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l_lroeeriee—Geo, Shaman. •
Jewellery—Chris. Dickson.
Overcoats—T. Jackson.
Big inducements•—Pay• & Wiseiii:ttti:
Holiday Goods.. --W. Jackson.
Ticket went --W, Jackson.
House fur sale—M)s. McCertnel'...
hntertaii iuent- St.Paul's Sabbath school
Improved pigs --John Stanbury, . •
Millinery—John Hodgen:.
Bicycles—Robert Holmen.
Stray Cattle—John Flynn.
(Milton i __' tw . C tai.
THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1882. '
APOLOGY.
. Owing to our paper. hitvinegotleastray
&is week, we are compelled to,isaue a
half sheet
WILL 1T AFNEUT UA\ 3D4.
NEW COUNT'( SC1LJ)I;IC:S.
In last week's C:oderich Star there .was
a loiizthy ai;title upon the dangerous con-
dition of the comity jail from its faulty
cunstructiou, making it a trap in which
the inmates may at any moment be caught
and destroyed by fire, relating an instance
that occurred a short ,time°ago there,:...
wherein they only escaped by the accident-
al discovery and extinguishment of the
tire before it bad obtained any headway.
It is well known that the jail has been
condemned by the inspector longi ago, but
no steps have been taken to change it or
rebuild, as many of the councillors have.
felt that the time would come when the
location of - the county town "would: be
changed, and then new buildings would
be"constructed. The jail is not the ozly
enrnuty building that is faulty—the court
horse and registry being also either too
small or unsuited for the purpose required.
These facts are well known to all who have
business connected with these institutions,
and loud complaiirts,have been made'that •
The uolnlnunity of interest between.
Canada and the United- States is such;
now, that so soon as anything .ef an `sex-
tended public- character transpires in the
latter country the -question is suggested
.here "what effect is it going to have upon
the trade and welfare of this ?' Although
this fact has been knowu for a length of
time, and often acted upon,. it was never
before so forcibly realized as at the present
moment, just following the late State
elections, principally. in two particulars,
one, that New York ;State has, by 'Popular
vote, decided that all her canals shall be
free, and secondly; that -a great -change is -
to be made in the 'tariff in the dr.ecetion
of freedom of trade. The elections have so
clearly shown this latter fact that protec
tionists there are -now urging the, present
Congress, that will soon- meet, maid ltas <ti
lease of power for about three months, to
modify the tariff to some degree so -as to
prevent; as far as possible, too great chan-
ges in the direction of free trade to their.
injury. Thin, is the. old.•tactics over again,
for in the past just se soon as :political
monopolists and robbers have been pits -
sued and pushed to their last refuge, they
have all actedlike'ISav J - Cieekets c (iii
crying:out "Don'tsbbot,we'll come down,"
or, as' when the secularization of •the'
Clergy Reserves took place in this coun-
try, a bill was introdu.ced..and passed:.. by
supporters of ttreLieserves,thatgave to the:•
. religious denominations a .great deal.usore•
than would.have been the case,ifthey had
waited till the siicces&ful opponents of
state aid to churches had got hgld of the
reins of power. "
Scarcely any 'one, acquainted with the
subject, but will sadmit than if,Canada
is compelled to act in sympathy with" the
United States with respect to her canals,
she will be compelled to respond with„ re-
spect to the tariff. At present` a 'large
amount of smuggling is carried:on, and if,
many of the articles are made cheaper:by
--the-run ALIN al- cr'f-d.tityrasatill-greater-amett
6
-the-ruiuri',rrl-cif-dtityr-•arst-ili-greater-ametrof such goods wil be •smuggled in. - If
there is a rednctionof $14 a ton. duty ,on
steel rails, as it is said wili..,be• the cast,.
and a corresponding iedution!n;"other ar-
ticles that •go towards the -construction
and maintenance 'of a railroad, a, in :the
other side of the liries,' it is quite certain
that railroads in Canada cannot success
fully compete with such 7fisbuutlienecl•
roads. • Already manufacturers : of .dif-
fel'ent articles are beginning 'to put their,
houses, (or factories') in order to meet the
impending change. From different sec-
tions of the Union eomes•the information
of stoppages of works, reduction -of wages,
ur agreements ti) work half or three quar-
terstime. If the manufacturers feel''de-''.
spoildeut with regard to future pros
pecte, it is the reverse With the great itly
•
of consumers, and5especially with..tbe far-
mers of the west; who ,suffered on. ever
(rand by the , tariff, • Without ,any eorres-'
ponding benefits. It Will he.wisdom en
the part of Canada to -make such modiiea
tions in lier tariff as will prevent 'injury':
to her interests from the. impending 'tariff
changes in the United States.
•
Tits returns puielishecl by the' tintneio
Government sllow that the average. Crop
of fall wheat, per acre;. in Ontario, in.
1882, was 26:3 bushels actual yield thresh.-
ed out, being far ahead of the official esti-
mates of the crops in.:the six chief fall
wheat -growing States, the highest of which
is Kansas, with 19.5,1 and 'Michigan with
17.8, in regard to spring wheat, Ontar io's'
crop fur 1882 averaged 16.5 bushels per
acre, which is only equalled by one,State,
Dakota, with a crop of 16.7. All, the
other States .6111 behind, the next largest
being Minnesota, with 18.3 bushels. Ori--
tario's agricultural production `in 1871
r
t
t.
Inas . a,,1b4,000 bushels. 1n 1882 the -.)ro-
1
Auction was 208,780,915 bushel", This is
a pretty good showing for eleven years:
The Dominion Goveinmentase alarmed
at the just indignation of the Manitobans
at the dissalowence of the railway charts
ers, and an endea
v r is
s be
ing mabe to • i
n=
docc the Canadal�citis to build a branch
from Emerson to a point on tiro Sotttb-
Western Railway in order 'tri allays .the
excitement somewhat. It is d'lfiicult
-the defects should have been so long allow'-
ed to exist without any steps being taken
to remedy or remove them. We think
the time has now came whet' the question
of a change in the location of the . county
town should be taken up and disposed of,
-especially now thata local diaper has de
pitted the,imminent danger in which the.
occupants of the jail are in fronl fire at any
moment. It cannot but be admitted haat
the present location is altogether unsuited
for the business to be transacted in it,.fronr
its being oijthe e'xtrerne edge of the coun-
ty, and the difficulty of getting to it and
away in any reasonable time."' If any one
will look on the map they will; see that the
principal avenue to Goderichl is through
Clanton, and'that frilly 'three-quarters 'of
the people that go there on county hussies:
must pass over this route, 1isving to lose
time and put',: to extra cost in going there:
The saving to thepoblic inlessening the
coat of county business, in mileage for the
different persons who are engaged in'coun
ty.",affairs, &e., would very soon be .more
than enough to erect new buildings. Tlie
county- council should at once take the
matter npand dispose of it, for it will re-
quire two or three years to erect suitable
buildinge2 ,
NEWSPAPERS that are running an ad-
vertisement headed "Consumption -Cured,"'
may as -well -discontinue the -"same, unless'
they are paid in advance, as -they are, not
likely to get paid otherwise.
finest show in the county
grand success.:
ANKETS.
III kinds, ail sizes, ail prices
THE editor of the Goderich Star thinks,
that in future years he will learn hiaopin-
ions : were of very little importance. The
public have regarded' them .in that light
ever sinceethey had an opportunity .of
judging. ,•
IT is said that Judge Squier lias tender-
ed his resignation, which, if acceptedwill
end "'-the- investigation not pending. It
should have' beentendered and accepted
long ago.._
Sita JOHN A., over his owu. signature,
denies that the Dominion Governmenthas-
any intention of changing the License
as regards the Saturday night claus e
While, accepting the "statemept'of alae pre-
mier, it is certainly factthat this is one
clause which the Licensed Victualers. wish'
to have ehanged, and We are -inclined to
think will use all means to, accomplish it.
The Mail says the only "inaterial'change
will be to "make the License Law" less par-
tizan in its character. Every fair-minde d
man .well . -knows that there is 00 partizan-
ship about it, and toclaim that it would
be less partizan under Sir John isthe big-.
gest'rot imaginable.:`.
HAYFIELD.
Mr. t -I. McCann, hotel keeper, died on
Friday night last
There was;'. a good' attendance at the
Orange tea meeting on Thursday evening
last, and the speeches were all carefully
listened to
•
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UODE1lJUIl•
dlr. W. D. Shaunou, of Goderich, died
.on l,fonday last. " He was a staunch :atilt-
i grit o the R. , _. "...._.-.
. L''tE-BUILDING.-The North American
Chemical." and Salt works, which were
burned down about amonth `ago, are going
to he rebuilt.. '
Iieury A. Gray, Government Engineer,
was entertained at Goderich. night,
'by`a number, of prominent citizens, why
took advantage of the occasion to express
their appreciation of the manner in;which
the improveinents.to the harbor had -been.
(tarried out uncles' his superintendence.
1.ON1)LsfOlt). '
b3u,siness is lively here neo, Sleighing
being good. '
Council matters are .quiet hereagain,
taxes are,the-main topic note. •
•
Mir. \Vm, Longman is home from the.
5.
I c Sold his farm for �,3 v..0,
northwest.I w
Hellas cleared over $1,000• a year'. since
lie left here..
11If. .Tohn Brunsdo)i:has 'been heard
from he bite taken'_ his sleigha. to_ the
Lonclesboro settlement, in Manitdba,•to
sell them there. - -- •
-
slri. Geo. 1Toldstoelk is home from'Chi
cage for the winter, ho intends going back
in, the spring and: taking his wife with
Wins probably to stay.fer good _ .
}1'he ivedcling party of John McCaughey
passed through Here on Monday last, and
to see how this will •git'e, Muni- 1 took tea at. Boll's hotel. One party hero
competition in railways whichsaid that " the laddie and the lassie hao
;its imperatively demand. the gunk wishes a' the auld folk," •
1VLin.lam-S-eal.:&=_A:strachan
Sets -beautiful goods.
FUJI HATS, •large assorri ;aei t..
III�T�3 I�O�UJ ��i' oFrr d[�sriiplia��.
:W " 1 deg yrs'
T I ; IA11C`III STE I; HOUSE, d: LINTON.
When chill November's surly
blast made Jieids- and
forests: bare.
The question arises, where can the best and,
cheapest assortment of seasonable goods
be found. " The reputation of
ru, iviacwnir
Will not be allowed to wine.,
000
Our -efforts have. been stem:
.lir appreciated," as shown by
t� e e e r e e 1 "our
e.
are nom t .e lar • est
,rs of labor . hurt t
A staff of Forty .Assistants'" is kept busy day
=end night to keep up to our orders in
Glut. :i.il.ner untie
The secret of this is easilyfound: in a close per,
sonar- attention". -to business, ` "and selling the:
'best goods at lowest prices.
JOHN HO -GENS.
OUR LETTER- Bol
'TRANSIT OF; VENUS.
1'o the Editor of Clinton New Era,
Sta,--The transit of Venus which taker
place on the sixth of December, will, no
doubt, he looked for with interest by many
of your readers. If the atmosphere is
suitable, it may be seen from Clinton,
which- is in long:\Vest,• Si degrees and
40 minute°. :-Hao---of—first c fttael, Sh
39m., a. m.; firstinner contact, • 9h 00m.,
a.m.; second inner contact, 211:22m. p;m:;
last contact, 2h. 44m., p.m. These phases
are given in mean time.;: J. S.
Clinton, Nov. 29, 1882.
T11E .LIQUOR BUSINESS.
To the' Editor of the Clinton New Era.
Slat,;=I sometimes here, remarks -from
temperance men that 'would lead one to
suppose that Sir John A. Macdonald -hits
promised to grant extended privileges to
the Licensed Victuallers. They need not
be alarmed. The greater the demand ,the
liquor sellers grape (.0 parliament, the
more they will arouse'' public opinion
against them, even ameng their own cus-
Comers. . Shonld there be any attempt to
make a law for vested rights to the liquor,
seller, how would it he in our town? Why
some of •them now do not came up to .. the
etrictspirit of the law, as -they require to
use the streets as. yards to "the-inconveo
ienco of the public. fours &c.,'
A..ld0tnirx.
Clinton; Nov, 28, .1882.
NOT GOING . TO, 1t1+iiSI.GN.
,'J'o the Edits' of' (la,- (llcrrtote Nem Feero.
Diann S111, -Would you - favor Mie . by
staiug in this weok'e issue of your paper;
that 1. am not goiug to resign the position
of Deputy 1teove;of Goderich townahip,as
understand is the; current report, ,and
wish to tender my thanks to the -electors
of the township for theirsupport during
the past number of years and solicit a con-
tinuation of the same:
T, remain, Yours &c.,
Josaraa.1'Vnira;l,r'
Goderich township, Nov. 27. .
13013N.
lars.ta.-At Dunlop, i,n the 20th inset",'the,
' wife of Mr. R..11eau, of a daughter.
Gooawia,—In'Goderich township, 11'laitland.
con., on the 23rd inst., the'wife of Mr, A.
Goodwin, of a son '
McCoorii.—In Blyth, en the 25th inet., the
wife of.Mr. J. 13. McCeomb, of.a son.
.ust t
the 27th rthe
I th on
6itna I osis—In }3
y
of -a -sen
. ort -lit
r
wife of Mr.ChasSl r
MAcrmnr5oi -In Clinton, on the 25th inst,,
the wife of Mr, 11`. Macpherson, of a son.
MCMrr,Tan.EO.=In 1-bullett, on the Lath inst.,
the wife of Mr. Thos, McMichael, of a son.;
furl da R R I D
Gosre—i,soNs.—At . Hillside, Duuclas, on
the 29th inst.,. by the _7tov, Jas. Graham,
Mr. Horace Foster, of Clinton,: to Miss
Sara, youngest daughter of Edward Lyons,.
Esq., of Dundas..;
IED.
Coirnr.,- In C`lintou, on the -2 th inst., Lens,,
infant daughter of Mr. Geo. Cottle,
A LETTER :.=F1tOM1BBI-.--Mu.-TnomAs,
The following let—ter from the late ,pas
for of the B. C church in this town,will
be read with interest :—"Myson Alfred
is in the same store in Cleveland as Scott,
Moore, Balfour and Wise; formerly of
Clinton: We have a lively little town
here, with five churches, one: Baptist closed:
up and sold, one Methodist Episcopal, one
Congregational, one Disciple and. our's.
Our's is.a good substantial brick church,
cost about ,$7,500. We paid the last $50,
on1C1astin ofiih, svitl5nnniversayprooeeds
We have brick parsonage and about two
acres of land. AVe"owe $180; oil the - par-
sonage; . Financially: our position is good,
but spiritually, I hope no society is worse.
We can only get about one fifth of the
membersat a prayer meeting,,. and they
seem to be content," Rich, and have need
of nothing:": Clintonians are all, behind
when compared with this town for socials;:
icecream,• oyster, chicken pie, watermelon,
down to soap -bubble. I enclose a 'scrap
from the Exponent of this town. I
thought it was a pun, but it. was a' reality,
clear and distinct, what is stated, "Soap -
bubble socials." . This kind of a thing is
enough tovex the `righteous 'soul of Loi.
Hereat is, and the people love to have it
so. Woman's influence is dominant here,
and they want womanish, :'(effeminate,)
thingsin church and state. One of'those
".boss" women came to me one Saturday
night, asking me to give up my service on
the Sinday night, for one of their bubble
Mass -meetings. -4-I.said I did notdo such
as that without consulting the elders.`
They announced, the mase", meeting, and :
niy naure, with others, to take part, but ,I
did not give up the service. There was .a
division in :our own' church about it; and
1 decided to preach,; some said I should
have no oiie to preach to, I preached' and
lied not tMi less than an ordinary congre-
gation. Tho "preachers aro 'as ready to
give up their services as the people are.
The ministry is much to blame .for the
laxity of the members. The people are
kind and social, but less ';religious fervor
and enthusiasm I never met with—the
spirit of the, Master is -unknown.' : I ob-
serve your town is active in church mat-
ters, whatever permanent good may result.
I hope to be over in June, as our Con-'
ference is to be held in Exeter.
Yours respectfully.. ,
R. THOMAS,
Chagrin'Falls,'Nov. 27, 1882.
Sale .Ife„Is er:
1 a Eso-a 11E0, 5—Farm, farm stock and im-
pfeui pts-nf ,id J1s, Mattie, lot 39, 9th
con. Goderich towrithip. ,J, Howson, anc't.
Turreo- e3 Dec 12.—Farm stock,- etc., -"of
con.'of Iiul-'
,I%ilt lot
3rd
t
Mr. -John,
Y,
1
tits J. Howa
on au
c
I.
Fttivni, DEO. .15;—Farm. stock, ,&gess of
Mr. Walter Haines, lot 18, 4(ht con.
I3allett. - .J. Howson,' unci.,
Aleaander .Hanson was ' arrested on
Tuesday, ori a charge of forgery in "rais-
i
ing" :a promissory' note made by Joseph
b
Busy, of Hay township, from $22 to $34,
The Canada Pacific Railway Directors
leaveresolved to increase • their 'capital
fromfifteen million to one Hundred mil-
lion dollars.
is week - we have :added ..rums
new lines that will be Bold"
4d er Regular
.moi urs
-CALL EARLT,
e e� o r store crowded co tlz. cords
of . last season's- Dress Goods Prints cc? T"[ inceyys
Z s
o Tweeds (Incl Clea
/G %2
cYa'soot2':•
f
�veryt�i�g here is Piero, .rrIsh and Spar�li�g.;
CLINTON,. •Noy. 21, 18,82
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