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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1882-05-18, Page 1NANNING SCOTT, Barristers Solicitors _CONNEYANCERS, &c. Commissioners for Ontario and Manitoba, OFFICE, - - 13EAVEIF BLOCK, CLINTON. CITY BOOK STOR C. Dickson. MANILLA FELT SHADIN We claim a superiority for these goods ' over cloth for the following reasons: 1st It is the strongest and perfectly. opaque. 2nd Its texture is rubber -like. 3rd It is soft and pliable. 4th It will not crack, crease or break; 5th It will not ravel at the edges. 6th It is noiseless in operation. 7th It will not wrinkle or curl. Sth It ean be sewed the same as cloth. 9th Its appearance when ccuatrasted with the best cloth curtains is always in its favor. 10th It is cheaper and more durable 61111ENSE s''rocK OF STATIONERY, FANCY GO TOBACCO, CIGARS and Tobacconist Goods. WALLPAP A SPECIALTY, Over 10,000 11011s Great variety to.,cheose fretri I do not advertise -what 1 haver not got, nor any more than :I actually have: Window Blinds. — 3 doz, Express Waggons JUST ARRIVED. BABY UAIIIIIkgE 'VOL. 17, NO., 0 TER/ISS $1.50 Per`Aoituort. .1iM1116. CLINTON, ONT., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1882. Es HOLMES dc SON Publishers. ' 4°`!"7.51•11' PROPERTIES FOR SALE.. House and Lot for Sale, twItITUATE on the Eagt,Side a Albert Street, being 13 Lot 458, belonging to tlie Ryan estate, containing one rood of land. Apply to Mits. FAED'K Whirr, or to • ., C., A. HARTT, Vendor's Solioitor. Clinton, :March 21, 1882. ' House for Sale. , MITE superior 2 story brick dwelling house on Huron 1 street, Clinton. the rooms, hard and soft water, every convenience, goad stable. Being the preznises owned by John Upshall; V. S. •Terms easy. Apply to C. A. HARTT, Vendor's Solicitor. Clinton, Feb. 9, 1882. ',Office in Perrin's Block. Storehouse for Sale. MYhtore house, size 30 x Lib feet, situated where the hayfield Road troSses the Grand Trunk. It .is good as new, cost 0803 ; will sell it for 8250 without the scales, or 8300 with the scales. This pface 4 only 30 cents on the dollar, of its cost, but having two mere store houses, I have no further use for this one.. To a good. man Any reasonable tone will be given'. Clinton, April 20, 1882. .W..11. PERRIN. Fa'r'm for Sale. rpm- subscriber offers for sale Lot 45, 1st con: of Tinkersmith, London Road,. within 24 miles of the Town of Clinton, ancl.2?C8rorn Brucefield. This farm contains 100 acres of choice land. Well watered by ' never -failing springs. No waste land. Good Or- chard and outbuildings. Will be sold either with or without the crop. 'Perms easy. For further particu- lars apply.to MRS. -ELIZABETH GRANT, ' 1851 Clinton P.O. Farm for ." Sale. roet TiiiollItelteLnheofsV2- lett, and the east -half of Lot No. 11 in the 5th con. Of Hullett, containing 175 acres. Lot num ber 8 is con- veniently situated, with ,good roads to Clinton and Seaforth. Good house and, outbuilding,L. Will be sold ,. cheap and on easy tering. • ' A, H. MANNING, Vendor's Solicitor. , House4and Lot for Sale. TI1E subscriber offers for safe a. most eligibly„sif-u- ated house and lot en 'Mary .Stroet, hi the rising town of Clinton.. The house is frame, ,well built and finished complete in all respects, and, centains 9 rooms ,--4 down 'stairs, with splendid, cellar hard and soft water, ivOodshed, gbod stable and all convenienceS'on the lot. There is half an acre of land, on which. are .planted a number of choice fruit trees;"will be sold on reasonable terms. W. MUIR. ' C1inton7dpri1 LI. 1882. Clinton. CANADA WEST LAND & AGENCY CO. ARTIES-whoM-y ---1e--Thrins,' Mil is or- Town primerty' • -L for fiale can bait -the same advertised .hi the pan1.. phlet publisheilmonthly by the 'kanada WOst Land Agency ce.free"of charge; a ednunission .charged on sales. These psinphletit are circulated largely .through Great Britain and Canada. The object of the Com- pany' is to induce Old .Country.farmers and 'others to settle in Ontario. '. Parties wishing to purchasA,Jplease cidl ,at my .otliee. and examine lists of properties . for • sale. Parties. wishing, to sell please Call and give 'de- serintiorr of their.proverty, term, &c. 01, LOUGH,..Agent, Clinton. Farm for Sale. PARTS of Lots Nos. Z .M1(1 7, Huron Roitl Giniceiti. sion,,TownsliiP of. Goderich, containing 150 acres .nearly all Cleared and moStly: free frelilfstumps. There, are on the preinises good frame out -buildings, a.frarne hoifse',`"'a obod bearing ' orchard; dud. it 'neVer-failing '' 'Also7--the-ca-4-1-arlf Of . Above -IM-, 8-17titintififfirrre3- acres, having .0 .frame house and ii.new frame barn, alSo.'q young orchard of 150 trees, all :scieeted winter The 'above ,fa'rins are sitUated On the.Huron, Road). about 3:4 Miles from Clinton. May; he purchased either 'Separately: or in one blociii.. For further particulars and terms -apply to . ' ,'. . ' . ;' ' ' ' ' ' ' JD BN RIDOUT,,Clintort.. - - -ii : C:. ' 8-edntsf ifie.,yek,-I3bat'' ' ....._,.. Shoe .1IM k eT. First,class work at low 1-itibe:-.--,--2nn'assOrtni-elif blioadf-iiia-de. ... . fine:goods on band. „Repairing neat. . ly done. SlioP,.....Nr...Si.mma' TO iiitx. NETT'S ,lict.E2,,. It'LIII1ON. ' ' ' WALKING CANES, PURSES, BIBLES, ALBUMS; ETC. GENERAL NEWS AGENCY - Inspection invited: No trouble to show goods. CHRIS. DICKSON, Craib, Macwhirter & Co's old stand. ° - Pasturage.. 1118 undersigned is prepared to take in Cattle for- - 1 pasturing on his fano 31altlaml concession'.Gode- rieli township. Geed paStni.age and plenty. of, water. Terms reasoniible:., T1,1081AS'MAIII. . . • Bayfield Court of Appeal notice that the cOurt of Revision for ;the Villageof hayfield, will .bold ita first sitting in the Ilan; hayfield, on Monday the 5th day of June, eointnenciog 08 10 o'clock 0. ni. for. the ours ,poite of hearing amPireadying all complaints against.- or errors on the Assessment Boll of this present year. Parties interested are requested to attend. hayfield, May, 1$8,2. 11.1T,NTER, Clerk: • . • • . Boot and. --Shoe --- Making. fTIIIPJ subseriber takes 'this means M thanking his JL 110111erous friends' for their libCral' patronage for the past twenty years, and also would beg to say that Le has engaged the best vvorkinan and is TIONY prepared to fill all orders on the Shortest notice and in firi4-c1ass- sty2e,' and hoping that he 111031 TCCCIVit as liber,al a share of patronage in the future. '— New cd, work it speci al y. • The MOrley Estate. 41wtrttottmento. House to Let; G06D roomy houseon Rattenbury Street. Apply at the NEW ERA office. Wanted. A GOOD GENERAL ISERVANT;IMMEDIATELY. ..C1 Apply to NEW ERA OFFICE. Wanted; A '000D'urLcai ciTti. Apply to R. IRWIN, Clinton. 1V1ONEY- -TO° " LOA N " ! AT LOW RATES OF INTEREST, -AND IIPONAtIOIS ' TO SUIT EORROWARI.i. • MANNIN4 St SCOTT, BEAVER ufafeir, - CLINTON " . 1?aini,ting,. Glazing,' &c: 1I401 -undersigned is prepared to execute in a satis- factory manner, all kinds of LIOUilE PAINTING, aLAZING, KALSOMININO, PAPER` IIANGING and Root' Teduir.sia,on the shortest notice and at the most reasons able rates. Resideneess,RAttenbury Street, 4" doors west of the Methodist church.. May 18. GEORGE POTTS. • Clinton, May .18, 1882. Executors' Notice. ALLpersohs ha:ving claims against theestate of SAMUEL RUMBALL, late of the Town of Clin- ton, arcrequested to send particulars of the same to - the undersigned, without delay, and all persons.in- delated to the said estate are requested to, settle the same without further notice. . ALBERT RUMBALL, - FRED. IRUMBALL, Executors. JOHN RIDOUT 1 Clinton, May 18, 1882: 'lm. Poundkeeper's Notice. WILL be sold by Pablic Auction, if not pre- " viously redeemed, at the Poluld, Isaac St., FRIDAY, 2sth of MAY, five yearlings, as- 5o11oyou-3 Steers and 2 Heifers.. One is nearly -white; two red and.white, and two red. A.IHILLEN, Poundkeeper. Clinton, May 18, 1882. Teildei.;•; stjtraTel. TENDER.s will be received up to the 318t of May, inst. for 15 cords of Screened Gravel delivered in. thinton for USO on the streets, at so much per.cord, arid also for 75 cords of Field. ,Stonet- suitable -tor breaking -up -for Ilse on the streets, at so ranch per cord; delivered in Clin- ton where directed. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. • 0 C. J. STEVENSON, Chairman Street Committee., Clinton, May 18, 1082. . VICTORIA -BAKERY CLINTON. J. 11. liennedy, l'ropriel or. T subscriber desires. to intimath- to the 4. people of 'Clinton and vicinity, that he haa purchased the business -formerly carried on hy ItIn. W. LEE, and will 'continue it in all its branches. No efforts willhe'spared to:110cl) up the exicellent_remitationof-thisltakerY-in-sup-.- plying 131tEAD, &c of. Superior quality, and by giving strict attention to business he hopesto merit a continuance of the liberal patronage bestowed on his predecessor. ' PkrItoN A G .REI?ECTEU,LET' SOLI J. R. KENNEDY, Clinton. '-‘11-1I3L,ACKSTONEs-,teaeltersof jiheal 'and .111 Instrumental Inusie,'Hatteribtirk Street, near Or- gan Factory:. N. , n -Singing_ Class .now fOrniing, Clinton, Feb:15, 1882.' . , tlainidersigned-having.teun-arpointal Ailinints. -1- triitilit of thb estate of the late lIENRY MORLET, motiocliftiereby-given--that. alt -debtors' to 'the.shid-es-- ri tate, either by note, book _account or. mortgage,rnuat 'pay the same,,or the interest thereof; to her, without .delay,- and all who have clainis against it must rende .the same in detail, accompanied by the stAtutory de- claration, to her, who Will-settld the stone. . ' - ' ' ' SAR-AI1 MOPLEV. Belgrave, Martili 22, 1882.. . . , . . . INTCYT'IOM Sthst„,,,e.,:,igried 1.1 disposed et 111:4 imeloss to M , r. Geo. J. Bayley, and will leilYe Clintfm in a few ktays,', all parties indebted 'are requested td settle hefbre that tithe, and :ill 01001750 and IlOt Bet- „i,lad by that dote will be 1:10150 80 edtirt for collection. ' Pin -ties wmiting to. settle, will ” flnd me; at the eta 111000 for .few,,days. . • ' .0. 01. ivriton.r: ceotoe.' House to Let. LARGE frame house, with large lot, just plowed -and tnanured ready for planting, s'onth of the G. T. R.,'on the London Road, to let, with immediate possesgion. Apply to JOS. ALLISON. Clinton, May 3, 1882. , STANLEY PP CORI OF REVISION, T"ECourt of Revision for.the TowisshipofStanley,.., will he held in the TownHall, ,Varna, on Natur— day,!May'27, at 10 o'clock, m. - All partie8. in. terested are hereby.' requeSted to, take notice. and goy-. ern themselves aecordingly:' , I TEWART, Clerk. ENTRANCE, EXAMINATION, -TO THE- CLINTON HIGH SCHOOL, .11_1111E 20 AND 30, 18132. Intending candidates must notify one ef .the under- signed_pre,vionsAO,Mity_291h.. , ARCHBALD DElVAIL, I. P.'S. . ' . • ' ; . Tim3sunb, B.. A. STORE TO RENT, ' IN BRICK BLOCK,- CLINTON. giirCeide Tareceries, 'Dry .-Geods Or &petal busineas. !.G.00d stand.. Rept refl. .. • sonable.i. Apply to • R. , IRWIN,' Clinton. Ptirtm G.-13911J1N1L), PIIS'r-CLASS ()RADE "07 NON-VROFESSIONAIJ mill liegin at the Normal School, Toronto, on Mondity, loth, St Spm. -Intermediate at the High SchOols of the. coolity,,Morals-y, July 3rd, at 2 profes‘donal examination for first:clasg certifi, Cates will begin lit the Conclusion '.1f the non-profes- sionaf eiinnimation. , • The.examination for first -class -grades " A",and 013,7 will begin after the conclussional ex-' amination. -------------------- 1110 ' indispensible that eantlidates 81101110 .notify' the Seeretary not later tlftin the 1tof June, of their inten- tion to present thyonselvesfor exarnination, and fur- nish the necessary certificaattof character and Berviee: Folios of notice to be given' by cseli Candidate pre- viously, can be obtained on -application to the Secretary 'Teachers desiring to pasa the Intermediate Exam). - 'nation must be particular to State the High School at whiCh they desire to write, and the optional subjedt which they intend to take' AtAMSON„ 'Secretary, Coderich P.0 Plaster , The nest land -cheapest Fertilizer in the world: ' LANiit AND 11111. -LAND WILL rxxv. R. M. RACEY, IRON -AND HARD WARE MERCHANT, 'May, 18.85.t. CLII1TON. TOWN CHURCH CHIMES. Rey.and v.:C1 r . .Stewart f e ' etchanged gljnd e ed, work rkon' Sunday: - Service will be held in St. Paul's Church to -day (Ascension Day) commenc- ing at 10 o'clock: , 'Rev.:Mr. Hicks, of Goderich, eXcliang- N OAND after Monday next the book stores will close at .30 p. th., e cept on •Saturday. - - - - THE Fo resters tIffafri‘TD:6_--e.'Ivi.11 tjij out i n processio-n-on Wednesday 'morning next, at'10 a. m. Londesboro and Man- i ehester orders are expected to be present I also. ed pulpits with 'Rev.Nr. .craig, st. MR. H. STEV1INS has the contract for pors„chiirch, on Sunday.• the 'erection of a splendid brick house -for Mr. W....J.,13iggins, on 'the London road, • ON FRIDAY evening Ir. F S. is pr was appointed by the Quarterly Board, as lay delegate to represent the Methodist church here at the next district 'fleeting. Rev. Mr. McDonagh will continue his sermons on Bible characters on Sunday evenin,g, flaking Eli for his next subject. The choir will, on that occasion, render the anthem " Then snake Joshua!' Rev. W. McDonagh preaches at the 13: C. Church, Sumtherhill, on ,Sunday afternoon next, and Rev. Mr. Gray in the evening, the latter's place in the 13aptist Church here being jilled by Rey., -Mr: Thomas. LOCAL RAILWAY SKITS. G. W. R. SCRAPS. Both lines ofrailway give -reduced -rates for the 24th of May. - James Irving, (more commonly known as Jimmy") left en Saturday for Chi- - The special excursion on Tues ay, for Winnipeg, took 75 -passengers from, this ' branch. The only persons who got on at Clinton, were Mr. Abraham Smith, Of Goderich.; (brother of Mr. Jas. Smith) and Mr. James Sheppard. GRAND TRUNE WAIFS. Mr. Haney, of Goderich township, left yesterday for Winnipeg, Sidney Morton and W. )lorrison, of Hullett left on Monday for Brandon: The time of the evening train going west has been' changed .from 9.20 to 9 o'cloek. - Last Friday Mr.C.-Cryclerman and wife, of Porter's Hill, left on a trip to Cross - well Michigan. •-• W. Lauclate-fff StanleY, -shipped' A car of cattle to Brandon' on Friday, accom- panying them. • On Tuesday:Messrs. Watson & Fitz - X , simons shipped two ear loads of -splendid cattle for the Etiglish market. CHANGED HANDS. --The . Record office has been purchased by Messrs. Blackaby & Havell, of Galt, who enter into possess- ion at Once. We wish the new. proprie- torsnothing worse than that they may be able to sustain -the very highliterary re- putation of the paper,. and by a little work -,-Very little: ---they will doubtle:6s be able-to-do-so;--eill-r;--F-1oody--1) gaged - gaged as travelling agent for the Londen Free Press a position none who know him will doubt his fitness therefor. Tr*i communication which app,ears in this issue in reference to petitioning the G. -T. R. authorities to change the tittle of their Morning train to Goderich,-is caw - which we trust will acmiiplish its pur- pose. AsThe train runs at. -' present one can neither visit Goderich on bffsiness or pleasure, and have any tithe there, and the proposed change; would be to the in- terest of the railway as well as tor the convenieno of people hereabouts. We believe -a petition is already in circula- ' tion, and is being largely signed. ' QUEENS BIRTIIDAV.-Clint011 , never takes second place in anything, much less in its' observance' of national holidays, as is proved .by the preparations rnade for the observance of the Queen's Birthday here. A lengthy. programme has been prepared for next -Wednesday, which em- braces sports of all kinds, .full particulars of which may be gleaned from the hills.' The concert -in the evening, particularly, promises to bean excellent entertainment, good local talent, aided by Miss Reidy, of Sixncoe, centrilfuting their quota thereto, full partimilars of which can be learned by Programm, and plan of hall may be seen and reserved seat tiekets secured at Jackson's Hat Store.. The day's enjoy- ment • will concliide.zwith. a _Magnificent display of fireworks. .11:01.TS,t RAICSRED..-r-.11.P. John Steen .being -away in Manitoba, Mrs. Steep has been' visiting her daughter ,,in Goderich for a short time; the house here. being closed up. Last week it was discovered Tho th and everything tnrned topsy-tervy in the search for valuableS-bureaus being forced open and,a thorougli ransack of the house__ made, After the discovery, things .were strailitenecl upland the house Ricked up, when a l'esv days•since it was..found.that a second entry had beeri_made, with- einailar- results. 'Whether anything has been stolen or not is unknown, as Ma.' Steep only returned hoine yesterday• having been notified of the occurrence. 'av,hich is to cost somewhere in ttie neighe bothood of•$3,000. • ',As a production of.able-andsirrefutable arguments, (?) we commend to our. town readers the, article headed "Those: exor- bitant rates" in lest ‘yeeles.Reco,rd. The of inanY Clintonians in reference thereto; is well known. ' MR. .Ls. Sietmx-N, of St.- George,„ 'Was in town. this week'- with -a view to -engag- ing in ,the mannfacture of. plows; . fray rakes; and other Implements of a like- na- ture. He was very -greatly taken up -With - ,this place and its attractive surrounding, r.CREE PLANTING. -We are .glad to see that a:large .ainfiber pf farmers are plant. iug.treeS on .thp public roads leading to town, and we also notice that Some par-. ties are in the habit Of -injuring -them' by • cutting them with' knives and- other Ways; , others sometimes drive teams between the trees and fences, the -Wheels destroying , . the trees. The coancilS of Hulle,tt Stan- ley, Goderich and Tuckersinith.wonld do weli to pass a. by-law... picitecti rig. the Shade trees on the" wayside,, and also- declare that the space .inside of the trees .shall ,be considered as Utoot .path, so far as these particular roads -are" concerned, and • ' pose a -penalty for all violations of the salliNe.EW' LAW ErniAr.--'lF. ro. . m our advel.tis- ing columns it will be seep th-at•Mr. A. 11: - Manning and Mi. :Jas..' Scott,. Solieiters, of this place; have fornaed !a .partnersh-ip and 'united the business -hitherto carried. on by them separately.. Beth gentlemen. lave 'been. hopr'inidst now, fOr sonieti rue; hav.emade a -large number of friends for' themselvei,- and we are quite sure -that success Will attend :the new departhre.. Their offices a.re-in, Mr. 'Manning's' roorns in the Beaver •tlock. So long as 'there exists' a; necessity- forlawyers, so mueli. .the better for us if We have good and honest ones, andin this regard the new, firm require no recommendation •for us: . . . , I-MPORTED HORSES. -There have ' been,. more entire,. horses - lost in crosSi rig .. the' Atlantic during the .past ,nine -months;. than was ever, known during the same - period before, and, unfortunateli,- HurOn: Men have been among the heaviest losers, and to the list we must add • the nanie, 'of another.well-known-hdrsernan, whois the latest sufferer, Mr. John- 11/fasong.4 shpit, time ago h -e Ordered a hors --e- trete Sea.- ...hued.,..andou_Satur_da-y he wentith.larontos expecting to bring back his 'importations with hirn,• but he wa4.asionished. to learn Isere that hik and' two. 'others; 'belonging .to a' Mr...Montgomery,' who- was bringing over eight, had- ti -he. thrown; .4.0'er-heard during:the 'VeYa.gc, whieli enis- Unusually - stormy and 1ong-4-21 days, Mr„ _Mason's hdtie was-insured,:hiit he will lose: eaYilypu. inisfsh.e. tune; however, Mr.'Mason•bought of Mr. Montgorrierya• splendid' yeartirer andaIso - tWo year oldz" both pure afid- Well-bred Clydesdales and'these arrived 'here for, him on-Tuetday morning: -The stockmen of Huron have :sustained' heaVy.. losses lately, but their -perseverance amidst these 'difficultieS will , doubtless :meet with due -reward. • ' • - • A..LoNo 1,10:1117.1;-, On. a recent Sunday afternoon:, a Couple olpersOns frOm .Clin tort drove down to Bayfield .- to •visit some friends, going byway of Brncefield. After having tea atthe Ifouse of the friend, they started ,for home, "taking, as they 'thought, a near -cut; by crossing the Bay- field bridge:.The horsejogged eaSily along - and •while 'the- shades ; of 'night, were 'falling 'fast" our heroes- began 'to look, around fel- familiar farm...houses; in, • ordet ,thcalculate,their distance from town.. Islet seeing these andthe journey appearing • no nearer at an end,'they hailed apasseI- by, and were astonished to find themselves a .mile and a; qnarter';froin Goderich haying travelled aleng the lake shore road. They were 'in-formed-that:by' faking aside - line for,abetit-a,•mile, it Would bring them out on the Huron- Road; 'and. -anticipating anc,end to their misfortunes, the -.-horse'S head - WaS turned as directed. •But --the _fates were evidently -against them; •the hacl_clos .downeaipon • them, and after travelling the -longest Mile -that ava.ever.-rneasurediethey -felt- satisfied- theydi,adlos't their way again, and stop -Ping at a house,' they asked , 'How far is it to Clinton:" • "The -nearest way you can go, -more than a dozen miles,”. was the console ing answer. There was no' alternative but to push forward, and.finally they arrived- t ere at an early hour, the cold and, length. of their trip not making it Safe even yet to ask them "How's Bayfield ?" •• • On Monday evening -a," young man nettled Sandfordi ,Hill, slightly :under the influeneeOf liigfor, carried:off froth. the bar room of Mr. A.- Kennetly, a darge iron' poker,. and Was using the same aS a ;thinking 'Stick, When. Constable Paisley reqUetted, "to go and put it bacte where he, got, it from." Hill, .)tr.h,o was eildently 'spoilingfor a light, -refused, and. threatened to "knoek his d brains Out With it;" Paisley then' arrested him and endeavored -to take him into.the lock - Up hut being -encumbered with his °Ver. eoat found . bard Work, • and eeyeral Others canietplis assistanc,e, when, after . considerable struggling„ be was- safely locked np, after •threaten-ing the personal Safety of soineof those, who were looking on: He was stibSequeritly hr.:might before the Mayor; who fined-hith $15' and costs, for disord erly eonduct.. Th shoul teadb - him the lesSon that order and sobriety are by far the elies.pest - . TOWN'CosINcIL,,A,,special meeting of the council was held on Thurkday evening„ to consider a;neW- scheme sUggeSted 'by the Mayor fpr watering the streets; whieh wits, that a wi ridinill be erected sorneWhere near - & Tedford's shop ; lay pipes there - froth to an elevated tank on the Market. Squ'are, and haVe the water carried.into the.tank by -rising, a .geed force hydrants Could !then be • erected at different places along the street, front which the Streets could be watered as de- sired, 'and the waSte,water would keep the I tanka on the square always full. The cot of this Scheme,- -he believed would be less in the end, than any other sYstem Yet tried h,ere. The matter was discussed for some time,lhOSe taking part •:therein' being generally a,iierse, to the scheme, ulainly because it would he too late this season before it Could be fully utilized.- The idea of using a cart, with a single horse, was alSo brutight up and discussed, but -this plan was not considered adds - able. , The' following motion was then read: --Moved by Coun, Thompson, see. by Conn. Cooper, that we authorize the'street committee to procure a large box, pro- perly furnished, tO Water the street, and let the contract to paity using team, as per tender received, --Yeas - Corbett, Cooper, Thompson, Searle, Moore, Morse, Walker. Nays —Jackson; Stevenson. -After passing of this Motion, the eofillell Adjourned. As it cost in, the neighbor. hood of $250 two years ago to water the streets, the probability is that it will cost a similar amount this year. It would be well if oirie plan could be devised that would decrease the annual expenditure in this connection, because if tbe streets are to be watered every_ season -and it is ikely they wi I- be -a s ste of water- Re„'YOUfffr• fttl e cheaper Bleu c.Erf.fmn. Daring the high wind on Wednesday last tlie roof of Mr. John Young's barn was blown off. ' • Dia Eionite.-Mr. ;las. MclAian, of this . place, notdong ago, refused the ver, large ' Sum 'of $600 for a to : Year old boll ; the animal was from the well-It:men herd of Meksrs H. Snell &`Son, Ilullett. •INIr. J v\Ictiutelieen and family have just • • J. . arrived from Winnipeg.: He was •fornierly proprietor of the Central Hotel and went up to the Prairie Previnee, last October. He there.liad the principal interest in the Bruns. \Vick House, but has , now 'sold mit. By his Winnipeg venture he cleared $21,000, dad in; tends going. back and settling. farther west , after a visit' among his friends in'Ontario. . , . . f ONDESII0E0 Mr. John Lasham has returned from Mani- tnba, and gives a very , good account of the •coubtry. • -He intends to-p,,o hack in ii.beat two months. • , Letters have been received from Manitoba , - , stating. that Mr. F. A. Tainblyn's 320 acres are worth $3,000 at least. A lucky strike for Frank. There is quite "a nuinher.going to Manitoba this Week, among Whom .are Messrs,. T. J. Bell -and John Chiming aud'two sops. Jarnes , Woodman left last week. • . • . There were two law,sifits here last week, !McKerrall vs. Young; and Youngvs. McKer- rall. Both the eases wereso trivial that the magistrate clismisseci.tilem, complainants to pay their awn costa, amminting tci $5.1"5 for Young, and .$3:60 for McKerrall. In the Methodist Churcb,..next Monday evening, Mr. ;Williams; ,of .Goderioh, 'fiver his far-fanied lecture ,OmIlia land and Ireland and what he SaW. 'ilia:heft:1114 the Methodist Ecumenical .Comicil. , sion free. Colleetion at -theeeloSe in aid of the Superannuation fund: • ••'', , • s'rArir FY Mr. Edward- Glen last Week '13,:elcl a fine two-year-old colt to -Mr. Relent Pearson, for the' sum of $140. Mts.' Alex. Mellweii- has been very ill for the last two weeks, -and. is still very lbw. Miss Oath. E. Diehl, ehlest daughter•-ef .Mr. Diehl„ is also in a Tory critical condition, and hawheen So for soine.titne..- •-On Menday .)1r..Jolin Avery- Of. the Lon - 'don -Road, reeeiVed'a severe -lick en the„.arrn,, but fortunately'no bone's' were bfoken. , . . R4BERY. - On 'the night of the lOth inst. .a daring robbery was•perpetratecl on the pre - wises et Mr..Blair„ of the .2nd con: of Stan -- ley.• Some unknown persnaS'(siMposecl.te be .. professional 'robbers)- entered• the ,housd.'and look from the -bed. in 'Which. Mr: Blair' was • -slee•ping.r.the-Suto-of-4-500-H-The LAO VMS are suPposed to ha.Ve•given Mr. Blair gothething .to produce nuconsciaesness. • Entrauee tothe house Was•ga.iucd by raising.a window which was'close .to the. door, .0 ud then unfastening . the same. There- 15 110 eine to the perpetra•= son'of Mr. A.obt.',,Walker,,of the 13ay- _ last. wee4c " Messrs, McLeatf,and Elliott of the 4th, shipped, tivo ear.lOad-•of horses from. (lode - rich", for•Fargo, on Tuesday; ' . • • , feW days sinCelli...Thos: 'Connell,,of the Bayfield con., returned from hit .trip to the west. Althmigh. an out-and-out Tory, Tom condemnsthe northwest and- its:rutin- agernent in tile strongest terms, and says he would much sootier live' in Dakota; where be has purchased land,in Pembina Connty;near a tunall place :called ton. He says “there's hundreds' of -Cana. dians in Dakota,and it's no use -denying it." ON THURSDAY last the friends of Wrn. .Cox,. 6th on. Goderich township met; with tine accofd;: and plowed some 215 acres on his new prOperty, the • rEiehlfcirrae ',farm.; Twenty-two teams moving along •turning the sod, is• a sight not Often wit- ' nessed at the present time; A few even= • lirrs after they returned but Ivitlaincreas- ed numbers, this time bent' More on pleas- ure than work; 'and, the tact that the whole gatheringTfemained until a late hour, may be 'accepted as..eyidence -that a good time Wits spent, • ' Onqu'Aix:-The Many friehds,of the • , late John -DicirSon, Will regret -to learn of hieskatti.t..10.1idl „topk,„,plaee-at. d'is , dened; in McKillepi last Sunday morning,. . _about e",clOckt _ li healthy, active man, • but for the past•few days bad not- been feeling very well, and on last Friday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, he went do bed,: yetdidnot seesn very sick; but On Saturday morning he took suddenly ill, when InediCal aid was proe cured, and in spite ok all, that . hurn an ,a5- sistanee could do for hilri be -...passed off quietly into the land a reSt. The de- ceased was 6-2, years, dge, and waS ..bative of Scotland. In his early days ho lived on the farm, and was -for some tike employed as a •earpenter ; and 'also for ft .1111inber of years merchant in the seaport' toWn ef Annan. 1.1- the spring of 1860 he 'emigrated to-Anie.rica; and after corn.- ; ing to the Huron tract he went on it viSit to the township of A shfield, whore a bro- ther of his resided, afror whiclihe set oat . to look forsuitable land, but not finding any to suit him he went to Pftri8; where he resided abent a year• after whielr he settled -- inMeKilloP over 20, years ago. Re was - industrious and upright, and 'before long had a comfortable hoine, where he resided. till'he died. Nearly all his relatives liVe in the Old 'Country. His retnitins r;pro interred in the Brussels cemeteryP'last Tuesday afternoon,followed by a large concourse of sorrowing friend. • He , leayes a wife and seven Children to mourn his lesa, a blank: in the household niever to be filled. : He foes' a 'tnan , industry, his dealings' With his fellowmen..