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CLINTON NEW ERA
THURSDAY, JAN. 12, 1882.
TAin. new County Council will meet at
Goderich, on the 24th inst.
THE first regular meetingof the new
Public School Board will be herd on
Monday evening next.
- MISS, IpA DAVIS, (eldest, .daughter of
Mr. S. ]avis) left onL-Monday, to resume
her studies at the Ladies College, :Hamil-
ton.
MR. 114ARY DEI' NTIs expects to move
to .Brussels about' the lst of February, to
-take charge of the Harness', business the
firm havebought there.
A FARMER from the extreme south-east
corner ofillleiCillop township, which is a
couple of miles east of Seaforth, mai ketted
his grain in Clinton last week.
MR. :ALBERT FOSTER) . of . Brantford,
brother -of Mr. Horace Foster, was a visi-
tor to town this week, and was nmch
struck with the life and the place.
I'In. J. Grum), of this place, who was"
engaged for S. S. No. 8, Goderich.;:town
ship, is not able to:take .hisdposition yet,.
offing to illness. N1r 'Megaw is perform-
ing his; duties •
Lora . 13013GHT.--itit. Wm. Smithson
has bought 'two lots from Mr. A. Dods -
worth, on Frederick.street,',for $240, on
- which he 'intends to: erect a residence for
hiiniself at once. : • •
WITH the' end of 1881 the Clinton NEW
TRA
.completed its, sixteenth volume.
The' NEW ERA is a good local paper, and
has, . deservedly, a large eirculation.—
Stratford Herald.
. 'MR. AL1 RED • J'AO1 dN,. ' son of Mr.
Isaac Jackson,' left here last Friday.fo'r
the :Northwest,, he, -no doubt; going to'
mane' preparations for the,,Migration of
other members of the family.:
QRl'P'S ALMANA0.—We have. to thank
the Toronto News Company for a copy of
this' interesting ':little ,brochure for .1582.
Grip knows how .to make a hook readable,
and the ork is as' -spicy as.it can be. - '
MR. J. H. PowEL7 formerly of this
place, but lately studying law at, Anu.
Arbor, • Mich., has .been isiting friend,
here. Some• phople sa3 drift 'Clinton has
special attraction§ fo.sIT, H and it looks
if the stent C' >e true:
h• e Siaiatl job printing office is: the
• only establishment in the county, running
four .presses.' . [The Signal job printing
office is not • the only one running four
presses, ,and .as'regards otheracilities is a
lop-g-wirry behind the•Ncw Eire
Ir. 3 ts;. Johnston,; at onetime assistant
(4-.71V. I• . agent, at this place, ut now in
the employ' of the Northern Pacific R. R.,
at 'Bismarck, Dakota gave us a call last
wwek.:''It is,said that he will take a 'lady,
l clOvith him as Mrs. Johnston
TEE'wife.and family of Mr:"W. Cooke,
,r'liutcher, left here for Winnipeg, on :Mon
I `day. • Mr Cooke; with Mr. Peaooek,
formerly,of IIuliett, are carrying on the
butchering businesithere. •They -went 1iy-
Q.T.R., and looked like a small coloniza-
tion par ty '
No BETTI R illustration. of the standing -
of the NEW ERA as le Vocal newspaper
• could be given than, the fact that we;have,
• since the .1st "of December last, put -on
more: new subscribers,' "and'' discontinued
fewer old' ones,. thanwin' any previous, year
of our. business.
• "4„9,..• SLANDER has lately been in tirtiOn that Mr: kReynelelS had charged
Mr. Cudmore an Matheson With hiving
had something to.'db-Iwith driving. his
cattle •away,'' wh ch-h&l ely advertised
the loss of; he desirebus to state that
there is no foundati' fateter for the
slander.
(wIAC to- the arri's'af o£ the• two trains
here at 8 a. ni:;'.everyvay,, the Great
Western train has lately waited until the
arriva;„of:t'he bus from t1ie;Gradd',Triink,
-in order to accommodate.pasengersgoing
south. They still: continue to do so but
we believe:it is •the intention to change
the time of, the train a little tater
A GEi;TLnirsA.r7 residingili;thrs vicinity.
suggests the propriety of forming a Farin-
er's Club here, smiller to 'those in eaist-
• ence in Easter -n Ontario, simply having
for its object the Mutual advancement of
its members. The idea is a, good .one,
aid we,shall be pleased to lend our:assist-
' ance towards aceomplishin;'the object.
WE understand that Mr. W. L. Fergu-
son, of Colborne, leaves next week for
Scotland, to purchase astallion and breed-
ing mare.
THE'sclfools re -opened on Monday with
a large attendance; the only actual change,
in the teaching ' staff being that of Miss
Foxton, who succeeds -Miss Rogers; Miss
Corbett, who was on the staff prior to at-
tending the Normal School, resumes her
duties. ,
THAT, SUIT.=11tr. Robt. Carter, of Hui -
lett, called on us on Monday; to state
that he had received the suit of clothes
offered -by ,Mr. Thos. Jackson, -and that
they were a splendid fit, good quality,
and the cheapest suit he ever got, as they
never cost Ihim a cent " .
ONE ay last week as Mr, Hugh Frazer
vas driving down the Bayfield line,•a dog.
ran out froni a faun ;ard',and snapped at
his horse; drawing a revolver, he , fired
and killed the dog. •It must have-been".a
good dog; as it . cost ;hiin $15 And it
might have cost bini much_ more, , as • was
'liable `to a fine of $50 for carrying the
revolver.•
• A LARGE Al tou.x r.—Up to -the 1s f„ o f
January, Mr. R. Irwin has paid-cwt°:over
one hundred thousand dollars for grain
delivered , at his store house since the
opening „of the grain season last fall.
When it is. remembered 'that ;the roads
have been ina:w,retched condition almost
all the •tine, and• that :there are _several
other dealers in town, it represents a very
g
a
larb amount of :rain handled here.
DAEOTA Wx r._eWe would . direct
attention •to the letters -in another column,
from Edmond Collins 'and "John• MGICen-;
zie, late -of Bruce Chanty, but now of
Wheatland, Dakota, on wheat .,farthing
in Dakota, and.have received splendid
samples of the famous No: 1 Bard wheat:
,grown around -Wheatland, on the North-
ern Pacific R. R,:from•M'r,,George Dew,
Can traveling agent N.':P B R., Toron-
to, who,,ivill give; any' other information;
that maybe required.
BnIEI's.—S:everrl'loa,ds.of hay stood on
•the market at once•on;Thursdaybut were
soon disposed of at good prices. We are
pleased to seethat Mr. W: Davis, Who has-
:been
asbeen laid up from the effects of a fall, for
a couple of weeks, is now getting around
again. Our Weed ile is low ; those `rho'
liavt'pi'.orfaect,;u5 wood On subscription
shouldfetcll it along: Say -.friends, you,
Who reside anywhere in the, county, when
you have: any item of news, just drop in
and let us haveit, or:send it in. on a pos,;
tal card, as We cannot be in every place.
The death is ,announced of Mr. W. Tatfdy,.
editor of the Kingston Whig; he will be
reinembered as one -,of the brothers who,,
sang in the Metaodist Cliiirch, here, some'
time ago.'' Out of five doctors in town,•
three of them are members of:the English
Church.: ; Mr Simpson, of the G. W:.
returned -from his New 'Year's holidays
last Week: Horse; buyers from the States
still continue to; come into this neighbor=.
hood. A young man m tUwn offers, if the
town will ,erect four street lamps; to' light'
.them"free,-as-th ey7-rl3• be-ofgreat'-service-
te.him,;particularly on Sunday evenings:
After the '.Churches": Were
drsx
eissed . ;on
Snday evening; mg, fully. en t f1ve
lanterns'
could be seen at various points on. Albert
:street.; their assistance was much needed,
too: A youthful'`goyerninent sup rorterin
town,• who' imagines he.carries below his
hat all that is worth knowing, came in for a
• fearful tongiie-lashing. on Saturday,-froln).
an aged •member 'of the.•party; didn't he•
wince, though; and wasn't it sport for the
onlookers=indeed it was quite` a num-
ber of farmers in this'vicinity contemplate
improving their. property this. year, my
the , erection of more substantial ,barns'
than tiey-now possess; awiseprbceeding,
as a good bairn and stable is oft -times of
more service than it good horse, • ona
farm. Business was booming -in town
las% Saturday, sure; there was. neither
good sleighing'or. good: waggoning; bait a
• Very -date number of people were:in town"
nevertheless. -One of our book dealers
knocked. the price•of books down' last
Week, and the rather dealers _gtiickly fol
lowed suit; so `,` there's War -to tareG knife,"
now, at least in!, 'school` books. • Is there:
not an •opening here'for a good' seed -store
•
at present nearly all the stores deal more,
.
or less in seeds,;` •.anc1 -consequently the
business is divided,, whereas, some. one
Went into the business exclusively a larger.:
stock could he carried, and' they would,
-no doubt; do increased: amownt'of busi-
ness: :There is'•a great deal ofrteanling
;yet to be_clone than winter,, parties' have
been waiting for sleighing, but the proba
bilities are that the teaming. will -have to
be done -'on wheels :At Stapleton'.Sal t
Works no less than: four�.pensioners are
engaged=persons -'Who,-„ have\seenactive
service on behalf ofEiigland -• one' of
whom has been through ttl enty,five active
engagements Two.egg Waggons -*ere in
town en`Saturday, gathering •eggs; an oe
currence'neyer before known in'J'anuliT.-
M. 'Had'ivin, .who is 'to•:.be executed in,
Dakota,: for murder, wasan' apprentice to
the,blacksmithing business • in Lucknoiv
at the same time as Mr. Sam. Mercer, of
this town: The annual- meeting of the
Township of Hullett AgrieulturAl+Societv'-
will beheld teed az Thursday,) in Iden'
t)edy's :I%tel. iA• mea$ :lamp has i been
erected' on . Rattenbury,' Street, . and also
,one on Ontario, Street-.beingg in .rear and
.front of the Episcopal Church. Owin'gto'
. ill -health, Mr' ,Geo. Swar°ts has decided. tO
retire •from the, hotel 'business, and is•
:offering hispro erty ,for 'sale. The fire
'Men willnieet for the anntial election. of
officers; the last Monday in this month.
Mr.James Thompson :has 'just disposed
-of somerof his: Winnipeg property, at a
tremendous advance, on cost. Last week
Mr. Wm: Craig shipped a car•loadof cat-
tle to Toronto, and another 1'bt yesterday;
during the past year he has handled more
Cattle' than any dealer in- this neighbor-
hood. Mr. Hezekiah Andrews, : df
the Base, Line,' Hullett, • was 'summon=
eel to' his, former home, near. •Ottawa, on
Monday, by a'telegram informing him of
the death of liis, mother.. A' getatleman
residing in the north, says that_.` the. emi-
gration in the spring,Will"•clean out half
the•couhtry," The weather is just:no v
delghtful,even if there is little snow-- an't
prophesy how long this State -of, things wi11
last though. Mr Chas: Clark,, 6f the
Molso'n. Bank, left to enter upon The duties
at St: Thomas, on Ttiesday.: TThe stone
for the new woollen infill, is beibghauled ;
between'30'and:40 cords wfli be:heeded.
Parties ,having (height for anitoba are
referred to the •advertiseout of Mr. A,
Callander. • The' arriva ' •at Winnipeg, on
the Gth inst:, of Lap . Wm. • and James
Sheppard,'C. Spoon and James Aearn,
of this place, is an ounced.
THE wicked' editor; of the,Sea,forth i x-
positor makes:the'folloit ins �" orful" com-
ment on a paragraph of ours° ', .. '-
The Clinton Nei) Era says—A:Eullett-farmer
. 'living,notmore than three •miles from Clinton,
who keeps .his horse and carriage, Kae• not been
u»..the Simon Road in'the direction of•Goderich
, for twenty years, 1-be.Now Era man had bet-
tor not go near Goderieli either, unloss•his rwi--
ning gear is•in• pretty'•good order.' C
Cus'roM's COLLECTOR.—Mt. G • :.'Arm,
strong, the gentleman appointed -as col=
lector of custoihs •for this place, has ' ar-
rived here; and becomes a•permanent`resi-
' dent., Mr. W.H.: Perrin. has given' the
free use of an office in his:lilock, at` which
.place : the. collector: will Abe found. ,On'
Tuesday, in company with Mr. •R. 11I.:
Racey, Mr. Armstrong visited several of
•• the manufacturing •estabiishments,',;here,
alsa:made the acquaintance Of several' of
,our business men: .
Tr.E gentleman so highly, spoken;. of in
the • following paragraph- is: well known
here, being ' ,the father . of Mrs. W. L.
. Newton
The Bev. Dr. Devi'tlson. late of Cliathani "one.
. of the pulpit fitthers'inthe Baptist demonstra-
• tion, about a year ago, took :ehar a of the: Bap
tilt ehurch in Tiverton, Bruce Co.. which had
sunk into a weals and •somewhat • disorganized
condition. Under:the eloquent and energetic
pastorate of the doctor, the church has, peen
materially strengthened andn Tiverton the.
rev.. gentleman is not foss esteemed, nor lens
popular than rn mans other" communities which
.have known hie genial' preseneo and admired
his energetic character-
NEW,,,N.—
, ELECTIONominatidnsto ,fill
the council vacancies•in St.` Georg and
St. Andrew's ward 'will be heldjo• the
14th inst.., at 12 -o'clock; For St. George's
ward, in the Temperance hall ;' and for
St. Andrews Ward, la the Town halt', As
an election means additional expenses to
the town, _we bolie•there will be no neces-
. city for 'an election, but that a good man
- -- in each ward may be decided upon at the
timeeof nomination'. There are i num-
ber•ofgood men in St: Andrew's ward,
anionshorn may be mentioned Messrs.
Jas. Thpson,,Isaac Podds, Thos. Hol-
- lowly or . ` Gibbings, any of whom would
. fill the offiee,ereditaiii]y In, St..George's
ward there is'a scarcity of available -'men,
but we. hear mentioned and leaveno doubt
that either W. 'C. Searle; Dr: Worthing -
'ton, G, 11. Wright or J. Cunninghame,
would be acceptable- to most, of ,the rate-
payers:
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Know.
WHY WE DO NOT GIVE
_(1- D1SCQTJNTS
Because on our Goods we never add
BigProfits on to take Big Discounts
cis
e sell at too close a' margin
o give more than a cash discount.
WHAT WE ARE DRIVING AT. JUST NOW IS
One of the finest stocks Of
GLOVES. &
FOL° Mien and -Boys, is to
be 'seen 1 `
i Ott
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'EVERY ; SIZE, AND
LADIES KID ;U'L)VE U in 2
and .'6 buttons. ,
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I_,AotES ;Kin NTri ,s.
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OVERCOA
DRESS GOODS an
shawls Blankets
LNTLES
JUST OPENING OUT, BOUGIITBEFORE THE RISE;
BALES OF '-BALE'S Off'' BALES OF
TISG�.11nc
White Cottons, Towels., and Table Linens._
Sheetin 8, single and double width, unbleached and
white
PRINTS. O ■ PR
.ISTPRINTS. PRINTS
COLORED and SLACK CASHMERES.
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ARE I3OUND'. TO GIVE THE PEOPLE12," ub—AI\r5:
E DRY GOODS EMPORIUM OF CLINTON
owes Price's
00RIOSITY
The' successful` man. for our free suit of clothes
was"
MR.. ROBS'. CARTE ", OF 'HULLETT�-
Who has called and 'left his measure for:;the to t -;.
1 . eek rn first -els s :,
which wil be made up this., uv s
tl
aye:
Is stili ettin lower, which., ac-
tion th
counts fo'+rthp B� Reduc s at
we havo been:, i in and we ,will
stria continue to reduce -the; prices.
until all are" sold.
LI NTON
son