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Shines. ---Air. Win. Mason, of the base
line,,4=11 li ,p�+ bauae in town in a
few weeks; his farm will be worked by his
eon These IL« . - A: feripatetic phrenologist'.
^
L who roped -in a few fop Isla onee here, carne
GOAL hlOTiflFfl. to grief in Goderich last week, where he
W h,ohard irIf .l1r 8 .. W. KITT sella was arrested on h arsgee of breaking jail
line it ht•r unit) , naiu Home tScwind .df'avidize, In Parkhill, Mr. . `1'P.' of , ean, head
tcititj :isles tl4 plcact.,, mahter ofthe 'Dundee schools, has resige-
J RUIT FOR SAI/E--Red. .Whim, R anti
.3lack,Currants, Raspberries, etc., of ;Gheefiercer
varieties, • for sale cheap. , 11;, C.; I ' ARkr
QLINTONNEW ER•A,
F , ULY,m,,18&4.
i3V01n Slicing,
OAT oN FIXE.—The other day sparks
from an engine on the L., H. & B. set the
grass ezt fire in a field belonging to Mr.
McAllister, and the fire ran clean across
the field, burning up a quantity of'rails,
To other damage was done.
SUDDEN DEATH; — A telegram fror
Exeter informs us of the sudden death'of
Ise 'ho
sr: of t C. i G
Mrs. Pickard, , . that p ,twl� c
D d was
' n" Vedn sda eeease.
mired' o .Wednesday, Y.
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o' Navin resid-
ed
`'n 'nninnyex r, d
lr ph
e w
w � byt
um er ears n
rf r•an b of and
ed inExete ,q y ,
being an.active'mcrpber •of the late B. C.
chit cls ,.Tniiaretnation of tho'.lungs was
the cause of her 'death.. .
AaAixt SOc sFUra --•In the report of
the result .of the 1VIat>;iculatien. Examina-
tion of Toronto 'University, w note the
success of 1f1'essrs.. J. F. Tnrnbll, J.tW.
Churchill, and G, Waldron,.':In addiion,
to the "pass" Mr. Waldron took second
clays honor's in geography and history and
first-class in English. Our Iiig$'School.
thus continues to maintain " its good"
standing.
WILL BE H%7Ao.,-Many of our. readers
will remember the shooting• of a.. young
man named James Cook, son of Mr. An-
drew Cook, .formerly of Goderich town-
ship, which occurred .at Lincoln;-Nebras
ka,„about trivia years', ago.”The murderer
-carried his ease from one court to another,'
and�'everyniearfs was need to defeat the
endlihf justice, but without" await, es he
was fibelly found guilty of murder in the
the fit degree, and will -.sailor the penal
ty of he law: in Lincolns, the place where
the murderveal committed, neat montb.
° HANyEBT AND`','r:'BB CRoPs. -• People
whir -have B'een'complaining about the re-
centcool vveather, evidently did not know
that was ' he=best possible weather for
the proper development'ofiorops and pre
vention of rust; such, however, is the fact.
Several farmers in this vicinity..have com-
mencedJeutting their -barley and fall wheat.
but the majority will not beat the latter
grain until next week. Wages appear to
be very high thio year, as we . have heard
ofinstances-where` wages tun.from-$30 .to.
$40 a month. Spring, crops are rapidly
maturing, and it will not be loeg before
oats and wheat are' fit to cut.
Mies oRTuNTs NEVER COME SU GLY.---
The truth of this saying was forcibly iI .
lustrated the'other day. Mr,Jas.Stevens,
of. the base line, has been 'laid up', for
several days with sciatica bilge legs, and
wasi'-therefor"e,_ unable, o move around
with his usual alacrity, and' perform lifer
accustomed work, One of the boys, talo
ing out the mower, allowed 'the horse, :to
run away, and before they. were stopped,
the rafter Was broken to pieces, although
Mr. Stevens" saw . the whole' affair, but
could render no assistance. During' the
afternoon of the satire dal; the team, were
attached' to a waggon and hay -rack; when
they tali away again, causing further dam-
age. .
&Mei' TRusTFaMnrTINo.-The re-
gular meetingg of the school board,' • was.
held chi Monday evening,' • The property
committee were instructed to furnish wash
bowls and towels for the,.schooi; The se-
cretary was instructed to.:ask. the council'.
for the .names.of laminae:with. children of
school' .g'0, and the nuniber,.of•said "child
ren he following accounts were order
ed to espaid E. Holm.es>• & Son, $9; T.
Tinting C. Dickson, $26'65.; George
Potts; 70 >•..aThe eetimates:'for:next year
were passed,, and the Secretary;. requested
to lay-tlje'amount before the ccttncrl, the:
sum asked is $3,000, being $20.0 less thin•
for previous'years - 4 committee was ap-
pointed to see that repairs called. for were
properly,, done. -' •
WEaT..i1'IipE,T, The toughest looking
caravans 3iierr eerie • 'or. wile., . else it , may
be caileid tlidtsever struck, Clinton; was to
be seen:'liars on Friday.. It consisted •of
two fags}lies_ of the dirtiest and ugliest
looking;,. Frenchmen possible; who had,
four performing hears, three monkeys,
couple of forlorn•looking • ponies, and
heaps of cheek.. On each side of a horse
----was-swung a esmall, child,, bare -headed and
.. exposed to the sun, at the back of the two
women of the party was carried another
1. child,.;afd a gipsy-waggon afforded shelter
for several others, after a performance was
givenat any point by the bears, ,all .the
children that could walk, were sent away
to beg, and, they did it with a vengeance.
They left' here'for Goderich; and the best.
• thing the people there could do would be
to anchor them about a mile further west.
MARKET GA.`RDENxNG. The growth of
the town has stimulated market garden-
ing to a large extent, and a visit.to sty of
the gardens kept, for this purpose, will'
es show that labor is applied to good advant-
age in producing all that could be'desired
in the way of vegetables. A few years
ago that portion' of the town below the
the Grand Trunk Railway, was ,'to a large
extent,. au unproductive common,. but the
labors of such persons es Messrs;"W1Se;,
Allison, Joiner,,Ewing and others, have
. converted it into one of the most ;fertile
and productive portions of the town, Mr.
Wise has three acres, and theyshow'the
benificent ,results of good cultivation, for
in them may be'found all varieties of "gar-
den sass," doing well, notwithstanding the
dry weather, Among other articles was
observed a very' large imported English
pea, something new in this section, that'
Promises to become a favorite in this coup=
try on account of its enormous Size and
prolificacy. The gardens M MesSrs,Jcin•
er, Allison and Ewingg, each pretty expen-
sive, also look exceptional'well, and show
that these parties spare. no pains or labor
to procure the very bestatid'earliest vege.
tables possible. Those who have not view
iced any of the market gardens should do
se, as the proprietors will be pleased to
show them through. A spirit of pleasant
rivalry ekists amongst them,.' and while
each cannot carry off all the prizes at the
coming:fall show, a raee is sup for first
place, that at present appears to be nip.
and tuck. They are all good gardeners,
and our townspeople evidently know this,
judgin by the liberal petrohage which is
extended to thein.
ed after eighteen years' service, and will
shortly assume the management of the
Cornwall Freehold. er; thik gentleman. is a'
brother of our esteemed friend M. Y. Mc-
Lean, of the Seaforth expositor. As Mrs.
Fiddlecornbe was out, driving on Friday
evening, performing hears seared her horse
causing it to rear and plunge madly; had
not some one caught it for her, the conse-
quences might have been serious. Those
who want:.to get -a farm, will have a
Orono on the 9th of August, when that
owned by Mr. Wm. Aikens, 2nd con. of
Hallett, will be offered by auction. Mr.
• D. F. Macpherson was confuted to. the
house for several day days last week, but
is.now around again as usual, Fred Cor,
Nett left for Port Arthur last Friday, where
his residence,i
e• ssibl t e of
h a
gyp ya up
ofHl
likessr $ e 1 Sons,u
'' Messrs. l
he it, I n
�
lett, took home• a fine'self-bihder .last. Fri-
day, purchased through Miller & Tedford,
and the same fitrn set up one for:Mr.
James. Crich, Tucicersmitla, on Tuesday;.
self -binders are going off like hot cakes
this year, ea Mr.Weirhas disposed of 15 of
them. The people of London and St
lit
Thomas estcurt to Godericb,.via, Clinton,.
on,,
on the $1st inst. Miss Wilson, daughter
of Mr. Peter _ Wilson;'°has' been very ill
with inflammatioii of the bowels, but is
now touch better., Several. Clintonians
who spent up the lake on .the last trip of
the'Ontario,, .had; a tremendously rough
time, • and Borne of • them thought . they
Would never see land again ; in letters
sent home they speak in the highest terms.
of the management of the boat by Capt.
Zealand, The following persons. Comprise
a pleasur rparty who left on the.Oconte,
yesterday,.for"a trip on the lakes; :Misses
Dearness J. Oliver, H.'b'oxton, M.Leslie,
L.:Chidlley, and Means.' A. Sneath, Galt,
Chas, , Hine, John Stanbory, Mr. War-
wick„ Seaforth.. Mention was recently
Made of the case of Mrs. Shi ploy taking a
a trip to IKincardiine, the first time she
had been away from .home for 15. years;
this is beaten by a.'.lady in town who.
claims that with' two •exceptions, she has
not slept away. from 'home for 44 years.
Miss Washington,. Who has been away for
some time; has returned to.town. Mr. T.
Fair, postmaster,.has issued a small me-
morandum, givin g:.the time of closing and
receiving mails for dif'erent points ;.it' is
very convenient;, will save much trouble
and annoyance, and shows that he is try-
ing to accommodate the public. to the full-
es a tent; a slight -error -occurs -instating
the Rtinie.the mail closes for points south
on the L,; H. & B. instead'o'flbeing at
8.30 a m:,' it should he 8 -bear this' in
•mind. Mrs: George Layeock, of Wood-
stoek,'has been visiting„ her old friends
here.: Mr.' W. B. Laing, who for a con
siderablo pine has . efficiently discharged:
the. duties =of. assistant agent at .the rail-
tva . station here, has teemed a more lu-
erati"ve appointment • it Black Rock, near
Buffalo,' and left 'on'Monday, to enter on
the duties of hie new position ; "-Will" is
a good genial fellow,••anLi`.. while We Are..
sorry to loose him, we are glad he is doing;'
;better by his removal, it° will be'liard to'
supply, .his pace ''with, ,oate. as accept-
able ;to. the public.: Mr.:- Harry ; Pbrter
.is'improving his house on. Rattenbury
Mr.A 13;;l rumrn, who has been perform-
ingimission work in Waubushee, for some:
time, is home on a 'visit, and to recruit his
strepgth. One of the mast • handsome.
•ministers:at'the tate`.conferepee here was
Rev.,hir. Smyth, of Walkerton; but even
bis good.looks did, not saveiiiii from the
assaults of a woman on*Saturday, for, she
pelted him with aged. eggs, on . thhe streets
of that place;'. because; of some imaginary
grievance a fine: of $10 taught her: that it
was, expensive' to pelt' eggs, especially
when- a reverend.gentiensan was her target.
Mr. W. W. Giffin has left with us a bible
printed ism 'the year. 1639, or ° nearly 300
years' ago ; it is• yet in a good state of pre-
•
servation, though Showing the .traces of
age. Paxties having business in town'
should remember 'that Tuesday, Aug,5th
is Clintone'Civic Holiday, en•whieh oc-
casikin,bnsiness $enerally'will be'suspend-
Offend-
ed. -A ruction occurred among some .of
the ;emigrants, on;Monday, which result
ed.i one -of them, Grimes -coming; before
the ,Mayor,:Who. imposed a' fine .of $1•
and costs,. • '`Rhone - the list of patents
Wired /at Ottawa during ,the month, of
July,. appears the name of H. Cantelon, of
Clinton, for an. improved buggy gear.
Raspberries were neYer known.. to be as
plentiful as they we're this'year; they Were
a ding in the marketat5e. a ib, last week.
John Lockwood went to', Seafoith with
Severed others,• got under the influence of
liquor, and was brought home witha dis-
locatejd ankle, and -the small bone of the
leg broken also.. Cows broke into a nurns
berg of gar ens on Tuesday.night,and taus
ed considerable.damage; in that of Mrs.
Robinson, they cleaned it:of • everything
eatable; cows:do more danage every year•
in this •waythan it .would take to pay for
the pasturing of every cow in town, and:
in the course of about a "dozen years, the
• authorities will 'perhaps, see the wisdom''
of restricting their :liberty.' Mr. Lough,
Principal, of the Model School,, offered a
prize to the pupil who would receive. the
.highest numer of marks at the. entrance
examination; Miss. Minnie Cantelon is
the one winning it. Messrs. Thomasand
Samuel McLean shipped. one hundred
head -5 cars -4f, splendid export cattle,
from this place, on Wednesday°. Messrs,
Hearn & Craig •also shipped a couple of
CAM' Twenty-three: 11111 ears ofexcursion; .
ists from Brantford, visited Goderich, ,on
Wednesday. The youngest daughter of
Mr. W. Doherty was so i1,1 last week that
its life was despaired of, but it is now tint'
of danger. Mr, Gilbert .Smith, formerly
ofolinton High School; -but: how Science
Master in Galt Collegiate Institute, lies
been spending a few days in town. Amble
.Mc�.lpine Taylor hrs passed his year's ex-
amination in Toronto University, taking
a good'stand in the `list. A few day's since
Mr. W. Doherty received word of the se-
rious illness of a neice, sister of the young
man who lately died at his residence. ;Vir
1). Robb, and wife,. are, spending their
holidays among friends at Blyth, • Miss
Jennie McLennan, formerly a student• of
our High School, teaching now in Strat-
ford, passed through Clinton on •Wednee
day, on her way to Blyth, where she in--
tend#s spending her holidays. Mr. James
:Stevens' nee, brick' house on the baseline,
is'pr'ogressing well; Mr. R..1-fayward, of
Clinton, is doing the brickwork. The St,
Thomas Young Canadian Cricket club,
will play the Wanderers,' here, on the 31st
t_ .. I' 'b 1, ! re. ,C!'� ' '� Gi ;
fust. wickets pitched at ll a.m. ; so far T,
Match peso d eyeare o the Oliutou hslihaka. adt rife Slott fiat ern o1►
boys shoultt break; the record, The Wan-
derers
krtday by 1.200 of a ma arity,
played at Goderich, on Tuesday,r
and' wer'elbea,tent 11y`:56'runs;' 3oderich
club, however, was strengthened by' the
presence of outsiders,;aUniivereity student
contributing znuel to• ^ their success.+
'! Notes of a trip t'o ,A.Tgoma" will appear
next week. Mr. B, Switzer is the owner
Oa a team of Mexican ponies, purchased a
few day's since; they are" lively steppers.
Mrs. W. Muir is one of the heirs to an
estate of £100,000, left by a relative in the
old country; she is to be congratulated on
her good fortune. Yesterday Mesers,Far-
ran, Macpherson & Hovey shipped..six
threshing machines.—four to Manitoba.
We mentioned last week the sudden dis-
appearance of a Mr. Dunlap, with the
funds of the firm to which he had belong-
ed ;
elong-ed; the statein nt was made on, the word`
of an interested party and also as their
stock had been seized, but as Dunlap re-
turned last week, we deem it, a. matter of
justice to him to' mentio his return,--
Mr. D. B. Kennedy sold driving horse
for 150.
d o
r tfo $
ns
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Mr- Kennedy returned from London on
Wednesday, with a couple of good' horses
and several new rigs for his livery ; Dave
is always bound to have the very best.—
Hon, A. M. Ross and D. McGillicuddyy,of
Goderich, were in towel yesterday, on their . -
way to the Reform pienie atCranbxook, AcoiUErNT�--While setting up. a self
Mr. Thos. Jaekeon has purchased the lot, binder on the farm. of Geo. Cantelob, Clod
on Huron street, west of, Mrs. Walsh s,-- erieh township, yesterday,. Mr, D. °ante -
The following were reeorded. with the'Ion met with a nasty accident, getting his
town, registrar for the half-year ending left arm severely cut by the "kicker'. If
31st of Tune teat :-31"birt' s, 25 deaths, the iron had not bent, his arm would have
and 12 marriages. been broken.
Rev. B. Keefer. of Jamiitoii btotber of
•M.'E. Easter, Church, is lecturing, on the
Scott Alt in Owen Sound and, other places
iu thataeighboriiood. ,
A
meeting was hex in the Baptist church,
Clinton, on Fridsy exeuing, to.further the in-
terests of the Acott Act. Short addressee
,were made Eby several present, and business
of importance transacted. -
On Saturday evening a :meeting. was held
inCardno'a.Hall,Seadorth, when as address'
In .behalf of the Mt was given by 'Rev. Mr.
Morrow. He was followed by Mr. Moir, of
Exeter, who opposed the Act, and was+trench,
eptly replied to by Mr. Morrow, who carried
the audience with him in `bee effective reply.
A meeting was called for the. Ontario street
Methodist church, on Tuesday, for the forma-
tion of a Woman's Temperance Union, but a
aufticient Auniber were not present to form
the association. Another meeting will be
held in the Baptist church, next Monday
evening, when .a larger attendance is looked
for.,
A public meeting was held in the Blytit
Presbyterian church, on Fridayevening hit
,
forthe d oc of
theScott Act. I
v.A
MaLean occupied the chair, the building be.
big filled is its utmost. An address was
given by Rev C. R. Morrow, after which a
vote teas taken of those favorable to the act,
when nearly the entire audience rose to their
Meet. -
15,000 WORTE
Hooks, Statione.r'y, - Fancy . -' Goods, Jewellery;
Silverware,: Ribless, Albums, Hammocks,
Pocket ,Books,. Ladies Satchels,'
Wall Papel, Cigars, Pipes, •
Baskets. Croquet sets
ale. &c. 4c.' :
WILL BE
SOLD AT BIG RBDUCTIONS!
So'as to clean out the :stock.before stocktaking in .August..
FOR .`EVERYBODY
cmtvaa IIcXK SON.
wshoW this: " week
case of
Ladies end Children's
Collars;
. •
Bou h+, for less than. the -cost of .
manufacture
ALSO
ase of Embroidoriet
Away Down . in Price
• :
isenian,
THE DR;Y CrOODS EMPORIUM- OF CLINTON
CLOTHING.:.1
ou wand a cheap ;Suit of
Clothes,
me and see our Creat
Stock of
HATS
.:
hich is the Largest and Finest
in this county.
1 be . Vainions ijatter• Cl moan,
,
ON.
We are o eriAg the .: balance
of Spring and } Summer stock
at lower prices than we have
ever done" ..before since being
M ' business .
Call and see what kind of' a Suit
-we can give you for $13
See what ire give you for $15.
See what•we cangive you for'$17
we i BEAUTIFUL TYL SCOTCH TWEEDS that
At the above prices; are' offering AUTIF
aro worth from to $6 more a Suit. • .
We have a • i age assortment left of all ki 1ds of
LIGHT COTS, WHITE VESTS, &c.
THOS. JACKSON at SON,
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CLOTHIERS,. CLINTON
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