Bruce, who
has been visiting her father, Mr A.
McAllister, returned home on Tues-
day.
Rev. A. H. Drumm returned to
Georgetown yesterday, and expects
to resume his pulpit work next Sab-
bath.
The special union servicestare still in
progress in Rattenbury St. Church,
next week they will be held in Ontario
St. Church,
Mr Geo. Glasgow has shown his ap-
preciation of the Fire Brigade's ser-
vices, at the late fire, by presenting
them with `t5.
Mr. `W. D. Stewart, of Ayr, is mak-
ing his usual visit here; his presence
is especially agreeable to one person
in particular.
The newest and prettiest thing in
the organ line is. a new "Extension
Top" tor the popular "Lillie" case
Doherty Organ.
Messrs. Thos. and James Jackson,
of this place, won golden opinions for
their musical assistance at a Hensall
concert last week.
On Monday evening Dec. 9th, Rev.
Jas. Livingstone delivers a lecture in
Lucknow, and on the next Sunday he
preaches in Listowel.
Mr Frank .Sheppard, who was
burned out, has rented one of the
stores in the Smith block, and re-
regammenced business there.
s 'Miss Watters, whose departure for
Dakota was announcedlast,week, has
since been married. The, moral of
this is quite plain, girls. °
Miss McArthur, of the Collegiate
Institute Staff, tendered her resigna-
tion as she wanted to go to California,
but the Board refused to release her.
Mr. John Stewart, of Goderich Tp,
left here on Tuesday, on a visit to his
daughter in Denver; he was booked
through'Iby Mr Will Jackson, .town
agent G.T.R.
Mr Calvin Callander, V. S., of
Parkesburg, West Virginia, 'is visit-
ing friends in this vicinity. He has
a good practise established, being the
only veterinary in a city of 15,000.
John Elliott, formerly a teacher in
Wawanosh, but lately of the Brock-
ville collegiate institute, has been en.
gaged as mathematical teacher in the
Walkerton high school,at a salary of
81,(100.
Rev Mr Livingstone has been nurs-
ing one of Job's comforters on his
neck. Singular what power a little
thing sometimes has, and how hum
blo a man will become—when he can-
not help himself.
Mr Hogg,who is just now attending
the Model School here, has been en-
gaged to teach next year in No. 3,
Grey, at a salary of $875. There
were 51 applicants, the salary former -
y paid being $500.
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Deputy- Reeve Manning had an
interview onlWednesday evening with
a German from Berlin, relative to the
establishment of.a boot and shoe fac-
tory here. The matter will be taken
under consideration.
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ANKLE Bnoxbsr,—On Wednesday
morning, while Mrs Jonathan Carter
was crossing from her house to a
neighbors, she had the misfortune to
slip down and break the small bone
of one of her ankles,
Mr James H. Combe has bought
from Mr Farran, the house lately oc-
cupied by Mr Racey, and will at once
move thereto. It is.a large and com-
modious dwelling and will make a
andsome residence having two acres
f ground room.
We understand that as Rev. Dr.
Hannon is leaving Kincardine next
ear, a call has been extended to the
ev. James Livingstone, but as this
gentleman is only putting in his
second year here, it is not likely that
Rattenbury St people will release
him.
,The Globe was the only Toronto
paper that reached here Saturday in
time to be of any service to the pub-
lic—and consequently it had a com-
plete monopoly. By•the-way, we
notice that not a few Cpriservatives
are glad to get hold of the Globe at
10 o'clock every day, three hours be-
fore their own political pabulum
comes to hand,
Mr Ed. T. Homes,.who has been
fruit -raising for the summer, has re-
sumed his old place in the Saw ERA
office for the winter. He intends to
go into fruit -raising at St. Catharines
more extensively than hitherto next
summer. In a few years the entire
stretch of country from Hamilton to
iegara Falls will be a solid block of
uit-trees.
keep secret what she claims to know.
She has, therefore, made a clean
breast of all she professed to know,
the substance of which is that poi-
son was given with evil intent,—
When Mr William Whitely, of Lon-
desboro, (brother of deceased) heard
the circumstantial story of MissJohn-
ston, he proceeded to further investi-
gate, with the result that a warrant
was issued for the arrest of Mrs.
Whitely — now Mrs. Edwards, of
Woodstock—and placed in the hands
of County Constable Paisley, who on
Wednesday served it, and the prisoner
was brought here the same day. On
Thursday she came before a magis-
trate for examination, and was re-
manded until to -day at 10 o'clock, in
order to allow her lawyer in Wood-
stock to attend. The preliminary
examination will be private, the na-
ture a9"tlie case making it imperative.
-Naturally there are various comments
on the fact that Miss Johnston kept
quiet on the alleged poisoning for so
long, but we suppose she will explain
this at the proper time. The charge
is a very grave and serious one, and
as it is now in the hands of the law,
allows no comment beyond the recital
of the assumed facts. We have given
the partioulars, with names, because
the public are interested in it, and if,
when the matter is legally sifted, the
evidence should not warrant~ the con-
clusions already reached, we will be
only too glad to place it in that way
before our reader'.
The Toronto Saturday Night of
Oct. 19th has the following in refer-
ence to the Chatauqua Orchestra, at
the People's Popular Concert in the
Horticultural Pavilion, Oct. 17. "The
ChaufaaquaOrchestra formed a strong
attraction and played extremely well,
being composed of some of the lead-
ing instrumentalists in their lines.
Precision, intonation and a good
volume of tone were distinguishing
features, while the swing and style
and general degree of artistic excel-
lence wore highly creditable to their
conductor, Mr Arthur Depew." Re-
member they are to form a prominent
feature in the concert next Thursday
evening.
OPENING OF TIIE NEW BAPTIST
CHAPEL, CLINTON:—The Dedication
eervieea of the above Chapel will be
held on Sabbath, Dec. 8, when the
Rev. J. W. A. Stewart, B. A., Pastor
of the first Baptist Church, Rochester,
N. Y., will preach in the morning at
11 a'. m. and in the evening at 7 p. m.
Rev. A Stewart, pastor of Willis
Church, will preach at 3 o'clock p.m.
On Monday evening a public platform
meeting will be held, when Rev. J. W;
A. Stewart will deliver a lecture on
"Chivalry." On Sabbath, Dec. 15th,
Rey. J. P. McEwen, Supt,; of home
Missions, will preach morning and
evening, and Rev. Joseph Edge of
Ontario St. Church, in the afternoon
at l p. m.
oak
3 eehanics' Institute Euter-
e.
tainment.
The second entertainment in the
course of the Mechanics' institute
was given in the town hall, on Thurs-
da, evening, the 21st Inst., and not-
withstanding the inauspicious wea-
ther, the attendance was fair, but not
so large as the excellent programme
which wasi presented warranted. The
chair was occupied by Mr Robb, of
the Collegiate Institute. The recitals
by Mr Stoneman, of Hamilton, which
formed the main part of the program,
were carefully selected, skilfully ren-
dered, and ware well received. Mr
Stoneman has a well trained voice,
and holds it in good control. The
selections which he gave were the
following :—"The Soldier's Pardon,"
"Mark Twain's adventures with the
guides," "Sparticus inciting the Ro-
man gladiators to mutiny," " The
vagabonds,""TheYankee courtship,"
and "The Doncaster and St. Leger
horse race," in the rendition of which
there is ample scope for the beat dis-
play of elocutionary powers; the recit-
er succeeded in capturing his audience
in moods both grave and gay, equal-
ly at home in depicting the
pathos of the condemned soldier and
his comrade, or of the poor, homeless
wanderer, who had known better
days. in the fervid declamation of
the fierce gladiator in stirring up the
passions of his Wows, and portray-
ing the intense excitement incident
to a closely contested struggle for the
lead on a Yorkshire turf, or iu setting
forth the keen and sparkling humor
of the Americans' passages•at-arms
with the guides, or in telling the ad-
ventures of the bold swain who had
surprised himself in the herculean
task of "popping the question." Mr
Stoneman will. we are satisfied, be
greeted with a large audience upon
his next appearance here, and will
meet with a warm reception. Misses
Combe and - ear ave a oouple of
instrumen . nets upon the piano
with fine expression,which were much
appreciated by the audience, who dis-
covered in' these two ladies musicians
of high attainments. Miss Hearn
sang "The miller and the maid," .in
which she -literally took the dtence
by surprise, as she filled the hall
with her rich, clear, finely trained
voice, and in response to an encore
sang "Marguerite," in which was dis-
played in fine effect the strength,mel-
ody and clearness of her voice in such
a manner as would have done dredit
to many so called professionals. Mr
Walton sang " The blue Alsatian
Mountains," and won a well merited
encore. Mr Oakes sang '`The tramp,"
which came appropriately after Mr
Stoneman's recital of " The Vaga-
bond," and met the fancy of the au-
dience, who rewarded him with an
encore, Messrs Oakes, Walton and
Holloway sang a trio entitled "A
little farm well tilled," bringing to a
close a very interesting and enter-
taining programme.
The next of the course will consist
of the% Hon. Will Cumback's lecture
on "The invisible some people." Tho
late Vice -Pres. l.Iendricks of the
United States says the following of
this distinguished lecturer :—"Hav-
ing heard Hon. Will Cumhack in
some of his admirable lectures, I take
pleasure in saying that be is exceed-
ingly capable as a lecturer; that in
thought, style and delivery he is
charming and very able."
Rattenbury St choir has an interest
in the grand concert to be given on
Thursday evening next.
Miss Bella Cree r87.71777as tele-
graph -operator in Goderich fora few
'days, owing to the illness �f th'e • re-
gular operator.
To say things are lively at the Or-
gan Factory is drawing it mild.—
Every available inch of space in the
immense buildings is occupied, sup-
pling the ever increasing demand for
the popular Doherty Organ.
SOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE—
It often happens that all the Toronto
dailies (Globe excepted) fail to arrive
here on the day they are issued,much
to the annoyance of subscribers to
these journals, We do not know
where the fault lies—whether it is in
the Postal Department or with the
Railway authorities, but certainly the
matter should be remedied, if ft can
be. If people take papers they want
to get them without unnecessary de-
lay, and it is the duty of both railway
and postal authorities to see that the
necessary accommodation is furnished.
C.I.L. S.—On Tuesday, 27th inst.,
the weekly meeting bf the Literary
Society was held in the AssemblyHall
at the Collegiate. A large number
were present, many being from the
town, and all spoke high y of the
entertainment. The meet ng was•
opened by the Glee CI singing a
song "Speed away,", of r which Miss
Josie Reeve read The fiddle, in a
splendid manner. A violin solo,with
organ accompaniment, was next, Mr
Whitmore,assisted by Mr McCallum, •
playing well enough to receive a hear-
ty encore. The editor's selections,by
Editor. Hartley, were well received,
and that gentleman gave some splen-
did hints on the literary society work
Miss Combe read excellently "John
Jenkin's sermon." This young lady
is bound to be one of the most popu-
lar of Clinton readers, and can give
points even now to some of the older
ones. An instrumental duet was giv-
en by Misses L.& A. Gibbings, which
was very nice. A debate followed,
between Messrs Styles and Bowering,
Resolved, that Great Britain is a
greater nation than the United States.
The affirmative taken by the former,
Mr Bowering championed the States.
The points on both sides were well
placed, but the judges,MiesMcArthnr
and MessrsBudge and Dodds, decided
that Mr Styles had mode the most.
The debate was very good, both gen-
tlemen being fluent and witty speak-
ers and the audience was much taken
with their speeches. As it was too
dark to see to read Miss Weir wasr,al-
lowed to go "Scott free" on condition
that she would read the next night.
The Gle;Club sang "Sailing, Sailing"
when the meeting was brought to a
close by' singing "God save the
Queen." The society is in excellent
shape now, as will be clearly shown
by this programe for next night.
Opening by the President. 1 Quar-
tette, Messrs Hartley, Whitmore,
Gray and McCallum; 2 Reading, Mies
Weir; 3 Duett, Misses M. and H.
Rutnball ; 4, Recitation, Miss Curtis;
5 Quartette, Misses Murch, Frazer,
Curtis and Po Ink ; fi Editor's Se-
leciion, §Mr Hartley ; 7 Rec t ttion,
Miss Combe; 8 Reading, Mr G. Stan -
bury; 9 Quartette, Messrs Hartley,
Whitmore, Grey and McCallum ; 10
Critic's Criticisory, Mr (Tiffin. Miss
McL'an, organist
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A 25 cent Glass BUTTER
DISH for 10 cents or 3 for
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GEO. E.PAYtcO.
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