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" FRIDAY, JAN. 5, 1883,
IIARICON & NARK
Lecture illustrated with crayon eketehes by''
REV : JFF L H1LL, L A.
ST.. `PAUL'S :S{CHOOL° -'HOUSE'
`TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TIr . 1883..
Adiiiissien;20 cemtk; Children:4ocents.
�l aau>x oiix sir. •
POSTAL.Reply post -cards have been
. -.prepared for use within . the Dominion
ad to'tlie United Kingdom and may ,he
.]i d at'the Chnton"Poat Office, the latter
part orthis They will be a •great
;convenience. •
To ir3E 1,Iovi.ln --We believe that it
is the intention of the G.T.R. authorities
te down- the old Great Western sta-
tion here, :and : attach ;it to the freight
Abed 'on the Grand -Trunk°= As the pre-
sent building is too -small, this will make.
ample freight accommodation.- s
Txsurr.ED —'•One dad last week, as 'a
young man nans.ed ismith, of Goderichtownship; tray tyi has team in front of
Cantelen Bros st3; One of the horses got
fri g-htened ' agd.'Ind eked ihim 'dew n, he
sliding!lieneath its hindfeet;• and i gettlli
one of his feet badly trampled on.:k
•INVEST--IGATION At Hamilton ,•last
week art investigation •aa held into the
circunntences'connected withzthe•recent
l eollision between 'a passenger,train,anda
snow plow near,.IIerisall.! - The result of
Fox the half-year ending 31st Dec., the
number of births registered with the town
clerk was. 39; marriages, 9; deaths, 9.
LARGE Loos,—Mr. Jas. Graham, of
, Goderich township, delivered four unusu-
ally large 12 foot logs,} ere this week,from
orae tree, the butt log measuring 952 feet.
$NEw INVENTION. -Mr. � ustln Cal-
lender- is the inventor of a machine for •
punching iron, to be used in the manu-
facture of' harrows. The idea,'' appears' to'
be alood one, mi ithas tremendous leve-
rage power, and is simple. and quick in
its work. It for his own use, but we
presume that he will *Tent it,'
CouivcIL. An adjournedmeeting of
the council was held' on Thursday even-
ing; the Reeve in the chair. ,The follow-,
ing :accounts were ordered to be pald
Breaking road .to cemetery, !$11,50; W.
Gauley, stone'hammer, 75c.; J. Fair; lum-
ber, $2.72 ; J. Copp, painting; etc., $3.50 ;
G. Potts, painting lamp- posts,- ete., $3 ;
Harland Bros., "hardware,' $15 ; charity,
$$10.` Mr. J. Jackson applied' fora remis-
sion of $10.80, taxes over _paid by error in
assessment, which was;: granted, as also $1,
to E. Carter, jr., dog tax refunded ; Thos.
McKay applied for remission of'$2,` tax
on-ebitch poisoned after assessors were
around, but it -was not granted: On mo -
.tion of Conn. Cooper, sec. by Colin.
Thompson, Mr. Searle was authorized to
employ men to •,reiove trees that are
dead. ` Mr. Cooper called attention to the
necessity of erecting n partial wire fence
On the hill, to prevent the snow lodging
there, and. Messrs. Cooper 'and,Paisley
were authorized to see what could be done
pn alis iii ttei,'and"make the`•bestarrange--
ments. Council then• adjourned.
J-u-$ILEE, SINGEits- The Town_ Hall
was -packed on "Friday evening, the occa-
kon of the first visit of the Fisk Jubilee
Singers; many having come a long ,dis-
tance; and
istance;;and we do -not suppose there was
one person in, the whole audience,: at the
•
the inquiry is not yet a,nnouneed; as it close of the concert, but felt that they. had
if `before -" Mio ---� Montreal; received more than full value for thei
In • the 'meantime Conductors Walmsley money. ' The programme, from -f rst to
' -and Ainsley have been suspende J.
last, was e_xeellet,_and the :almost 'liar-;
_vellouscontrol the sipgers:,hac1 of • their:.
voices, and the - remarkably, good time
kept, was something astonishing. All
the pieces sang, with the exception or two
encores, were sacred, and- there was no -
To nE svED. -We believe that, a suit is
to be entered against the.railway company;
y the friends -of the young man 1fitrong
. roan, killed.recently at' Hensall, to recover
damages therefor; if some satisfactory ar-:
xangements are not arrived rat His. thing; in these two that could be objected
mother,•was • here; on business connected' to.The different members of the coni=
-with the 'accidei.W. n' Tuesday. In • our pany•all appear to enter into'the spirit of
liuinble opinion ,, ,any }as: unwise their ,melodies, this being'particularly -
to.stand a suit, tin. e "i�,imstt cos k. noticeable in,,the pathos with which they
A GRANT:—On Thursday evehli t,h 6 Lpmed a't mihar nicl ce, " I' ver ereturnis
Model Behind board made the Prancipa% ere, will -undoubtedly, be as"cordially "re -
and
Mr Malloch a grant of"$'S0 for Isis labors'
in- connection wits the Modelites , It- sewed a;�liu' The receipts, were over"
$200. At• the special request of Capt.
Cox, • Goderich, who offered them the
courtesies of` the British, they spent: Sun-
day with him, although they were,, there
on Thursday. The Clinton High School
received $25 as their share of the proceeds,
after paying expenses
seems that the , School. Law allows. the
Modelites to be taught during school;
hours, but Mr. Malloch voluntarily did-
the work after this time, and as the school
receives ft, grant of $450 by . their 'I attend-
ance, thi year, the board felt justified •• in
making ;the gift. •'" ,
A Mpy.a: IN •Tei; mertiT D>itI crlo�
The council has instructed Mei Searle to:
:remove or cut doWnr all 'poplar and willow
• trees, and shade trecs that are dead: This,
is right,`; and wcrh ipe. no one will, throw
obstacles in his' way.; ' There are! several
places ;int wn'where poplar and willow
trees, in gardens, extend over the sidewalk
to the injury of :trees outside, and now is:
the beat :time• to • cut them down In
nnany places trees have been planted toe'
_::thickly.and„are.:irregular.;.and-th-is•shOR' d-
avoided in,future.
Bnoi b t 004E.:—Mi... Geo. Tebbutt;
_ of the Itfaitland conce s,Yon returned froth
Qii'Apple, N W T jwith his brother Ed-
wedin charge,;on,1'riday. It is, expect-
ed thatthe latter will lose several of .his
toes, out ing to tih "freezing of ;his Leet:;
They knew notbiin of tlie,sad death of.
their fattier, Walg r Tebbutt, until they,
arrived:here Jr --D;; Lavie, of Holmes
Ville, who has been 4'aithfully'Inursing-
I. Edward :Tebbutt; °i11" tlhxoughs illness,
is himiieff new laid up with the fever,' in
Brandon hospital: - ,.
Boyce of St' Louts, 1S isister of Dr. lliam¢,
- ' '.A Goo» ONr-Saturday last oas -the', who-lfes.atthe-point of death.:: On Suu ____
busiest day -Clinton has'experieueed' for • dayalast'a number of the Masonic breth-
• a long. -time- In -the -afternoon .11bert ren`otthis-placeyisited Seaforth, and' at-
• Street„ for a -considerable distance; was tended. religious services in s body, ,with
jammed:with sleighs, and to" get' Ithrougl the brethren of that place , on the 'way'.
the crowd required the utmost nerve and .down, the conveyance';ispset,:twice, the :oe-
caution: ;;Business men were as busy: as eupants being: unceremoniously dumped
.. they , could be; -and, of course, ;were in in the snow. On .New .Year's er•ening
their usual good' humor a8 on such ossa- '_the members of the snow shoe club; to
Bions. &person who resides r near Gode the ;n:umber of 'about thirty; including
rich, expressed, an honest opinion, no several ladies; turned out•and:had a tramp_:_.
doubt, iwhen he said "you'r.business'places beyond Stapleton, being afterwards' en-,
aro far ahead. of Goderich; and the tertained b a supper :at the residence of
amount done is something astonishing.',.' J. Rfo
ansrd, Esq., and then driven home.
e presume that our ,merebante ' would The council represents the following de -
have no objection to • experiencing many nominations this .year.:—Episcopal,.. 1 ;`,
leach occasions, and we 'are certain they Bible -Christian, 2; Presbyterian, 4.; Me-
• • are laving the foundation;' for" a ma;nifi- thodist, 4::. We are •sorry to hear' of the
cent trade in the near. -future. : death' of the mother. of Mr. Geo. Swallow,
�I'''' ' LD.—`On board the nfglit train: whieh-occurred at Pickering, last Week,
from Stratford, on • Thursday, were three and ,alio ,of the death `of .Mrs.' Clarke of
• 'residenteL.of Minnesota, .;all formerly of Woodstock, daughter of Mr.. Frank Clarke,
• Goderich tciwnahi , ` one of whom ryas bridge:' It is said that 'Mr. Will White; of
pp ' Winnipeg, intends to move' his family
-named Peacock, of .the wake shore road: back :here ;to reside. - Mr. -Mark- Towns-
,
While ii.thesmoJ:ing.car_theyivereboast•. egg jr making arrangements -to give sp -
ing of thesharpness • •of' the Minneseta. business at Jamestown, Dalt., with-: the
,people -it Was not easy to entrap' them,
they were:100 ears ahead of . Canadians' intention- l coming: east to':, live. eriaih
and all :'such talk:, t• enf r h • ' female help is so scarce that a certain
t three; hotel, keeper`in town who "does a lap a
Young' men got on board, and n a� little business, as daily ..,and alone to perform•
while,w ere playing with a strap, railing 1t. C perform,
up and'',rnaking bets that
a loop ..i'n it the duties of waiter; his guests, lionvevei,
could not be -picked oat. Peacock -saw are consoled by the fact that he is one of } '
the game, and it looked so easy , that:: he•'. ,,the.best and iridin obliging �yaiteis..that-
• could -be Aeounterfei ti l bill was -Pie ,'-----•--e.,
Staked $20 on -it, and; ofcourse,lost. He sedafFair's mill last week; it.was'a re-
• invoked the •aid of Conductor McKnigbt,', „markably well executed one. Last week
:71 ad when this person -Went to arrest them, Mr. IL. Irwin shipped 25 car .loads of
We are showing spec2ai value
in ' _Furs Overcoats and . woo'
Underclotit n%�e
BrtTErs ---No less than seven loads of
woodupset on :tho• Bayfield load' •V
Thursday, between the residence. of Mr.R-
Coates and the G. T.R.. The sheriff took
Possession -of 'the stock of Moore & Son;
onThursday; T ur•y While'the;funeral of Mr,
W. Tebbutt was passing through town on
Thursday, Mr. T. Swartz showed his
cleverness ; one of -the hearse horses took.
sick in front of the hotel, and was about -
to drop, when he observed it, and -quick
_as_though-t,-broughtone out of the stable
and transferred the harness, delaying the
procession but for : -a few,,. moments.
crowd -drove over here from Bayfield, on
Thursday night last, to attend the Jubilee -
entertainment and were pretty mad when
they found they were a day too early. The
Seaforth Expositor makes mention' of
1,100 bushels of wheat being threslie 1T in
14 hours; the work was done with a New
End -Shake Climax,'. manufactured; ,in
Clinton. Master Tedford attreets a good
deal of attention, riding behind his well
trained. Newfoundland. We are- sorry
to hear ofthe'dangerous illness of Mrs.
TUE
ne coni mous Viand SUCC
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specialty just nc
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1 AA[OLS H ATTER, AND FURRIER '. CLrNTON.-
they ,lumped from the train near Staplcton, l wheat a large portion of which-was'fo'r
farmer, o the one o $5. , on the padlock has been torn ,Iowa ing the timber .re
iiriek,;the day
an escaped. The same parties took in ii the olrl country. The old El. T. R. 'station
t tl t f'r'"0 h
IP
; moved to Stri.tf,rd. • On Saturday Air. R.
Ileitsx•NOTt;s.—Messrs. Foray th-&-Ju- ;Irwin paid out $3,000 for grain delivered:
they im._..int his storehouse; taking oats, barley and
wheat • together, this represents about
5,000 bushels, a pretty large' delivery for
one' day. We shotildhave.said the Bible
Christian choir tit Summerhiil:l sernided--
on Christmas . night." Mrs. Witt will re-
sume her, elasses.in ,music as:'follows :—
Blyth, Saturday,_Jau �Gth ", Clinton,_Jan
9th ; Exeter, Jan 10th. Dtirin the past
year, Mr: W Marten; peillair, lids ,gfat1i r=
ed up and 'shipped no�'less than 56. .tons
of old rage, „iron, and: all kinds- of refuse ;
among; the amount were 28,000 lbs.:ofcot-
ton rags shipped°to Barber Bros, George-
town. The Foresters' of this place intend
giving` an oyster supper at an early; date,.
whets the different courts in the county
will be present.. Mr. J. 'Reeve, jr. , ex-
'peats to` leave'shortly: for Regina, -N1-W.
1'., where he will enter on the practise of
medicine. ' Mr: ,F. Rtimball was unani-
-mousl-Oleeted_trustee ._for St John's:
Ward en Wednesday'."onl'y 10 votes' were
tii.ekli"ng ae,t1taired by Iu't'iat $100„ roll et..
nor have sold one of the fillies
. ported. last summer, a black yearling, to
Mr. P. Campbell, of Ribbert; for the sum
of $900. ' Mr. A. Forsytliihas nlurchased
-a-span of mares from )ir `Chesney, at
$400. Mr II; B. Evans, of the IIuron
Road, 'on Friday refused the sun of '$400
for a heavy gra+ught,4=yr.; old marc f' Mr.
Evans is going extensively in good stock
" and has nowseine splendid horses "arid
cattle, On Friday Mr. John' Shipley was
offered the sum of $500,fera:span . of 3 -yr;
old colts, but he did•not 'accept. Mrs J.
Jenkins,. of Goderich township,'has a -year
old filly that turns the scales at 1425. Mr.
John Shipley purehaeed, a 3 -yr -old last
week,tf Mr. Snell, Exeter, at $235: Two
horses put up lis auction on Saturday,,
belonging. Mr. Wafter Haines; one of
which was the runner'Little Maggie, were
bid in, prices not,coming up to the own-.
_ ei s x ectatioli: A fen - s`
.�—_.�rP �..days� ince _-I12z'.
• W. Stewart, of the London road; sold a
r.
As first assistant, must be ac-
tive c_lever, good-looking , will-
ing to work, old enough t •
have sense; good saleswoman,
toe) honest. _tosteal -Other'`
-qualifications-Ina-de "`-kl v
for 11 slid
application. Steady employ -
=tent to good girl. Apply at
once to
1)IC S()N,
CHRIS DICKS.C�I I,
CITY BOOK a'o 01 uNVToN.
ee our: J Overcoat: rethi
his Week; to $7- 3 lef
e our : l T:Tls
1 left:
ee our $!
lef
W WTLL. TAKE WOOD for "a,
coats we have on hands. at the : above
does reductions. • This is still a -better
nits than we have ever offered__befo
uct o
]r• ere Cloth
We take stock in February) and until that ti
will sell Ordered Clothing at startling' prig
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