The Clinton News-Record, 1902-03-13, Page 8• Thursday, March 13th, 1902
GODERICII. GODERICIL
George slIenderson, son of Mrs.
Strangh, lute secured a position in
Brantford.
Mr. J. if. \Vorsell is chnirtuan or the
public library board, J. E. Brydges,
treasurer, A. .1. Moore, secretary, and
A . Doff, librarian.
Mr. and Mrs. John Robertson have
returned from Detroit where they spent
the winter with their nieces.
Mrs. Fred. 'Phorneson anti childrei
have returned from Lions Head.
Exeter Ticnes: - ".lir. Charles An-
drews, anti of Thome.; Andrews of Con•
stance, who has for some time been the
clerk for 1Ir, McKim in (:nderich, is
spending a Bhnrt time wrth his friends
in this vicinity prior to taking charge of
a general store in Gerrie which bas
lately been purchased by bis father.
The family will in due time move to that
village." We congratulate Mr. An-
drews open his pro notion for which
he is well fitted. Ile IN popular here
in snci.tl feed church circles.
Mr. T. G. Allen, formerly prinoipra of
Dengennon public snlino1. is appointed
•w successor to James 11, l'i; e'rt, who at
Easter holidays takes charge of the
Central school here.
Birth -in (io lerioh on Feb. 280, to
Mr. and 1frs. Archie iff.eiden, n eon.
Mr. Scalia of the engine works, has
accepted a position in Toronto. St.
George's Sunday tchuol loses a worker.
_lits. D. lfacdonald returned horse on
Dfareh 4th from a couple of months'
visit to friends at Toronto, Ottawa and
Montn e1.
Mr. and Mrs. Westohy are at the old
home tit, Patrick St once more. They
have resided at St. ('atherines for some
months.
Rev. Damen iTamilton attended the
proliihi(ion convention and the great
missionary gathering recently held in
Toronto. Dur ne his absence his work
cit Leebnrn was taken by Revs. Ander-
son and Daniels.
'The Clinton twins, Ernest a:rt Edwin
Devine, have good po Wong in town.
Ernest is with 1)r. 'Turnbull and Edwin
at the lintel Bed lord.
.lira. 4\'. ~horror and her daughter,
Miss Josie Shannon, late of the Park
House, ort making pieparationst) re.
aide in the Yukon, the :lfessrs. Walter
an.l John being in Dawson City. Miss
Shannon has been orgauiat of St. Peter's
far soure yea s and will be much
missed.
Grippe has had full swing the past
tw c weeks. Mr. and Mrs. A. Moore,
Mrs. J. Herr seri and son Itegineld,
Mrs. Stowe, mother at Mra. Ben ,Saults,
and a number of our citizens have had
pretty severe attacks of that unwelc lino
dimefse,
Mime ('arnernn'a miltiuery eatablis)t-
ment ie being painted, which gulps to
brighten up 11 trnilton street.
A (l. 1'. detective ca no up to look
into the nae -e of a post being laid
aernss the railway t'r'ack last weak in
February. Scene one might have been
hauling posts and let one drop off his
lend, W • hope no one dreamed of
causing an snei,fent to the train.
A number of cit zone near the/rake
say the cows have been running at large
of late, and going over the (awns in
search of whatever green sprout showed
it+ head when aha anew departed.
certain John Macdonald improve
his time anti intent in shipbuilding this
winter and will very soon with him two
cLver young sons leave for Chatham
where they will have to give the Knl-
fagen little trimming up to be ready for
the early opening of nxvieation.
Mrs. Percival E Bell returned on Fri-
day last fr tn) her visit to London.
Miss Minim at present has taken np
her residence at the home of Miss Ilam-
ilton.
Mr. John Better is the first of the
West end mariners to leave. lie was
up hr re two or three tunes last week.
We were very sorry to read in the
Toronto Globe of March lied of the
death in that city on .March 2nd at the
residence of his mother, of James Fred-
eric. only son of the late Frederic
Henry Marlton of Spanish Town, ,Jam-
aica, aged '3(i years. We knew James.
IIe with his mother and sister Elm,
acme from Jamaica nearly twenty years
ago and re.ided on Stanley street in the
house now occupied by Mr. Murphy.
One day while playing he received an
injury which was not et the time con
scdered dangerous, but ultimately sap-
ped his young lite away. Mrs. Marlton
was a cousin by marriage of Mrs. F.
Smeath, which caused Mrs. F. Marlton
to leave Jamaica for Goderioh after her
husband's death. Later they went to
reside in 'Toronto. ".Jinni 1," as he was
called here, visited Mrs. titneeth here a
few years ago, but he was quite an in-
valid.
The fine weatber of last week causad
several of our housewives to have the
carpets taken up, etc.
Mr. ,John Mitchell is removing from
Emit street to a house an St. Patrick
street ownecl,by Mz Blake.
are -e happy Io state that Mr. Eph-
raim Downing, our veteran shoe rner-
claent, is about to re-enter the husiness.
Mr. Downing has bad a most successful
career sin •e he left bis native land,
Wale:,, for our old town.
The polders are being out down on
the new purchase of ex lfayor Wilson.
That gentleman must have got the
building fever,
,I stirs, Pellew and Gavin Green are
build;ng on Anglesea street.
A young merchant of Dungannon, Mr.
Mark oung, has we are sorry to say
met with a very serious accident while
driving to town with a friend one day
last week. '!'Ice young men ware in a
mutt r and meeting near Dunlop's hill a
team laden with furniture, turned out
of the way and in getting out of the
cutter Mr. Young in some way un
known to himself had his leg fractured
in two places, one being at the anale.
His sister is waiting upon him at the
residence of Mrs. Silence. We are
very s )try that 1Ir. Young's accident
is 80 great, hut we hope a few weeks
will give him sullioient strength to bo
ab eit again.
Mr. Dean Cooper, near the residence
of 1fr, 1Voolt ar, has purchased the resi-
dence of Mr.Peter O'Rourke on An,llesea
street and is making several improve-
ments up."n it
Miss Chrystal of London (late of
(ioileriah) has taken a position as head
milliner in an Willie establishment.
Ex Maser Nilson has purehaser'th•tt
fine site on North street, adjoining the
residence of Philip Holt, K. C.
On Saturday evening 1Er. ,James hays
observed a flame in the organ factory
anti gave the alarm. Fortunately the
fire brigade was called out in time to
extinguish the incipient hlnzs. As there
wets no fire in the room it roust have
been acane of spnntaneoua combustion,
1fi,s Eva 1IcM:ath left on Saturday to
take a p Isltion as nurse in training at
Mount Sinai hospital, New York.
Mr. Marwick, who spent the winter
with his mother at the Orkney Islands,
has returned to his home here.
GIOUERIOH.
Lettuce has made Its appearance •
pretty early Mid season. It was lovely
and crisp.. .
Arrs. Alex. Craigie.has thirteen hens,
and since October they have kept her in
eggs all winter. That is a pretty good
record. n
Miss Charlotte Wiggins of Ottawa,..
the famous Canadian temperance leo
turer, is this week the guest of Mee':
J. Parsons Brown.
At the meetingofthe Goderioh Town-
ship Rifle Association last weei>,Cap.tains
Grant :and MacIvor of Goderich attend-
ed. Captain Grant gave some interest.
ing remarks on thecharacteristics of
the new rifles, and their ogre. 'There
was a good turn out of the members, but
they had no special subject for discus-
sion.
iscussion.
Mr. and Mrs. Murdoch of Aubtarb,
haye come to take up their. residence
here. .
Seaforth Sun : Miss McKenzie of God
erich is visiting 1lrs. T. J. Scott, Spar.
ling street.
At St. Peter's the 40 hoare devotion
closed ,on Wednesday with solemn.
High Mass., Rev, Father bMao
Cormack preached cm Sunday evening.
Rev. Fathers [Ianlon, MoMenattafn,
1VIolieon and Corcoran all kindly assist-
ed. The object of the sermon is.re-
pentance, the means of salvation, and
intimate union with our Lord.
Captain Dan, Sutherland, who ,had'.
been employed all winter -at the Clergue
Steal Works,.'iauit Ste.. Bisrie,will leave,
at an early' date, for Sarnia, where his
boat the Corieande hes, and help pee- •
pare her for the opening of navigation...
Don't forget to order your Shamrocks
for Monday morning next.
From the Daily Chronicle qf. Muskeg -
an, Mich., for Feb 18th, we copy the
following obituary referring to thedeath
of Mr. John B. McLaren of that city and
brother of Mrs. Collinson of this town.
t' A large number of friends. neighbors,
rind business associates, were present,
as a mark of the high esteem in. which
Mr. McLaren was held by alt who knew .
him, and of the great loss sustained by
the oommunity in his untimely death. ..
The 'employees of the Muskeg/in Manu..
facturing Company of`whieh B`ir: MoLar•
en was the tireless and efficient super-
intendent, attended in a body. The
floral offerings were very grand end_pro.
fuse. The service was conducted by•the •
Rev, Archibald Hadden who spoke of
the character and worth of Mr. McLar-
en, ashe haul cometo know him through
years of intimate association. He was
a man of tireless energy end•indefatig.
able industry. No obstacle seemed too
great for Mr. McLaren to endeavor to
overcome, and inepite of honest doubts,
anddeep sorrows, he steadfastly went
forward in the discharge of hie duties air
he saw them Elis life had been a bless-
ing to the community, and at the time
when it seemed he could be least sprired
the summons came." Those present
at thefuneral besides the son and daugh-
ter of deco teed. Mr. 13ruoe McLaren of
Ann Arbor and Mrs. Victor Morse of
Ithaca, Mich., were our own tgwnepeople
Mr. Daniel McLaren, Victoria street,
brother of deceased and Mrs. Jane
i#oldthorpe and her daughter, Mabel,
sister anti niece of deceased. Other
relatives attended from Chicago, being
Mrs. James E (wards, sister of decoaeed
a000mpanied by her husband, and rel-,
ntives from Sault Ste. Marie, Lansing,
and Paw Paw. Mr. J. 13. McLaree's.
home was a short distance from Saltford
and he studied for a teacher, leaving. •
home very young.