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THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1882.
70AVO gin1_ixtO.
SEREDDED MA1ZE ThiS new and delicious
article will be- found very nutritious, and
also a very delicate food for invalids, for
soup, pudding, pastry, cakes, bread, &c., sold
by S. PALLISER & CO.
MR. W. C. S ARL1 , who has been laid
up with an attack of erysipelas, is able to
be around again. =
MR. A. WALIfiEI of Hullett, and fam-
ily, left here by G. T. R., on Tuesday, for
Iowa, where he purposes • residing'': in
future.
MR. THos. GUNDBY, for some time past
employed at the Queen's Hotel,' here, takes
the position of sheriff's bailiff, in a few.
days, at Goderich.
MR. GEo. ROBINSON, -late with. :° P -ay .&
Wiseman, has crossed over to Craib Mac-
whirter & Co's, and Mr. Hagarman,. of
Stratford, takes Mr. Robinson's place.
MR. A. DEWAR inspected', ;the night
schools connected with the Mechanics' In-
stitute this week, and was mucin -pleased
with the excellent standing of the scho-
lars found therein.
Mrt. JAS. HowsoN isnow engaged in
buying turnips for a Toronto dealer, who
intends shipping them to Chicago. Ship-
ments will be made: from Seaforth, :Oiin-
and Londesboro stations.
MR. emus. DICKSON'has : fitted up a
telephone in his new premises, connecting
him with the central office; he has also
added'a large and very handsome show
case to the -equipments of his store.
MESSRS. W. DOSERTY & Co., of the
Clinton Organ Factory, have engaged Mr
F. Williams, of London, as a tuner in con-
nection with their extensive estalishment.
This makes the third tuner now connec-
ted therewith.
MR..MCLAGAN, late of Guelph, and. for:
merly a publisher in this town, is said . to
have, made immensely' .outof the _Winn;:.
peg boom. He was abrother-in-law of the.
late William Green,' and is now acting -as:
Winnipeg correspondent of the,, Globe.
ON THE G. T. R. excursion from this
place to, Manitoba last week, a horse
belonging to Mr. Hanley got down in the
car and was trampled to death. M. T.
Jowett, who started with the 'party, was
takensicke at
Detroit, and had to defer
Is trip,returning
to ClintononSaturday.
IMMIGRANTS.-= By the report ".of the
Immigration department of Ontario ` we
see that during the past year the immi-
grants forwarded by free passes from To-
ronto, to placesin this county, was as
follows:—Auburn, 4; Brussels, 1; Centra-
lia, 5; Clinton, 15; Exeter, 5; Goderich,
24 ; Hensall, 10; Londesboro,'4; Seaforth,
11 ; Wingham, 3; Wroxeter,: 1. From the
Hamilton agency 114 were sent to Huron
county during the year.
CHAIRMEN OF—COMMITTEES.—AS peo-
ple in town often wish to know the Chair-
man of the" Committees of the Council, we
--give those of most importance: -Cemetery
and street Committees—J. C. Stevenson.
Fire and water—Jas. Twitchell. Finance
E L Corbett. Charity—James Twitchell.
Health -W. C. Searle. Persons • having'
business with any of these gentlemen can
address them through the letter box in
the clerks office,. if.desired. •"
(irRLs FOR TIIE WEST. -- :Lash week
Mrs. Davidson, wife of the late proprietor
of the Commercial hotel Seaforth, : took
withher to Emerson, six'girla 'from this
neighborhood; who are to assist in 'Con-
nection with the hotel they intend run:
ning. The girls are .guaranteed. $'10 a
month for two rnionths,.'and,passage, paid,
at the end ®f which time they will be paid
current wages there, with the option of
leaving to do better, if they can.
Mr. WALTER J.. KEATING, 'known ,to
many of our citizens as a former resident
of Clinton, (being in partnership with
Mr. S. Malcomson,) was waited on last
Monday by a deputation of the ratepayers
of Penetanguishene, with a numerously
signedrequisition, asking him'. to accept
the nomination of first Mayor of that town. -
The address was a very flattering' one to
Mr. Keating, and thatgentleman showed •
his apprec:. on of the honor by accepting
the no
NAR
lona
w EscAPE.-Last week Mr..Far,
quhar nd son, of Hullett, had 'a' narr'ow
escape from What threatened.tobean ugly
runaway. :As they jumped into "the wag-
gon, the horses. quickly started off before
it was noticed that the bridle- • had some
how slipped from the head of one of the
horses, and they were soon' on the jump;
pulling on the lines of course had no effect,
when a nituiber of persons, realizing ,the.
danger, ran out into the street and with
difficulty brought the team to a stand..
PICTURESQUE CANADA. Mr. T. H.
Dodds was in town this week delivering
to the subscribers the first`andpartsofthei
above work. The illustrations commence
with scenes at Quebec, and it is the inten-•
tion to carry the illustrations sight from
the Atlantic to-thePacific. If stl�bsequent
numbers are got up in as' good, style as
these, subscribers should be well pleased. -
with the work. The erigravingsare of the.
very best character, while the' letter -press
descriptions and the paper on, which they
are got up are excellent. The name of
their principal artist, Mr. O'Brien,is a
guarantee that his part ofthe work will
be satisfactorily performed:
SUDDEN DEATH.—We very muchr e ,
gret being called upon the record the un-
expected death of Mrs.. Jas. Sheppard, of
this place,which occurred on Friday morn-`
ing last. Deceased has been afflicted'with
a tumor for o some timeand.
was to have
undergone a surgical operation ;therefor
on Thursday, doctors from a distance be-
ing present to assist locale medical "men
therein,but it Was not deemed prudent to
perform the operation, altliougn Mrs.
Sheppard, at the time, appeared in • Com-
paratively good spirits. She got up on
Friday morning withoutexperiencidg any
worse symptoms but while /in the act' of.
stooping the•tumor inova 6 the heart and'
caused it to cease beating(whenshe•faint-
ed. Medicaal✓assistance was at once 'called
in, but sheryas beyond hurnOn power, and
she quietly passed away in a few r ioinents.
Decgaged was a daughter of Mr. John Bea
coif of this town,and her remains were fol-'
wed to their routing place on Sunday; by
a lame /number of y ympathizing friends.
LEOTURE.—In Hall in :Perrin's block,
this (Thursday) ,evening, preaching on
Sunday at 3 and 7 p. •m,
MR. W. W. FARRAN is away to the
northwest on business, ' Mr. W. McCon-
nell attending to' his duties during his ab-
sehee.
YESTERDAY Messrs., Keefer & Co, ship-
ped from here, by G. W. It., a car load of
potatoes for Louisville, Ky., and a. ear of
turnips for Chicago.
MR. WILLIAMS'' ;change;, of advertise-
ment, calling attention to his stock of
Easter cards, wall paper, &c., was receiv
ed, too -late for insertion this week:
'PROPERTY CHANGES:—Mr. W. B. Crich
has sold his house and, lot"'near' the Fres-'
byterian church, to Mr. Geo. Bowers, and;
bought the mouse of Mr. John 'Beesley',
across the street.
MB. F. HA,RTT (second Son of Mr. C. A.
Hartt,) who holds a situation as shorthand
clerkan ,connection with the. Wabash &
St. Louis Railway, at St.Louis, is',hom'e'
on a visit. He does not altogether. like
living in that southern • state. .
For, MANILoBA. Yesterday twenty-
five
wenty-five persons left here by G. W. R. special'.
excursion for Winnipeg, among them be
ing'the following :—James Bowie, John
Beesley, R. Haywood, T. Chambers, Fred
Smith, John and Alex. Morris, J. Henry,,.
I. Jackson, J. Jackson, jr. and wife, F.
Lockwood, J. and T. Hillaby. -
TBE following letter, received from a
subscriber in Morris, speaks for itself :
"Enclosed..please find $1.50, beiDg m'
Subscription for the current year, I need
only add that the. NEW FRA is about the
only paper that requires neither "chromo".
or horse doctor books" to keep up the
subscription list."
LARGE SHIPMENT OP ORGANS. — Last.
week Messrs. Doherty & Gibbings, of this.
lace, shipped the very " large number of:
thirty organs, among the number being
eight for Manitoba. The Doherty Organ
certainly "fops the list now," and isknown
throughout the length and breadth of the
land. This shipment is the largest ever`
made by the firm in one week.
BIISINESS'CIIANGES. Mr. A ,MatheSen,
blacksmith, has disposed of his establish-
ment here to • Mr. R. Downs, who takes
possession next month.
liasedthe hutch'
31B.A. Co
'trcx has purchasedthe p.
eiing business -of Mr. 1Z. Fitzsimons, and',
will carry on the same. Mr. R. Fitzsimons
goes to the northwest as soon as he can
complete ,his arrangements. .
Ma. Joins- DIuLLOY has entered rn
to
apumpum
hisfatherinthe
rtnershi with'
-
making
partnership
aking bu iness, and:the same will be
continued under the name of D. Molloy
Vii` Son.
FAREWELI SUPPER. — On. Saturday
evening a number of the members pf the
Literary Society entertained Mr. Fred..
Fisher 'ata complimentary supper at.
Sa1fa, restaurant, prior to his removal to
Leadville, Colorado The spread was ex-
-cellent and ample justice '.done thereto..
Mr.A. H. Manning occupied -the chair--,
and in proposing the several toasts on the
list, made a few timely and appropriate
remarks thereon. To the toasts of the
Queen and Royal Family, he made a' few
patriotic -remarks, the company singingg
the National anthem."Our governmental'^
institutions" was replied to by Mr: Alex.
Armstrong. "Canada, our home" was.
briefly touched upon by Mr. J. C. Steven-'
son. ,"The American Republic" by Mr;`
" Tbe"gu s gf the evening
was; proposed by Mr. A. M. Taylor, who,,
with Messrs. H. Foster and JP._ Martin,-
referred in -very 'eulogistic',:termns to Mr.
Fisher, who replied thereto. " Our young
men" was responded to by. Messrs. V.
Beesley and J; Taylor. " The ladies," by
•Mr Newton. • "Manufacturing interests,'•',
by Mr. Martin. `Mercantile interests,"
by, Mr. I. Taylor. "The ladies," by Mr '
H. Foster. The occasionwas one of the
most' pleasant ever held " here, and 'Mr.
Fisher, who left by: GWR on Mon 'Mr.
'afternoou, carries with him .not onh• the>
hest' wishes of his friends inthe kiiterary
Society, butalso of alarge'c/ircle of ac-
quaintances.,
BRfnrs. --A postal card;reached us last
week from a' distance,/simply addressed;
"E. Holmes & SonNewBr"a, Ont :;" the;'
intelligent postmasters through; whose
hands it,passed, knew that at'Clinton'
was where TRE New -Era • Was published.
No formal. celebration of St. Patrick's day
took place here -in fact very few,thought'
atout th,e day at, all: ' Last week we • re-
ceived frorn"'1Ir. W.,0. Searle a couple of
;bunches of splendid, grapes, nearly as good,
as if just picked ; they were_'preserged, in
dry' cork sawdust..: If Eleanor G:eorgen:a
stopped at, the, Rattenbury! House over
Sunday. The exddus makes business in
fhb trunk flue somewhat brisk. Boys,.:or
perhaps parties older than boys, ,frequent-
ly carry, off' ledge signs at night, and the ,
practice' is becoming, so prevalent as to be
annoying.; some time ago the ledge signs
of Mr. J. Jackson were taken away, and
have not yet' turned up. (suite a number
of,tlie boys of Clinton, Of very youthful
years, have learned to smoke,! and continue:
the practise without the knowledge of their
parents,,'.as the fact of their,gettingbehind
lumber piles etc,. testifies. Mr. G. Cox,.
of Detroit, and Mr. Greenshields, of Wat
•fora; horse buyers, are at•"tbe Rattenbury
-House. "As changeable as the weather';
is nota meaningless .ex
ressron if Cana-
dian
na-
dian
weather is referred to. The condition
of the roads can neither be imagined or.
described. Mr. C.Coates will remain
with Messrs, Doherty &Gibbings, and not
move, as=intimated last, Week. Mi. Will
White leaves on •Monday. for Winnipeg.
Some of 'our rural', correspondents have
been under the weather' for `a_ couple of
weeks ; wakeup. friends. The ubiquitous
soap pedler carried on his customarybusi-
ness on the market ground, on Saturday,;
when ordered by the Chief: of Police to
discontinue; he bluntly said "I wont, you
may try and fine inc if you can." A. few
week's"since an item appeared inthese
columns in reference to a society tramp
named Ross ; on Saturday he came in. and
endeavored to niakee- out.that he had. been
basely libelled, but ongoing.with him td
an hotel to ask Your statements were cor-
rect,he was boldly informed bythe landlord
thereof, that "every word was true." A
butterfly was caught on Sunday, in the'
house of Mr. Et Icwsley. Mr, Williams
bas a new:sign.--
Just received a consignment of FonMosa
Oouorfd TEA, the purest and:most:healthy-tea-
you can drink, ,second drawing is as good as
the first of many Other teas, try it; to:be had
from the noted tea men,.,8. PALLISER & CO.
7
TQ THE CREAT CLEA ASSTS SALE .'
OF
We are opening the contents.
•
--of the largest number of cases—®
-of Dry Goods that .were
- . ` ever imported by us
at any one _ time. -
We . are ahead.
of anything
attempted
_._._.• _ ___ before.
immense
.E OF PRINTS 'AND GINGHANlS.
Our 50 cent.- line'. for 3 1 cts. Otir 1.00 lin .. f 5 ...1
72 � ,.:..._ or 7 Cents.
e. e
Our 50c. line, 3 buttons, 35 cts. Our 81.20 line._.... $1.00:
Our.75c line, 4 buttons, 55 cts. Our 51.00 line;; 6 buttons; 75c.
A TREMENDOUS EN9 NDOIJS VARIETY OF .: and Children's; Lisle and Cloth :Gloves,
A MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF
Ladies
�roideries grid Laces
i
PS OF DRESS GOODS.
.PS : 0F LINEN GOON:-
F COTTON GOODS.
SELLING AT EXACT COST.
A beautiful stock. 'of in every design.
NECKV1/IEAR
FINE: COTTON UNDERWEAR, - beautifully Made and.
trimmed, at very. low..fiures.
BERLIN WOOLS, "FINGERING YARNS, SILK FLOSS, OT AlIONS,'
MOT'T'OES, SLIPPER'` PATTERNS, ''.CROCHET 'COTTQN, ` BRAIDS,:
FANCY BASKETS, [TLC., at a treniendlous si crifiiee
,CKSO
Ttte,FAMOUS ;HATTER.
✓ ' CLINTON
E ER
C SS• OF DRY=GOODS
900
�xtraordif10y`• Announcement
One. year of th /largest oest MANTLE trade ever done in Clinton,
..
AND NOT ONE MISFIT,
111�y class of Mist1r1t: & T;iin :too�
THE DRY GOODS EMPO ,IUIII OF CLINTON::
✓
ecialt
tires
Fine line- LA-OIE-,S
t
000
Wee
1111TItS.
aer 1.01.. ;
PAPER.
"OLD CURIOSITY SHOP," CLINTON
I .
1i O1LT S
We are 1ToW m receipt of another
large portion of
\laich makes it a complete stock.
for the ; s rir , 'carefully selected
1:70
m the lest' m ail ets, _cax�sist� ng
of
.GERM N
ISgh T�ILiAR1vEY �
�SCOTC�'I, ENGL .I
CANADIAN T'W'EEDS, FINE WORSTEDS, BLUE
ERINGS
-:AND BUCK SERE
S FANCY TROUS
VERrCOATINGS &c.
We
carried a more, select
g,.
pstterns, and prices.we talo the lead:.
We '. therefore, ask an. inspection. of our
can. safely say,, :we
aye neverbefore
oc1 .
'or` style,
stock.
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