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THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1882.
Mi;. JOHN COWAN, who has been on a visit
to Ireland, has returned to town.
Mx. JOAN MAcz;*D, formerly of this town,
has bought out a large drug business at Brant-
ford.
REv.-P."STRAIPU-.and wife, of Holstein, are
spending their vacation with his parents- of
this place.
Ma. G. GLAss and wife of London (old Olin-
tonians) visited their many friends here on
Dominion Day
WE is believe that it is the intention of Mr.
Peter Campbell to move .on, his recently pur-
chasedfarm, in Stanley, in the fall.
REV. D. Davnasoie and wife, of Forest, the.
former a brother of Mrs. W. L. Newton;
spent a few days in town last week.
TnE COUNTY rate which Clinton will this
year be required to pay will be about 1675,
which is over $100 less than the amount fast'
year.
--"Mx—D:-M—MAs poen; headmaster -Gunton=
Model School, expects to spend his holidays
at Oriilia, where his wife and son are now
Lae midsummer examination' ;at the Agri-
cultural College, Guelph, closed last. week,
and among those taking diplomas was John
Landesborougb, Tud eeremith ; .and W. H.
Lough,,of this place, received tin honor cerci
hcate for veterinary science,
SOME EGGS.—On Saturday last two wagons ,
representing the ffamiltont Egg Company; of
Wingham, took eat of this townthree thou
'sanddozen eggs; the largest amount they
hadtaken in one week, 'When it ,is known
that this amount was front two stores alone,
some idea of the, extent ofthe,.egg trade 'can
be formed.
Redmond's blacksmith 'shop, to Mr. John
Sheppard, for the•sum of $350-a very large
price. Mr: Sheppard•,has material on the
groundfor the erection of a beilding of some
-LoY SOLD.—Mr. John Shipley has sold a
sixteenth ofan acre on Huron Street, east' of
kind,' but to what use it will be put is not
yet known Sonia say a pork factory.
visiting.
Miss Scow has taken possession of her new
premises in the Smith Block, and Harland
Bros. expect to 'branch out ih the Beaver,'
Block, in a few days.
AT THE Wingham races on Saturday 14Ir.'
T. Tipling's eolt,Red Cloud, was successful in
carrying off first money,$ ,inthe colts race,'
which was well contested.
HIR.-Jerav BOLES and wife are spending ,a
few weeks up at Manitoulin;' Island, -for the,
benefit of the health of the former, who has
been poorly for some time. • ,
Ma. P. CLUB, for some time past connected
with the Record, has given up printing and
turned his attention to the dry goods bpsi-'
ness,. now being with iCraib, Maowhirter & Co..'
TEE ENTRANcE -Examination to the 'Clinton
High School was conducited ander the . direc-
tion of Mr. Jas. Turnbull, in the 'Model
School, last week. 38 candidates were
present.
MIss M. C. GRUNDY, one --of •the most sues,,,
cessful teachers ever engaged in the Clinton
School, was married at her home south of
Exeter, on Thursday evening, .Mies Anna
Holmes being bridesmaid.
ON TUESDAY, Mies Fannie May, of this:.
place, left by G. T. R.; for Fort Edmonton,
where she is to be married to .'a gentleman
well known here. The distance is 800 miles
beyond Winnipeg and 600 miles of this will
likely be made by team. Any girl who will
travel this distance to meet the man she loves,
is plucky indeed, and deserves to get a good
rich.husband. She has the best wishes of
many acquaintances for her future welfare:
SALT BAGS.—Last week about fifteen thou-
-S=1 salt
hou-san1'salt sacks' arrived here for the use of th•
Canada Salt Association. They -are intended.
to be used for the Lower.: Canadian trade, the
people of that province being accustomed to
buying in sacks, in fact will not buy barrelled
salt." It is said that after the sack is emp
tied it is converted into' -a very serviceable
pair ,of 'pants, and after doing service in this
connection as Fong as possible is turned to - a
variety of other. uses. -
THE' INTERMEDIATE examination for second
and third class certiHoatee is being held in
the town hall, Clinton,." and commenced on
( Monday, under the direction of Mr. Duff, of
McKillop. There are 51 candidates present,
38 of whom are from Clinton High School,
and 13 from outside places. They will not
be through writing until about Saturday after-
noon; and it will be some time before the -re-
suit of the examination is known.
AQU.ATIOs.—Mr,'J.Allinson hes construct-
ed a bathing establishment for gentlemen and
-ladies at his gardens .on: the Bayfield River..
He has: also dammed the river up sufeiently,
to make a good stretch of level water that
will permit of boat rowing, and he•intends to
have acouple of boats ready for the twelfth,
so that 'all- -who wish to enjoy a bath or a sail
on that day can have the pleasure of the same.
Ile is fixing up his place as a sort of picnic
resort, a place needed in',this• vicinity.
BREAKING ZVrNa ows.-Daring the past
week -between twenty and thirty large panes
of glass' in the Public School were, broken by.
boys, and on Tue day afternion last three
boys
named Geo: Coulson, Geo. Tipling. and
Jno. Armour, were tried before the Mayor for
doing the: name. Being proved guilty the
first -named was lined $2 and costs- and the
others $1 and costa. 'This should be a warn
ing for the future, as boys guilty of a repe-
tition of
epe-titionof this will be mere severely dealt with'
ON THURSDAY evening the youngest child
of R. Holmes had a narrow escape from ;`be-
ing:run over, while crossing Albert street.
Promptness on the driver's partaloneprevent-
ed it getting badly hurt.
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MALEx WH1;AILEY left by G R., on
Friday morning last; for Crosswcll, Mich., on
a prospecting tour. He retnqrued on,Monday,
having purchasedSOacres within four miles
of Croeswell, at $10 an acre.'
THE wife of Prof. Greig, Toronto, arrived'
in this place on Tuesday evening last. Prof.
Greig intends-bfliciating fpr Mr. Stewart, du-
ring the latter's absence -for his holidays,
which will be in a couple of iweeks..
MR. JAMES SHEPPARD, who has been away
in Dakota for ashort time, returned to town.
last week. He states that, notwithstanding'.
reports to the contrary, large numbers of Ca-
nadians are still settling, in that state.
NEIGHBOR JOE made his annual donation
of new vegetables, to the ;editor on the 1st
inst. Joe's special pride is in the fact that he
raises good-sized potatoes every. year by
Dominion Dey, let the season be early or `
late.
HAYING. -&number of farmers commenced
cutting last week, and operations in this line
nie general allrourid ---Thi torr i turmn$-
out much: better than at, first anticipated, and:.
another week or two.:will make still further_
improvement
Mr. R. S. Holmes, formerly of -.thin town,
who is now employed by E. Leonard & Sons,
London,as book keeper, returned to spend
Dominion Day with his friends. ' •Heexpres-
sed great surprise at the improvements and
progress made in the place.
SrArlsrms —For. the half year ending the
-30th June,- there --were •registered_.with__.the._
town Clerk of Clinton, 42 births, 17 marriages,,
and 20 deaths.', The number "of'births is just.'
the same as:w,ere registered for the first half:
of 1S81, but the marriages; and deaths :show
a slight decrease.
TWELFTH OF Jtmr,=As a large- : number of
Orangemen and their. friends are likely to be
in town next' Wednesday, the 12th inst.,;
business men;should make their premises as
attractive as possible. Those who have flags
should hang 'them out, as these all add to the
appearance "of a.place on -a gala day. `.
ON THURSDAY afternoon a young man start
ed from this town for Wingham, with a run-
ning horse that had been in training for the
races at that place. While at Blyth, whether
jnstly,or'otherwise, he was arrested • for cruel-
ty to the animal, and tined $l and :costs, the
owner of the horse in the meantime . being
telegraphed for, and when he arrived they,
both proceeded to< Wingham, but `. the horse
had been withdrawn from the race.
THE MAITLAND ,BRIDGE. -The new iron.
bridge across the Maitland, near Goderich,
was tested on Saturday Iast in the presence.
of the members of the County, Council--
The test consisted in. driving •several
waggons, two abreast, heavily loaded with
stone,over the bridge it standing the teat well,
no vibrations being visible. Although- open
for traffic, the bridgeis not yet completed,;
ancLieetilLin_the_hands_of_the_contractors,_
' from whom the warden; and bridge committee
may receive iton cenipletion. :
Ma. W. G. Ports, for sometime past in
the -employ of Mr. John Hedgene has secured
is situation at Newmarket, as butter buyer for
a firm there.. This is'a line of business in.
which be is a proficient, and will undoubtedly
give satisfaction to his employers. He was
entertained_at._a.•complimentat y_eupppr,_bT.-
number of his friends, on Friday evening,_
Mr. J. P. Marten occupying the chair. The
customary toasts were drank and responded
to and the gathering broke'! up at an early
hour, after leaving spent a very pleasent time.
NEW TRAIN SIsivIcE.—Sortie time ago &
petition was circulated here, and subsequent-
ly forwarded to the Grand Trunk- Railway
authorities, asking diem to change the time
of the morning train to Godericb, and the
afternoontrain retarning therefrom. The
Company have partially Complied with the
request of the petition, by changing the time
of departure of the morning ' train from 10
a. m. to. 8.30 a. m. . This will certainly' be an
improvement 'on previous arrangements and.
will no doubt be appreciated by the travelling
•
public.
ACCIDENT.- On Thursday afternoon Iast,
while Mr. I. Rattenbury was driving around
the corner of Kelly's''Hotel, he came upon Mn
James Reynolds, of Hullett, who was crossing
the street, before he was aware of if, : and the
noise of an incoming train making the horse'
unmanageable, it struck Mr. Reynolds with
its breast and `trampled npon him. He 'was
immediately carried into the hotel and medi-
cal assistance summoned, when it was found
that he had sustained a severe cut. in _the
head from the caulk of one Of the horse's
shoes, one rib broken, and his body.some-.
what bruised, We are glad to hear; that he.
Goon: HoR91s.-gn' Tuesday; -'Mr.:- Frank..
Thompson, of Mansfield;Ohio, shipped a car
load of splendid;liorses, by G. W. IL, the .fol-
lowing being the persons of whom they 'were'
purchased and the 'Miceli paid:=J.- Shipley,
Clinton, mare,•'$240. T. McMichael, Hallett,
yearling stallion weighing 1,200 lbs., and`'got'.
by ".What'd Wanted," .$250. Jas. Tremier;
Hullett, 2 -yr -old, $150. J Moffat; Godericli`
township, 3.yr-old; $190.- G. T.' McKay; ,3-'
yr -old, $200., W. Laithwaite,Goderich town-
ship, $180. J. Allinson,: Clinton, $165.•, J.
Gentles,'Kincardine, three, $220, $130, and
$200. • Anthony Taylor, RuIlett,- an nous
uallyf ne 3 -yr -old $230.: T.:Stanbury, Clin-'
oPr. 2_yr-o1d,.$r00 0
MORGAN'S CONCERT.—We wohld again re
mind our readers of Mr.'Morgan's concert,.
Which; is to be field on the eyening-ofthe=12th: -
=Posters.` and programmes. ore : now. out. `and.
everything has :been done to ensure the con
cert a success. The programme is a lengthy,,
one, and consists,o£ the .best musicthat could
be procured, 'which will, ries doubt, be well
rendered. Among the _choruses ;that are to
be given is Ten/33%0's•:national song ::and 1.
choruses of "Hands all round" which'is be-'
-comingso_.popnlar nVe-r'Canada;;`a'net Will be
given for the first': time,' here, on that evening.
;We would advise all to secure.'Seats early'<as'
.
there will no doubt be a great- demands ; for,
seats. Plan of hall den now, beseen at Jack-
son's Hat Store; where reserved seats can"be,
GARDENS. -South of the railroad is the
garden territory for this town,.within it being'
some half -a -dozen market' gardens of 'good
dimensions and great production.. Go Mon-
day -we apint a short time in viewing a few,
viaiting`first Mr. J. Allinson, who has a par-
ticularly. well situated garden plot; running
along side the river,'inc,ined to the south, in
which is to be found about, every edible vege-
table known to the horticulturist, and well
worked. Mr. H. Joyner's garden is contigu-
ous, and every 'inch of ground is used to the
utmost; leis strawberry bed yielding from 60
to 100 quarts of berries a. day.' A little north
of this is our neighbor Joe's, of large 'dinien-:
sion, good ground, filled with well cultivated'
vegetables, andone worth a visit front any of
our readers. Mr. Wise has also a well tilled
garden plot, that is in splendid order.
13RI.Rps —Persons owning property in
more than one ward in town,' were, sur
prised at not seeing their 'names .in -each
ward, • in the voters list published last
week; all duplicates were omitted inten-
tionally, but they appear on,the off cal list
moire nigh-tr 1k[r k�red—Woods,-o.f--Bay-field,--
left us some rhubarb. last weekabout three:
feet long, andwith leaves nearly as large.
as a barn door. The town gag floated in
;the breeze from; the -market- building ou=
Saturday. - The .High : School has closed
for the summer holidays, and does not re-
open until the'ist of ,September. There'
are a number of grass widowers in town
at preserrtiand they- 'thhik—o'f-forining--ar
consolation club. The recentheavy rain's
have not done any damage yet,that we.
;have heard of, but fears are .beginning to
he entertained for the •safety of the fall
wheat. The Mitchell Advocate's chuckle
over.the,election of Mr. Porter was slight-
ly -too -previous..- Clinton-is
light-ly too-previous..-..Clinton-ia-fortunate in
having, very Littlesickness in its midst ;
Clinton is proverbially a. healthy town.
Mr. D. Potter,, at one time a flourishing,
business man in Clinton, is now an' agri-•
cultural implement agent in Winnipeg.
At Toronto, last week, ,Chas. Coats, (son
of Mr. Win. Coats,) of this place, ran a
foot race among fifteen others, coming in
second best. Green peas were last week
selling here, in the pod, at the rate of $2 a .
bushel; most people could only buy about
three pods at that price, but they have
since tumbled considerable. A quantity
of lumber and timber for the new G. T. R.
station has arrived •here. Potato'-bugs'Lb'y'
the million are on the war path. The
country never preSentecl' a more beautiful-
appearance than just at the present time.
Oneof.the counnillors, while speaking on
Monday night referred to "widow .meii.".
The Stars' of Clinton, beat the Maple Leaf'.
Cricket:Glib; at Goderich, on Saturday,',
lig 26 rnn;9. Mr. Ralph 'White, of Philee
is now doing as well as could be expected. delphia, is visiting relatives here.
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CHILDREN'S . AND BOY'S ' STRAW HATS,
ALL STYLES.:
CHRISTY'S HELMETS AND STRAW HATS.
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A PERFECT
CORSET AT
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NO MORE
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BONES.
fliCKOMP,TON-i.00k8Er '•AGO
SUPERIOR
TO ALL
OTHERS.
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Satisfaction.
CORALINE, a recently 'invented andthoroughly ;
tested valuable patent substitute for bone, now used in the
nianufaeture of this Corset,- being far superior -to Cord, 'Horn,
or Whalebone.
The COR ALINE is not . affected : b . cold
. is more " i.. y � heat or
perspiration, ,able pl than whalebone, will bear: great
strain without breaking, adapts itself more readily to the figure,
which makes it most comfortable. and- .healthful to the wearer.
A Case of the above Celebrated
Corsets i
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P�e=.Az,
's and Mises Corsets all
TIIE DRY' GOODS EMPORIUM OF CLINTON.
If you want to' se, e the ,
Largest : Stock, ,Best Quality and Cheapest Goods in
the .County, .
GO TO.
The fact: of the matteris he sells " so cJaeap that
the natives are really astonished. The reason is
h buys.-mDsYt o h.- =s= =goods -fog ccs-kh,-i�ro-m the-
best manufacturers in England., Scotland, France
and Germany; and can afford to sell from
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Tweet p less than r
Ten to ' .- per cent a _ other dealers.
Several thousand dollars Worth. of
Goods are 'already'ordered from: the
� for the fall trade
an 'markets o
European
Bany Carriages and Express Waggons,
Oro-
quet, Lacrosse, Music &•Music Books.
Good Hammocks for $2.
GENERAL NEWS AGENCY
CHRIS. DICKSON
CRAI13, MACWXIIRrim •cl CO's OLD STAID.
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One,ot the finest establishments it tile West.
Established' 1854. -
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penial:.. Prices
FOR
Eine Ordered Whin -
Our Stock is
the—largest --
in Huron
county
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GREAT LIN
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Full lines for
hot weather
Suits.
Linen:.Coats,1 WVests,
ests,
.Aa acsCoats, 1 beer Ru
.Coats,
Linen Dusters 1 Rubber Le i n.s.
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THOSI JACKSON,
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