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LOCAL 'NOTICES„.
The Highest price paid for. eggs in exchange
or. Poets and Shoes,:nt W. TAYLOR & SON's
The well-known stallion-Posooito Will be
•av';yhe Ratteibury awn stables every Saturday
aternoon during the season. 0. . E%EiSON
, prop.
o
.
THOS. COOPER,
grocer, is
paying
the
highest cash price for good poas,
for ship -
anent to the .• States. Be is also paying cash for
eggs." Owing to the slacesdemand for'gotatoea
the states, anci.theiarge quantity of them.
here, the price only ranges from about 30 to 350
PRoPEIrTY CHANGE.—on Saturday Mr,
W. J. Paisley bought lots 51 and 52 Mary
street, from Mr. Joseph Chidley, and sold
them at an advance to Mrs:. Morley, on
Monday.
• ODDPE1tOWS.-A number; of the "Odd -
fellows of town attended, service at ICnox
church, ,Goderich, on..Sunday. There
were about 75 C ddtellows present on the
occasion, and all had dinner at the Albion
at the close of the service.
CATTLE. -'Messrs. Craig& Hearn ship-
ped a car load of cattle on Wednesday,
• embracing a bull bought of J,L. Courtice,
end 'weighing 1,370,';'4 head from S. Car
enocban, 4,824 lbs a cow froin W. Pear-
son, 1,140, and ten head from 'John Mid-
dleton, 12,240 lbs.
SEitiovs ACeibENT.—Ou ,l+riday, " as
Miss Greig, of London, was driving about,
the city in company with. a gentleman,
the horse ran away, them -vying the-occu-
,ents out, and infli� t_ing such injuries on.
1,,
1Miss,Greig that her""life is despaired of.
She•is.a sister-in-law of Rev. Mr. Craig.
ay three'
SIiLL'P We,RRiEn. On sung y
dogs belongiug to town worried some.
sheep belonging to Mr.. John :Lindsay, .of
the Huron road, one of which jdied, The
same dogs lso killed' nine belonging to;
Mr. 'Silas Andrews, and worried' fourteen
others. The does were subsequently shot:
l trot for, .100 a
-:�— feel o
koRrrlrlr, Au t.
side was lately atrranged to :come :oft at
"Oodecich, between Sorrel Cloud and Clear
Grit Colts, the backers of the latter put-
tingup.a $50 deposit. The mace was: to
Have come off on Tuesday, ",the deposit
but :
was foifeitecl, as the Clear Grit saw too
-much speed in the- Sorrel Cloud, : which ;
walked the course in 8-03. •
AN uPsT.-=One. Monday morning, as a
horse belonging to Mr. •A. •Bedour, of
Goderich township, was being- driven to
town, "(three women and a baby tieing in
the rig) it shiedeat-some cars 1eft Standing
on the G. W. R., just by the side of the
Huron road, and jumped over the embank-
ment, where there is a drop of six feet.
The waggon Was turned over in the. fall,.
all the occupants -being thrown beneath,
but sustaining nothing more serious• than
bruises.. " On shaft of the waggon was.
broken.•
FARaIsaATrsTrts. l he assessed acre-
age of the county of Huron. for this year
j
r r
is 796,639, of :whit - v0 6vare cl aged
and 84,570.. acres are returned as swamp
or marsh .land. : This " is . the, acreage of,
farm: lands only, towns and -villages' not
being included. The nuinber of acres in
fall wheat this year, was 91,113, an in
grease of only: about 60 acres over the
preceding year. There are in•the county.,
nearly 8,000 acres in orchards. " The aver-
age wage of f<<arrn laborers" is given:'" as
$19.20 per month, and board; $29.70 per
month, without'. board.
FueepnAL.—On Saturday a'f'ternoon the
funeral of the late Mrs. Cook took place
as previously announced, all theenembers
of her family excepting lVIrs.David'Cavan,"
of Houghton, Lake Superior," having•
managed to arrive in time therefor.
When the cortege arrived at -Clinton Ce-
metery at about 5' p.m.' it was ',expected
• that this lady would' arrive by the/6,10
train, and burial of the body was .accord-
ingly delayed:
ccord-
ingly`delayed: She.dielateiy"e, and\pre
seeding to the cemetery, the .eoffin :was.
uncovered that she might take a last fond
look at the features of one so dear to her:
NATURAL BEAUTY;—If any one desires
to see the beautiful effect produced' by
the removal of fences they can see. it on
a small scale at the corner of: Huron-; and.
Orange streets, where the lawns of Dr.
Reeve and Mi.: R: Ransfordunite'without.
any 'division; '•except ,'a change of `level,
which adds to the beauty. When.,shall
we, as a community; becomesufficient by
enlightened to say that our streets hall
s
longer be free commons en - If an .herd -
law was in force, the, poor man or.woinan;
who depended to some extent upon what
their gardens produces, would sleep more>
soundly, as they would have: no fear of
injury from roaming and predatory
bovines.
•'ENTRANCE° Ia X i5NAi'IoNTlie en
tranceexaminationTto the.,Clinton, Hugh
School takes place on the 28th and 29th
inst.;:and nearly eighty persons have ,sig-.
nified their intention of writing . thereat.
This shows that Clinton .High :School has
lost none oftthe prestige it possesses. AI-
- being the leading High School" in
the: county, 'it also` holds ti high- rank.
among the'.educational institutes Of the
Province, and with the present .efficient
staff ofteechers'is b`bund to' tale a Still
- higher position - 7t is safe"to`sa.y'th at du-
ring its existence »6 High School in the
province has ;seat forth so many who have
won -for "thems lues distinction and htlnor
as students, as 16i the Clinton High
Sc}rooI �z•
Becrw Noris. Not an'accidezit has
happened'to horses in thiS. neighborhood
by - the use -of -bicycles this- year; -which
speaks well for the care exercised byriders,
Un Sunday while Willie Muir was going
down;to-visit-a friend -on the-Z-ondon-road;
he had the misfor•tuzie to fall and bend
the handle of his wheel, and liad to'return
by train on Monday. Mr. Logic, of
Wingham, passed.thtoagb on'hia' wheel,
on . Saturday,
, on his rpaytol:.oudon, The
-
Landoll n r oac
bele v r
4 i l3 ucefielci--, is nlinost,
lssax}ooth as.a park drive, and riding there -
oil a pleasure. Objection is' made to the
use of the binlyele olVStfnday;--`btet`-if--aiy.
one has.oeeasien to travel on that 'day, it
is just as proper .to use 'a ^bicycle" as a
.horse: On Tuesday afternoon R. Flolmees
rode out its the countfy, the .roads being
in geed condition- ; after spending two
hours in e heapjfa}2 r teem house to avoid
the pelting rain which aiicldcn)y Carne en,
he bacl the pleasure ofgetting home the
best he could; E Holmes, ,Jr., rode• to
f,on"dC5boro nn `�aturlliy, in: 27 niiritites,
BRIDGE: TUMBLES. --O- Tuesday
afternoon Mr.' John Turner, rner, of Varna,
hitched up bis team and started for Cliu-
-•toil. -He 'had just drove on'.ti e bridge:.
near the old Turner's mill site, -when the,
bolses, apparently apprehending' danger,
stood still. While lie was wondering what
causedthem to do this,, the bridge, horses,
and all, tumbled into the creek, a distance
of'about fifteen feet. Mr, Turner''eseeped
unhurt, as did the horses, • although they,
were harried beneath the planks and time
tiers,• but one wheel of the buggy; was
smashedto•pieeps. .
The bridge
was a large
and .will bereplaced,t
u ore" iv he
tr et
,by
county at oncee it had mot been up many.
Y
ears and was , not considered at all, un
safe.
S •
cirooL S'rAT sTies.-Fronk• a return
just published, it is shown that Huron
has a larger school population than any
other Ontario county,.tlere being .a, total
of 18,134, of which the average attendance
at school:}vas 8;329. This' is considerably
more thanan any, ether county, and speaks,
well' of educational progress.. Goderich;
with a school population of 1250, records
anniverage.attendance of 579; Clinton,.
with 900,,and average attendance of 360,
and Seaforth, with 637,;an average atten-
dance. of 333. With four Separate Schools
in the county, the total attendance is only
put at •282, of which 108 is in Goderieh.
The cost per"pupil for each scholar attend-
ing the High School, based on `.expendi-'
ture, is slightly higher in Clintori,'`than in
either` Goderich or Seaforth. "
es ' •o it rGHT.—For a couple, of
.�E,Z1;. 33I It . p
weeks past an able-bodied young man who
is a lather. by "trade, and liras been earning
good wages, has been -going around town.
begging, hismeals; and when food offered
him has. not been nice enough for -his fas
tidiot s tastes, has insulted the:, inmate,
of tart house. On Satarday ,constable•
Paisley .brought trim before' thee Mayer,
when" h1 was fined $1 and costs; •.amount-
ing' to $5. The Mayor• remarked'that had"
it been' another 'season • of, the: year -he"
.ld::hael in -ti the Centra Pri-
son.,
o i. have sento 1
son," - This should' lie. a lestou=" to him.
.The .people of Clinton. faire Hospitable to
the fullestextent; buts they don't like •to
beihip osecl upon,. -e
C tSe Ari -N oTes.-lfany f tirnrert heti to
_feed 5tbeir 'cattle :uutil tlie,lst of.. June—a'
most-unusual:occurrence. Spring grains
are generally looking see1l: Since the 1st
of t1ay there hos been a very heavy rain
fell. The storm =of' -Tuesday •afternoon
was et bail••storiri at rlolnesvillc. The
Goderich to viiship council propose to re-
strict all cattle roaming at large ;,this good
move should be followed bp othertown-.
shi is. Ha •:which at one time` threaten
1 Y,
ed to be a; failure; ;how gives, promise of
a good cre 'The -death of So .many colts
this s>rin rvh lee loss of thousands of
dollars -t thecountry'. Potato bugs- are
y �,
on tbe_war path''many people are avoid-
ing the first betels of them "by planting
their potatoes later ,than` usual. Recent.
frosts hurt 'gardens ,considerably. Egg
Men "are now gathering in .a good harvest;
they take 2,500:dozen away from.dtere this.
week.. •A week ago- people complained of
the cold now they -complain of the -heat, j.
p
,
,Teeiieeneoet4 Lonoa =-_'1`heaneetirig fox-
the"organi•zation of a lodge of 1. 0. G. T.
was held `on,Friday evening. A• large num
lier'of both sseses were present, when Rev.
J. I. Rice proceeded With' the work of or-;
ganization Mr. J. C: Stevenson was ape:
pointed secretary pro: tem.: The lodge has
the large:number of 37 members, and bids
fair to, be,°nearly doubled in a short time.
The -following is tbe•list of ofecers.for the
ensuing quarter:—•
_41
J. C. Stevenson' P.W;C.T.• .
Mr. J. C 'Clack W.(" :1'--'"
Mils. J. J. Rioe_.':
Mr. Barry Stanbury, W.B.'
Mrs. Call ".....:... ....li ,A.S.
Mr, G. C. Doughty W P S.
'IFIr.,F. S.
Mr..Wm. Begley
• bIiss S. Clark W I) n1
Mile Nellie Brooks
Mr. B. Ingram .:
Mr.A. Hale. _.:, W.C:
Miss tiaagie Crawford W.R.S.
'wiss'EllieMcLeod`�
nfr J: J Rice; ..< -g . W,L:D
After"complimenting the -officers on their]
success et :being elected; and the respect in'
ivhrch • they `were held" by' the members,
and showing them the responsibility of
their officethe chairman brought the meet-`
ing to.a' close .to meet' this.(Friday) even-
•ing ,
PERsoNAL. Rev J W: Manning of:.
.Aluionte, (father of Messrs: A. H: and W,'
•Manning): spent a couple of days in'town
last"' week ; "he ,had been attending the''
ineeting.of the Sons of;,'.Teniperance at`:
Paris.' Mr. McMirchie, of ork • county,''
ie here on a visit to his brother and iu
tends to travel with fanningtnillsthrsswa-_.
'soli for the filen :of'A. McThrighie—&-Co
The wife.of Mr. Jas. Thompson and Mr.
and Mrs. T. Burke have gone on,a visit to
Sanilae county, Michigan:.. Mr. J "Shep-":
pard left:here on Tuesday, for Moosejaw,
Man ':Mr. Geo., Lane has gone. into part-
nership with his brother -Thomas, at Nor"
with, Conn Both learned their trades as"'
harness makers in this town Mrs.Snell,,
of"13ullett, (nether 0f Messrs: Humphrey
and George Snell,) has been visiting her,
friends in'Cliuten; for a'week past; she
now in her 8901 year, and is, remarkably
vigor8us'andactive for her. ige, being also
able to read without the ute of spectacles
a thing very few . people at her period of
life can do. Me: ,W. H. ILine fell in the.
store "in ft feint, on: Satuid;i.y, ,will had..to;'
be taken home, where he was• fora, couple
of days confined to bed,' but. he is now
,around.' again, though-sonamehat•.weak.,
Mr. G..Brown, the Great Western engineer
-'who was so seriously injured in the asci-
dent ttFleeeall.on the L;;.H. & 13. during
.,thenwietee is elovely-itecoveringeandonado=
bis first appearance in public: at'Lofidon,,
'en Saturday, walking.; with the aid- of
crutches. Mrs. S, Davis deft for, the old•
country on-"Monday,-•going.by-State Line,--
from New. York.. IYIr. Downs .heft ,by
Allan Line 'for Liverpool on Monday. Mr.
:Jet; Rov��e11, yr., ]eaves for`California. Monday, to bring home his nephew, who.
Went some time ago for•tlre"benefit of his''
health. " Mr. 1V. Bay,. (eldest son of the
late A, Bast,) wh•o has for some time been
train. despatcher at "St. T'honias, for the
Canada Southern R.R., has been ,appoint-'
ted one of the express condnctors,on that
line Dr.',\Vorthingtou is at Toronto,--at=
-teiidi g tlrc ni'eetthg of- he" Ontario Medi
eat Assoelation. Mi , .•'McAllister•is yet
confined to bed,' and -suffers considerable
pain'frotn the :disloco.tion'' of his." thigh
Miss M. A, White;ofPhiladelphia,ishere
on a visit to her relatives. ' 111r. A. Grigg,.
(son•of Mr. Win, Grigg, 'of this place,):
.now occirpaes a goo` -d sit lft on in a jewel-
lery store art St. Thomas, .,Mr, J. Martin,
Mount Forest, (father-in=law of T'e . P
Straith) (lied Jast'weck. •' .
Blti:EFS.-Mr. W. Weir, Bayfield road, Clinton Fire ]Brigade has an invitation to
is improving his place by the: ;erection of go to Kincardine on the 2nd of July, but
flat and barb wire fencing; he is also die- have taken: no action thereon Yet. Some
Reusing, tile certain." extent, with interior one, with every little to do, whittled the
feuces. If Goderich gets up a pretty good window sash ofaone of Mr. James Smith's'
celebration for the 2nd of July, ne doubt stores. The shade trees leading to Staple -
many Clintonians will pay the county tee are being injured by rubbing t14:9,I"
town' a visit, Mr. Jas. Thompson has boxes; they should be secured in the cen- i
converted one portion of .his store into a tre ; there are trees in town in the same
near; ne-
- fix.. r.Moffat, • residesMQ
genuine ticket ' it l more buskwh
g d e c et oiiree, oaks m r.M
ness,like now.' More than half' the "mem-A -top, died last week of heart _disease he :•
bers,of the county council passed through
Clinton to attend the sittings of thatbody;
it is time this farce was played out. Our
readers mayJoseph
'not be aware that 1r. Jo
P
Whitehead,, formerly of Clinton, recently
took unto himself awife, but such, ice be-
lieve, is a fact..- In addition to other ma-
chinery, Messrs. Jones & Ward are put-
ting in their machine shop here a $600
turning; lathe.' Ayoung mannamed Row- bl b h W'll'
was at one time employed in • town here,
being a son-in-law of Mr. Wm.' Davis
and his" wife and, two children survive
el .villa is the
him. Mr.McDougall, f B i
M n P
g
,
A.
latest f •Pa &, ise
atest addition'to the o y Wise-
man. Word .was .this weelreceiveed from
Dr. M. R. Elliott, of Edinburgh (formerly
of Goderich township) stating that his
health was slightly better, and as soon• as
able he and"his brother William would
Iand Cook was fined $1 and costs,. by the sail for home. Mr. Jos. Copp is getting:
mayor for calling a young girl in town ob-
jectionable names. Messrs. Corbett &
Boles, who have recently been adding new
machinery to their mill, have fain full
blast, and are, now turning out thirty pair
ofblankets day ; . this only represents
the. work of.,half_theirmachinery :the rest__
beingdevoted to something else. The
Court:of-Revision will' meet, next Monday
evening, but as there are no appeals it °is
likely the assessment 'roll will be confirm-
ed as it stands. Itir. W. Taylor` lost a
good cow last' week. The tenders' for con-
structing Mr. Searles new buildings- have payment therefor. The attendant' alleged
not yet -been let, as"he has not the plans' that the bill. was only a $1, and according
complete. -Mr. 11. 1VI. ,Cowan, of the Exe- ly gave leer five cents back. -Mr. Foster
ter Reflecter, who was in town on Mon- disputes this, and claims a- balance of $4,
day, remarked 'that "he, did' not believe having entered suit in the Division Court'
there was a town in the Province had for its recovery.
made succi substan"tial progress inside. of
'three"years, as.Olinton;Mr. Dan. Mc- AT THE investigation before "the 'inagis-
Cowie has bought- a fine driving mare trate on Wednesday evening, of Rowland
from Mr. Greer, Goderich township,.for Cook for abusive language, when he was:
the sum of $1.G0. --On`Tuesday a raccoon requested ,to sign his evidence he said he
was shot in a tree adjoining Mr. \V.Coats' could not write, and therefore made his
residence itis rarely that these animals. mark."That a .youth 16 or 18:years old,
are captured in town. Some people: are. in this couutr;y of free schools, should 're-
' in
re'in the habit of putting cattle .in"'tlie`gar_ main in that degree of ignorance, reflects':
•densef others, .it night, anFlocking the no credit on those who have the guardian
gates;; if ersi' ted in; this coutein'tible ship of him, and is' an injustice' him
P , , P. 1 ,,
practice will lead to trouble. A `squirrel and it is not to be'wondeeed at -that he'
,
huntsitting sh u
occurred0 7d be guiltyf ri hal t I Zvi
ire 1 in 5. Pike's s zoom, o ribbald a k, , Ieu¢vve
on Tuesday, at considerable -risk .ta the 'tale his untutored,. and semi -civilized'
window,, but littlelleet foot was captured, --m incl—into consideration:= Tho --school-"
nevertheless, 1',Ii, Thos.\Vatsou, of this trustees of the section in which he resides
place, has rented a grist mill tt. Ailsa
Cr aig"and will move thereto.: The
Plyth on Tuesday, .ind- were
beaten, when they drove home they made
a greatclea) more noise than there ova, any
necessity for. Oa Sunday WO rt.nieti;,ivcre.
engaged ie repairing the bridge on the
G TeR ; damaged by the spring freshet
the pile,"dri-ser was also "iii use. :the
rifle match held at Seaforth on the 28th
up' some" nice door signs, bis latest being
for the implement warerooms of Patterson
Bros. While at, Seaforth, on Saturday,
Mrs. D. Molloy iost-her pocketbook, con-
taining a small sum of money. The Cline
ton Lacrosse club, -• will play Clinton
High School a game of football, at'.4 p.m.,
to -day, (Friday.)
ANOTHER ,$5 BILL CASE. At Ward's
auction room the other evening, Mr. "John
Foster's daughter purchased an article at
95c.and claims to have tendered a $5 bill in
of, May, in -which Clinton men tivore so .
commissioners
successful,• and. a full report of which, 'a>- at once ease" the" necessity
p 1 of"a, briclge at this point;""azid'iu•thelr�re-;,
},eared in the, NEW :''Es,A last week, vias
never noticed by"our -local cotenr.,. 'unto tilat.t tl>ede bety built,
councilres this boeyr
atilt the bridge be built, hitt as this body`
the dth of Juue , perhaps rt was tifraid of Itad not: dealt•`with the matter .lip: to Abe
bought out the st Ck '"f llI - Jain s �tiiit.ir ] ' addition g o o r e �. owii; In_adcLtiou`,to others here:.'
tailor. Jus itow the", 'Medal' School :has ,soli o have' worked.'ihaed to get the bridge
built ares •Reeve „Corbett, and`' 'Deputy;
town council ate advertising;for t10 eoi is Coo eerie', and should the .obect:sou ht be
of gravel foe, the streets. Mr. Jelin Iteas; I c t g
acciomplfstled,, rirtich credit will be• flue
ptle1pmaker; ,intends ..to part. nt steam then for the way in which they have la
ower. Mr. -M. Gilles „of this place ,:ship,. hol'ed, for the have stared neitlica "time..:
ped a.' couple of fine, colts from ,P,rucefr.eld J l
Or trouble over the'm atter.' "
enefTi sd f ei L•obo, where meati `f•rrria .
should see.that he gets. the education he`�
is entitled to.
-Tisa COLBORNE'BRrDGr.—Oii Monelay
Messrs. e»rs..J.Lartly, Gibson and Mason,- road'
commissioners, acc sn awed b Messrs:',
Geb'•iel Elliott and E. Corbett, who 'bay
l l
been ;appointecl by the county "council to
visit "tris site of the proposed bridge be-
tween C'elborne aid Goderich,' township,
drone out to.inspact the site. The road
being to previous lIr ,Geo, iVard 11" r
time ot'going to pre their decision is
not n
au average attendance of oyer 400 ',The
®' •m,®r9s t Vis. Y
TO O 7'R ALREA7) Y LARGE STOCK, -
Da ON of hoaijtithl SMALL CUCII GJYGHAMS,.
SEE THE
Grand Assortment of Dress Goa
With Embroidery, Laces, and Buttons to match.
grand assortment of those beautiful`bbrdered ancl.'
large :pattern design.
WffiTE AND GREY COTT
,ntle Depr_tea��
eo�le�
c a
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Lal e assortment rattail � FROGS' and '
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;IiSt arrived
Leave your order for `L SUIT
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Fit guaranteed,
GOODS -,Oti■Tr
FINTON.
ese
We have .received another large lot -o
carta la
This.:tiveek" ': to. keep our stock fulland complete, to meet the
demands ... We_ are kept as;;busy, as ever, and have 'our " large
staff' `of 25 hands workir g night and -day:
rder your`` S:Oft at the noted(
tithing House, where you are
sure of a ood ood sat sfaotion
and ow, p -rices: :
..V
We :have just "opened tip a tremendous stock .of Overalls and
Cotton "Pants, - in )every size, from /5c. _ to $'1.50,
IThe.: new Stan up st�rI(
-A-T- WO
O- 1 ,
GALUMEI 1,." ...
RECEPTION
-- PE
A large "assortment of
Lillen, 'A1a-ea & Riissol-oord- iboats aid �jh t� Vis
enans
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FOR THE HOT WEATHER.:
1�J THE