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WE understand that Mr. 'John lJpsltall
01-4-1.1.Nr iv 'IN '' 9 of this town, has bought Brownlee'shotel,'
-THUBSI)AY, FEB.. 2, 1$82. at K inbixrn, and Will take possession at,.
c]nce.
st' veek itrluite in
:r _._ie_ Das ,.7.7. i1:., 1. ,..,, x7
60:. ,7.6•
THE cold snap 1a lately bought by him at, the , junction`of
number of Douse plants. •
THERE are axnu7nber of; eases of,senrlet
fever in town,,of a mild form; . :
M. E. 1-lu1,L slipped' a ear load • of
1 old iron and rags away on Tuesday.. : `
THE wind: on Thurgday'night blew over
• large lamp in front -of Emerson's butcher
shop
11MR. `r. JACKSON has ". had his shop
handsomely papered and otherwise nn
proved
TMit W C SEArtLE liar grapes in just
• the vines: • .
TpEannual.' meeting ' of: 'tlie County
•,Orange Society will be held at`Exeter,, on
• the 7th in'st: "'
MR: T.1 W ATsoN broke the- •axle• of his,
�waggomon' Saturday, for the. second time
inside ofia.few weeks:
asgoodas if fres pulled,from
IcE cu4ting bas commenced;.the artx7
I is not as good as in former years, owing
to the changeable weather. THEWEAT,HER.—The "Januarythaw"
SEVERAL horse buyers were around lash rvasZio Lyth -but aver-itabls-fact1'
week, among them being Mr. Johri,Ross, .of our,readers learned by experience .last.
formerly hotel keeper here. . week, but it was of short'd'uration, : which
MR ; JOHN TAYLOR, of 'Hullott, • has .was, perhaps, ps, its' only redeeming feature.
moved'i'nto thebouse recently purchased-The'"weather.this week has been unmistak
by'him of Mr `A: Gorrell. `; ably:of a winter character.: A little more
THE billiard tables owned by Mr. W. snow, would, however, :make sleighing
Rance, and for some rime iiiiuse here, were better in the country, as in some; places
yesterday_ shipped to the northwest. the roads are quite bare
LoT•12, in the 5th eon. of Hallett, ad- 1 DEArH.-Many of our• readers will re
vertised to be sold here under power. of ;member Mr. W. H. Lowe; -who lostboth'
mortgage on, ;Tuesday, wis' put •,up, but
not sold:
MR. W.11. RANSTORD is agent for this
locality for the eelebrated,Black Austrian
and`Russian White:oats, advertisement of
:.which will be • fotrud in another column.
4 ,.
the Trunk and:Western Railways, to Mr. •
John 0. Elliott, of the Bayfi,eld;Road.
OI,,rE day last week as the youngest son
of Mr, H Hunt was playing with some
other children on some ice, he' fell and cut
a .deep gash just below -the ]eft:. eye, an'd'
another above it, narrowly escaping'_ his
•
WE understand that Messrs. W. Taylor
'& Son have leased the third new store of
Mr. W. Coats, and will remove therein as
soon as it is completed. This firm evi-
dently have an extensive business, as evi-
denced by the demand for more shop room:'
IN ITs repo t;oflhe Burns' Anniversary
supper at Brrssels last week, the post'
says:— F. S. Scott read a poen; compos-.
ed by A. M. Taylor, of 'Clinton, on the
`, Memojry:of Burns," which . was well re-
ceived, and added 'fresh. laurels: to the
faire of our Canadian poet, whose health
was proposed at this juncture.
LAST week a . person residing . in-' the
country carried-offfiom one of the hotels
here a valise belonging to':anether :per-
son, and did discover the mistake un-
til he arrived 'at ; of course the ar-
ticle was returned,
A.
. CouaLE of car loads of turnips were
shippedfrom here yesterday,
by Keefer & Co.z for ,the American mar-
ketseaC1 Dads -provided with it -sl eet-
iron stove, made expressly for the pur-
pose, to prevent -the turnips frgni freezing.
THE DEATH is announced:of Mr. Thos.'
Lloyd, livery -stable.` keeper at Ldndon,
Hhipli occured :on Tuesday. Deceased,-
was
eceased;was :at one time in tuts business in Clin.
.ton, and subsequently; moved to Seaforth,
where he kept hotel prior to removing •to
London ;
LAST fall Mr. Bert. Pay, of .this place,
bought 320 acres of Syndicate land about
fourteen in ilea west of Brandon. On Tues-
day he sold the same to Mr. Jas. Thomp-
• son, of this place, at a -good increae.. Mr.
Thompson evidently 'has faith= hi the fu-
ture of the northwest. -
Ox MONDAY evening the annual' meet-
ing of the Fire Brigade was held; but it
being understood ,that the Connell had
some intention of re-organizing;the brigade
that is having only "a:few men, grid paying,
thein annually for:. their services, no ;elec-
tion ofofficers or. other .'business took
PI±.RSONAL.Mr. Weld, editor of the
Farmer's Advocate, London- was in town
ort Friday, and -,called upon a number of
iriends Mr. Geo. Bowers has returned.
from the northwest,. like all others who
visit that section;much pleased there-
with. Mr. Geo. Hiscox is able to be out
driving after his long illness. Mr. John
Jackson, of Iowa son of Mr. Isaac Jack-
son, is home on a visit.
/ 11MEsssts, Doherty & Co. put in_,their
new engine last week,. which will; give
'_ them more power in running thei't •im-
niense establishment ;'Messrs.W B .Crich
i Co. take the engine' (discarded by them,
-rid will engage more i, etively in' the
manufacture of furniture; •this -firm has
also rented the preiuises lately occupied
by Newton„ & Dennis, and will keep it as
a -warerooin. ,
MR G. H. WRmIIT; of this place, has
leased a store, in Grander, ,Dakota,,, and
will open out ;a general -stock there at once.
For the present it will be incharge of Mr.
Will Shaw;,of this ,place Mr. Wright
elsewhere announces his determination of
moving to that placer While regretting
the -loss of such persons as Mr. Wright, we
hope bis fullest expectations will be real -
WE SEE .by :the New York: Herald of
last week thatat the annual meeting,; of
the American Society of Civil:Engineers,
a Canadian' engineer, Thomas; 0. • Keefer,
(unele of Mr, E. E. Keefer, of Clinton;)' is
first on the list r f.directors elected for -:the
current year. This el'ection.isnot only a
cofnplimentto Canada: but shows the 'C'os-
mopolitan character of this, society, whose
members, like those of the medical profes
t on,'praetioe in all parts of the world:' '
LIBERAL' CLUB.—A meeting of the
Clinton Liberal Club *was helcr on Mon,
dayevening last,' when a constitution and
by-laws to .govern the proceedings of the
. Club, was adopted.. dr Vice -Presidents '. for
the several wards.in town were also ap•.
pointed. It.was decided to hold the meet-
ings,fortnightly, on Friday evenings,the
first, regular Pieeting being to -morrow.
]night, when ib is_hopdd there will be a
large attendance of'alhthose in sympathy
with good and:Liberahpririciplea.
LITERAli.Y=AND SbIENTIF,IC SOCIETY;=
In spite of;wind and.rain, and in spite of
the theatre and other 'special attractions
for great 'minds, ourlegislators, true to
their trust, assembled in. the House, of
Commons, Thursday evening, and discuss-
ed the anti -canvas bill. The measurewas
introduced by Premier Carr Himself; who,
spoke briefly in explaining and defending
tit. Mr. Newton thundered against it, and
the member :for Ottawa . declared such a
bill •.could never'be: enforced.; It would
-sweep every:member,pf the House off his
seat, and prohibit them from ever being
legally elected again.' 'It was a prohibi-
tion bill he could -not support, Nopar-
liament could be held. Lawlessness and
• n.harehy would result, and 'our .beloved
Canada would speedily go to 'the dogs Or•
the Yankees; - ,Mr. Manning defended the
government's position in eloquent terms,
and inade.fttrther explanations.- He de
Pounced the- oppositionas. factious, and
• had a mind to have: them unseated -en
bloc, andbreathed out withering' threats
against all who dare;' oppose the govern-
ment.measure. t1..t the coneinSio,n'af the
Speech the klouse.'a,<djourned.
ofhis arms at. the Grand Trunk: here,
about nine yearssince, and who went back
to, British Columbia to reside •Last week-
a letter was received from his wife, by the.
Secretary. of Clinton Lodge ofOddfellows,
informing the Lodge, of which he was a:
member; of his death about a month since.
He leaves a wife and four ehildren, . we
understand, in straigthtened}cireumstances,`
CHANGE.—Mr: Jos Irwin .who has for
a considerable timefilledtthe position of
assistant, agent of the G. W R, ;at this-
place, las "been.promotedto the position of:.
station master atCayuea, on the Air Line.
Wliile here lie hhats made Many friends by
his oblinlnc deportment andgenial
sition, and fere .isno one who knows
him .but , will' regret Lis removal except for
his personal advantage:. We have no
doubt butt that he:wil'l gain as many friends
.in his new place of abode, as heleaves
here, but .we regret to Lose him,`' never-`
theles$. `
DARI10:ROBBERY.-On_Friday morn-
ing last, a bold robbery was committed at
1VIeLaren's Hotel, here, it -is supposed by
some of the members of Uncle Ton's Ca-
bin Troup, who had been stopping' at the
house. While several •o£ the• boarders
were at breakfast. their rooms were enter
• ed and anyarticles of Value on which the
thieves could lay their hands, were carried
off; Mr. Bert Pay, was,about the heaviest,
loser, having a valuable breast pin, revol
ver, merschaum pipe, and other 'articles
taken.. unfortunately, the thieves were
not discovered in time to cause, the arrest
of the suspected members of the troupe.
• Hov IT Is DC/NE.--Til g Guelph Mercury
thus relates a little real estate transaction.
that. occurred there last week : " tV; E.
Gl`ennie,`Hamilton;' who is at. the Royal
Hotel in tliie City, made' a decideiily 'pay-
ing investment in Winnipeg lots while in
Galton Thursday.. At the Queen's Hotel.
in °'that ,town .he purchased, from'; an ac-
quaintance four Winnipeg lots for $600.
A moment afterwards the purchaser sold
two of the lots to Samuel Wilson, of Clin-
ton, 'a cominercialtraveller, for $1,000,and
in less than half an hour was offered $5,-
000 for the remaininz two, by a Winni
pegger. He thought he would wait, how-
ever, sincethe demand was so keen, with;
the expectation -of gettinga better price
for the roperty.', . i
Tx>_ MANITOBA' FEVI R. --That -theiie`:
will be a large= exodus from this county
to, the north-west nexf;month, is beyond;
question, as a great;; many are making pre-
paration
reparation to be off at• that time. This
town, like other3„will also. `lose a number
of its residents some going only for specu
lation, others to take up -land ,and become
permanent settlers WhiI w are'sor -
to lose any of our townspeople :cannot
help believing that if they take up 1iind;
with the idea of working it; ;they will ma-
terially
aterially better their circumstances, as well
as addto the wealth of the country. Peo-
ple must not go with the expectation that'
wealth, is picked up. without working, for it,.
butthey may -rest assured, that hard work,
and good sense will bring them a -better
return than amongthe crowded workers
of Ontario.
O.T.B.A.''>•
, A meeting of the Huron Brancb_sf£_the'
O'. T B. ,.;.was --held at .the _Rattenbury
(House, yesterday; (Wednesday) pursuant
to-notiee .
The.minutes of previous meeting read:
and adopted. •Itjwasresolved that 1VIr. L.;
Thorp; of Blyth, lie president ; T. Stevens
of Seafortl , 1st viee-president ; and• Mr.
Blatchford; of Wmgham,: be' 2nd vice-
president;;, false, that N. Robsen be Sec,
retary-Treasurer, •. .
_The.following gentlemen were appoint-
ed- narliamentary
ppointed-parliamentary: committees, to. the Do-
minion "Government viz' : -For North,
Huron,', Messrs:, Roe,- Brussels ; Black,
.W igham;Erwin;:Blyth. 'Centre Huron,
-Messrs. Jackson; Seaforth; Martin, Gode-
'rich; Bell, ; Londesboro. South' Huron,
Messrs -Morgan, Bayfield'; Rattenbury,
Clinton; Farmer, -Exeter.
Parliamentary committees to the Local
LegislaWre:_--Eest'Ridings Messrs,;Tuck,
o f Cranbrook; Hall,`of Brussels, and Scan,".
drett of Belgg rave. West Riding—Messrs.
Cor,•Goderiehi; Jas. Moored Clinton, and.
•Dlzlmlagh; W'inghain. South Riding-
Messrs. Knox, Holmesvile'; 'Ryan, Sea -
forth, a
ea-forth,• andCarling, Exeter.
'
Managing Committee -Messrs. Carroll,
Seaforth ; Dinsley,:Winghain; Oke, Exe
ter ; Kennedy, 'Clinton.; Millne, Blyth ;
Cook; Goderigh ; Ree, ,Brussels.
'Finance ConiBiittee--Messrs,Weir, Sea -
forth; McBride,-Goderich; Pike, ,Clinton.
Xuditors=-Messrs:•Moore and McLaren;.
Clinton.
The,'President and Sec.-Treas, were au-
thorized to appoint- agents to collect the
meinbership dues, in the different muni-
:cip•alities of the county, and forward the
same•to the Sec:-Treas. It was also re-
solved that this association be non-politi-
cal, . The ,meeting then adjourned to meet
subjeit,to the call of"the President;
S1AY
it no-w e ngcleared out
J'
A.
rise in.all OOtTON G0 S -WO fiacle our selec
tions early; which has given us an adva:iitagdin prices that
' cannot: possibly be had now.
'rints9 PRINTS
WHITE AND GREY COTTONS, SHIRT1NGS,
DENIMS, .TICKS, COTTONADES, DUCKS,
GRAIN .33AGs;!'
- ---COTTON YARN-,- C—AltPET WARPS,: &.
ehnl in a n town
p '
tc than
the
ttention- i
t t
ea
�owes1
"OLD ` GURIosIT-Y
rices,
HOP," ' LINTON
f
rt 11,4
0.
Before stock taking we will, offer some of the'
That ; Tia$ ever been offered, beim, determined to -reduce our
stock down as low as possible.
All wool SCOTCH TWEED SUITS at $24, re-
duced to $20:
All wool CANADIAN TWEED SUITS at. $20,
reduced to $16
All wool 'CANADIAN TWEED SUITS at $1$,
r.ed-tced to $13,,'>
All -wool CANADIAN TWEED' SUITS.
reduced to $12
'Che, same, reduction will be made in proportion on anything, :we.
have in the shop, and people .may—rely on, getting tune ,great
ai
bar �ns' before our<s spring g Prg g :. � ds arrive.
at
$16,
I,,
WE- HAVE BUT A FEW LEFT, WHICf Wi'LI
l3E_. SOLD._:1AT-,•COST
Our business,, which is- so largely,. increasing, 'compels , s to
make some big alterations in our Clothinu Store, w ch will
be done immediately, and we are consequently bu rib' largely;
for the spring trade. ' •
ckson the Clothier
4qz.ars-woz