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the other day, a 200 acre farm of good
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1884, land,swas sold for $1,600; a farm of the •
NEW • -. same size rn Huron would be worth at
LOOAI, NOTICES,
lete and thea�pest stook of •Fanny Goode in the Conn
-
STORE,
least $12,000. Mr.' Frank Goodwin, for-
merly of Stanley, but now at Qu Appele,
For Berlin Wool and tine vane, ne yns, 9r the moat Qom- threshed 500 bushels of wheat in thhree
fr, try w hours., the other day ; at five cents a bush•
el, this is making money pretty fast; the
gown Septico, machine used, it is needless to say,. was
To C1onnEseemem NTS,-T.�ve this week one of the famous Clinton threshers, It
omit several reports of Scott Act meetings may be the fact, that knownBishopbut s c Bald-
hh is
ave
us, fnr rhe now simple en thht tis they win,. who, visited Clinton last Sunday, is a
have no interestAnd as wwow thathave more the
mfight is overt close relative of the great Reformer. Qn
our disposal, we hope that all rof space
r tort Saturday a scaffold in one of Mr. Searle's
respondents will send in their usual bud- stores fell down; a couple of workmen
gets of news. There are correspondents in were on it at the time, but were not hurt..
different places we have not heard from Miss Bella Hemphill, of this place, is
for some time, but we hope that•they will about to engage 1n business at Oakville,
now renew their efforts, with increased and will beassisted b h 'ter Maggie -
BOOK
power.
power- '
A PEOULIAR CIRCUMSTarim r •Ilieeent-
ly, a sow belonging to Mr. W. Weir, of
the Bayfield road, dropped a litter of pigs,
which were taken away from it. Shortly
after, it was found that the cows were be-
ing milked, but by whom or what was
not known, until one day the sow was
found sucking a cow, and bad already
drained the udders of thirteen more.
This may seem hard to believe, yet it is
vouched for on the best of authority.
UNCI.;. Jasu.—The comedy of "Joshua
Whitecomb," will be presented in the
town hall, to -night, by R.H. Baird & Co.,
and from all appearances there will be a
crowded house; This comedy is one of
the most successful that has ever been
an. thel tage,�•and.thc.Torunto.Alztil,
of last Saturday speaks of Mr. Baird „and
his company as playing to big houses is
.western Ontario. The company carry a
.large selection of scenery suitable for the.
production of the piece.
WON TILE SUIT.—At the Chancery •
• Court held in Goderich last week, the
case of Morley vs. Morley, was decid-
ed theGra d
favor of Mrs. 11I le n
m y,
Union Hotel. This was a suit between
the heirs of the late H. Morley, who
• claimed certain property in Belgrave as
belonging to the estate, but it was shown
that it was the private. property of Mrs.
Morley; having been purchased with her
own money, and judgment was therefore
given accordingly.
GOT IT AT LAST.—The people of St,
John's Ward, living south .of the tanner-
ies, have for some time wanted the coun-
cil to build a short piece of sidewalk from
Mary to Joseph street, along the east side
of Orange, and Mr. Gorrell, with others,
has worked hard to get it. The council
at last gave them lumber, etc., for a two -
plank walk, providing they would build'
it themselves, and Mr. Gorrell raised suf-
ficient by private subscription to add an-
other plank to it, and has built the walk,
which will prove of great convenience.
Mr. Stevens has also built a short piece
stills own expense.
FOOTBALL—BRUSSELS NTS. SEAFORTIr.'
The first of the series of cup -tie matches
for the Huron district was played in Sea -
forth on Saturday, between the Brussels
and Seaforth clubs, when one of the
most exciting games of the season took
place. Brussels won the first goal after
27 minutes' play. The second goal was
also won by Brussels after three minutes.
A€ter half-time Seaforth won a goal in
four minutes. No more goals were won
when time was called, •leaving. Brussels
*victorious by one. Mr. D. Robb. of Clin-
ton, and Mr. Elliott, of Mitchell; acted as
umpires, and Mr.Turnbull. B,A.., of Clin-
ton, as referee.
CONCERT.—The entertainnieut com-
mittee of the Mechanics' Institute have
secured. the services of some excellent
:musical talent for a concert to be given
in the Town Hall, on the evening of
Thursday next. (Thanksgiving Day.)
Miss Ryckman, leader of Wesley church
choir, Hamilton, Miss Walker, leader of
St. Thomas . (Episcopal) church . choir,
Hamilton, Mr. G. H. McLeod, leader of
Centenary church choir, Hamilton, Mr.
Kelly, first Presbyterian church choir
Hamilton, of the Hamilton Quartette
club, have been engaged, and our readers
are promised the best musical entertain-
ment yet given here. The plan of the hall
is at Dickson's, and those .wishing to
reserve seats, should secure them at once.
ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKING.—On
Wednesday morning an attempt was made
to wreck the train on the London, Huron
and Buce, that arrives here at 9.45. When
about two. miles north of Ettrick, be-
tween Hyde Park and Ilderton, the engi-
neer noticed a tie placed across the track,
and did everything that lay in -his power
to bring the train to a standstill before
reaching the obstruction. He was how-
ever, unable to accomplish his object, but
succeeded in slowing down sufficiently as
to make the concussion but slightly felt,
and beyond the smashing of several brake
rods on the engine and tender, no other
damage was done. The opinion of the
train men was that the heavy. tie had been
placed there by some inhuman fiend during
the night for the basest of purposes. and
from the position in which it was lying,
straight across the track, there is reason
to believe it had not 'fallen offa car; more
especially as the train hands asserted no
car loaded with ties had passed down dur-
ing the night. Alter a short -delay. the:
train proceeded on its journey,
A WARD SCROOL.—In 'our columns
last week it was incidentally mentioned
that Mr. McLellan, school inspector, re-
commended the erection ofa ward school
in this town. When the present public
school was built, a few years ago, people
here ridiculed the idea of it ever being
filled, but our town readers know that it
bas been more than filled for several
years, and the trustees have to face the
question of making an addition to the
present building, or the erection ofa ward
school. Au addition cannot well be made
to the present building without destroy-
ing its appearance, besides the scarcity of
ground space. A ward school, then, be-
comes imperative, and must be erected
before long, and it is to be hoped that
when the trustees are about it they will
provide for the prospective wants of the
town. It has been suggested as a good
idea that the school should not be a pri-
mary, but a general one, to which every
child in the ward might go if theydesir-
ed, and a competent teacher provided.
At any rate, something must be done
soon if Clinton wishes to retain its envia-
ble reputation as an educational centre.
In addition to the benefit that would ac.
crue to the children by the proposed
change, the model students. would be in a
better position to qualify them for teach-
ers ;Lau IL i.l po siblo pt ossent,
""AN OLP TIMER"
" Yes, I've 1
80 years," salt
nosh to a NE}
day.
qn here a long time, about
.resident of East Wawa -
A. reporter the other
' Times have changed a good deal in
that time 7"
"°Indeed they leave,"" he'teplied, "Joe
Whitehead, and a couple of others, used
to camp out here on my farm, hunting,
in those days, and 1 tell you what, they
were mighty glad to get even the hard
fare 1 could offer them to eat. No, there's
no gapie about here now, worth .mention-
ing, Go to town much, did you say t
Well, no; you see there was aio Blyth in
those days, and a drive to Clinton and
back, with an ox team, by a blaze track,
was good work for one day, 1 tell you
seals e y her els those were hard times, and if the boys to -
she has the beat wishes of her Clinton day had to go through them, they would
friends for her success, To accommodate t appreciate the comforts and conveniences
they'have more than they do."
"
the accureulation of freight here, a spe-
cial train was run on Saturday night to
remove it We don't•know whether the
lighting of the lamps on Sunday night is
in the lamp -lighters contract or not, but
if not, the council should make provision
for' it ,•' it was pretty dark last Sunday
night, and the lamps would have been a
convenience to parties returning from.
church. Mr. W. Jones, ofStapleton, who
lras,been in British Columbia for several,
months, returned therefrom last week Ore
does not purpose goingbackagain.. Dou-
ble doors have been put on all the entries
to the town ball; this will make' it more
comfortable for parties who are compelled
to sit at the back of the hall. A white
carrot,,,fwe efe>+1:..soven rttclpes longe, leas j estn„„l ie--eheeler.we..•bade..hinnegoodebye.,-
the otr,er day, Miss Eva Stevenson, r bo'J and left him to his meditations.
"z°�IWHAT ARE YOi..r
AT
ICI�SON'S Goingto ta°
BOOK STORE,
A large assortment of
COMBS, from 5c. to 4Oc.
'You were happy thein, I suppose.”
" Happy as the day is long; but it was
a rough life, and I wouldn't care to f,o
through it again. Many's the time Yee We have the best Combs
gone to bed hungry, because there was procured, at LO*EsT
nothing .to eat. Churches? why there
wasn't one in the settlement. Schools we
didn't know anything about, and as for
newspapers, why they were a luxury not
to be thought of: All these things are
charged, of course, and I can only recall
them with feelings of mingled pleasure and
sadness, for there's scarcely a single land-
mark heft, and I suppose that very soon I
shall be living only in remembrance,, and
even then•soon to be forgotten."
And as our aged friend brushed a tear
pulled on the farm abbe ,Toho Lindsay;
has been visiting her sister in Winnipeg
for several months, returned to.town last
'week; and looks well after her trip, The
recent (frosts and rains have broke up the
good roads that we have .been enjoying,
and some of them are getting. to be pretty
bad. Several thousand barrels of apples
were delivered •in: townlast week; the
number handled in this vicinity this sea-
son must have been very large. The other
day Mr. Jos. Allanson seed a cabbage that
weighed nearly 25 lbs.; he had quite a
number that went ,201bs.; a person would.
be perfectly justified, in calling such as
these "cabbage heads."4Ir,.Harry�C.o1-
liet who -has been touring the country
during the past summer with his panor.•a
ma, haying travelled in that time some
2,000 miles,'liae gone into winter quarters
here, To -night is hallow'e'en ; we hope
that none of the senseless pranks,•usual on
the occasion, will be perpetrated. While
Mr. Wm._ Robertson (in R. M. Raoey's)
was -driving a team of horses, on Sunday
morning, one of them began to kick,
breaking the tongue; and pulling him out
of the buggy on his face; be got off with
a few severe bruises. Mr. J.C. Linklater,
of the Model School, 'was -called to :Meg:
ham on Monday, to attend the funeral of
a cousin whaled resided in East Wawa -
mesh. Mr. Proudfoot, of the firm of Gar --
row & Proudfoot, Goderich, was in town
on Monday, seeking, signatures to a'peti:
tion asking. for the commutation of the
sentence -on the .Beamislies; a number of
the leading men in Goderich had signed
it, but we' doubt if many people in the
township of East Wawanosh Would do so.
Judge Doyle, of Goderich, hes been-con-
fined
een con -fined to, the house for'eeveral days, and
Mr. •Campion has beep attending to some.
of his 'Division Court work.. When Mr.
Searle's buildings are completed, Clinton
=will be_able to.boasteof Navin the finest•.
continuous row' of brick buildings to be
found inthe county, as there is nothing
to equal them in: appearance anywhere.—
Division Court here 'to -morrow. Regular
meeting of council next Monday evening,
On Monday Mrs.. Geo, Robinson left her
baby and carriage on the sidewalk while
she went into the post office; the wind
wheeled the carriage into the ditch: and
upset it, but no.damage was done beyond
soiling the child's clotheee.. They:many
friends of'Me.,Arch. Matheson, formerly
of Olinton;• will be- glad to: learn .that he
has at last entered on duties . to Which :ho
has long looked forward ; a recent issue
of a Qu'A'ppelle:.paper' mentions the :feet
that he has entered on mission work in'
connection with the Presbyterian church,
filling three appoiiitrnents every Sabbath.
By a recent issue of the MooseJaw News"
we observe that ,Mr. H. C. Gilmour, for
ly • of Stanleytook a' large. number' of
prizes in:connection with the first
tion -of the. Moose Jaw Agricultural Socie-
ty. Mr Thos. B. Fowler, .of'thie. place,
.
has purchased a three-storey stone store
in Galt, of Mr: W. Cole (sou of Mr. W.
Cole, Goderich, township) for the .sum of
$3,000 cash ; ho considers he las a good
bargain..: Miss. Sharp, Lieut, of the, Sale
vation Army, here, who has had charge of
'`the brigade at•Seafdrth for several .days,•
has -resumed, her place here; The Many
friends in this neighborhood of Mr. Robt.
Ferguson, editor of the Listowel Banner,.
will be sorry to learn ,that the office was
almost entirely destroyed by;fire on•Mon-
day night; 'Mr. G. W.',Petts, some tine
managerof the express office here,' gees to
London this week, where he takesa more
responsible iposition in the same line of
business. , .A meeting of the directors
of the I3ullett Agricultural Society will
be held Here on Saturday afternoon next;
it would be a geed time for the society to
open ftp correspondence with other socie
ties for the formation of a union show.
Saturday last was one of the busiest days
Clinton has seen for a long time, and"the
faces of many old friends, from long dis-
tances were seen. on our street. Messrs.
Fred. Corbett and Stewart; of this place,'
are playing 'with the Seaforth Football
team, in their association games. ,Mrs.
Noble .Whitely; of this town, has been
quite ill, but is now somewhat better. . A
horse got frightened at a sale bill on a
post, on .Monday, when near. the .Ceme-
tery, and upsetting the buggy and leaving
the driver in the road, it dashed Offen its
own behalf; we did not learn. what dam-
age was done. Mies Grace Robertson is.
visiting friends in Kincardine. We are.
indebted. to Mr. Joseph Allanson for a
basket of splendid'mtishrooms. Mr. Jas
Johnston of the 16th con.. bad. a severe
attaek Of illness on Monday, but is new
better. The fall wheat in this vicinity
looks splendid ; there. was a lenge amount
sown and'it has had plenty of time and
fine weather, to get a good start, Poultry
is beginning to come to -to 'market, and
generally finds ready sale. Messrs, Craig
and Hearn are still booming the cattle
busineas,'though eastern markets are flat.
We haven't had any Indian Bummer, yet,
at feast• the presenee'of such has not been
perceptible. The hunters nest Thursday ,(
Will outnumber the hunted.
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E: The annual matches of the Huron Rifle
Association came off over Atholcott
Ranges, on Fyiday last. !rhe day was' a
most unpleasant one, particularly for
shooting, as snow ,nearly all the time
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the matches were in progress, and in wus
utterly impossible to do good work.
Some of our best shots made the poorest
shooting, and the score would net be a
fair indication of, their skill. as marks -
Men. The prize wnners.i
were as fol-
laws:=-
FIRST I iATCH.-Oen to members* only,
1st, Stff-Sergt. Wilson;.2nd, Lieut.Young;
3rd, E. G. Courtice; 4 h, J. Anderson; 5th,
Robson ;• 6th, 3. Johnston.
SECOND 1V1:ATCIL Open to members..
1st;. Lieut. Jas. Young ; 2nd, Staff-Sergt..
Wilson; 3rd, E. G. Courtice ; 4th, J. An-
deison; 5th, J. Johnson; 6th,: N. Robson.
THIRD MATOE. -Olen to members who
have not won a prize in previous matches.
1st, Jos. Ryder;' 2nd, ev. Forrester; 3rd,
O. S. Doan ; 4th, •S, Chambers ;..5th, H.
Stanbury; 6th, G, Glasgow. ,
FounTH MATCH, or -the highest age
score in , the first and second
matches, the" Associa ion; Challenge Cup,
value $45, restricted • o residents•of.the
county of Huron. 1 t, Staff-Sergt.Wil-
son 2nd, Lieut. Young.
• FIFTrr 1MIATerL -P r the highest ag
gregatescore in first and second matches;
the O.R.A. medal, restricted to members.
who have never won medal at any pre-
vious rifle match, lst, Cr, Courtice. !.
, . OU -7 that OVERCOAT.
We
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PRICES,
'The first shipmeit r
Miscellaneous books
Have arrived • from London, England,,
eon tingeof-^above- ;400. Books-, srunon
which are :Matthew Henry's Cowmen
tary on the Bible, 0: vols;, price $16—
worth $22. Scott's Cornmentary, 0
vols., • price .$12.50, worth $17,50.
Chambers' Encyolopndia, 10 vols,, 'for
$20, worth $25. A largo quantity OP
Chamber's - Dictionaries. The balance
'consists chiefly..of Sunday School, Libe-
ary, or Prize Books, .published by Re-
ligious Trace Society, Nicholson & Sens.
,Society for promoting Christian -Know-
ledge, ,Jas.Nisbett & Co., Nimrgo & Co.
Book Society, Oliphant & Co.,. &c.; &o.
Giveus a• call for . .
have "stacks" of them at from $3 up.' Get one now.
How bad the boy is, we ask no questions.
But want eveY. ' Father and Mother
Father
to know how GOOD our BOY'S
CI.,,OTI-ING is.
DressGoods
Flannels -
Blankets
nderclothing
M
Magnificent.
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..:tock off` '
NTLE
-Hosiery and 10111111g,
SUNDAY ' SCHOOL . BOOKS.GENTS .,FURN S I
.INGS
Our prices are lower than the Toronto
Iiouses_,v,.•
flats
Cox s, Shirts, &c.
A NEW... LOT
OF FOOT, -BALLS.
FOUR KINDS TOBACCO.:
Dickson
•
...A. choice .'selection" of
S. S. SEAL, PERSIAN LAMB, BALTI
SEAM, XIOZ41 „6.N, ASTR AC EIA T,
AND MINS',.
LADIES SHOIL DER: OAPES
CHINCILLA, HARE, and SEAL, all widths. and .prices.
LADIES' FIIR
MANTLES.
Our stock is the largest in town, and we ask an inspection,
W. JACKSON,
The EignnOu$4 atter, Clinton.
Pay & Wisernafl,
THE DRY GOODS EMPORIUM OF CINTON.
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JACKSON'S CLOTUIN
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Without any ', exception whatever,we are carrying the -
largest stock of -
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OVFROOATS
,FROM 00 I7 P.
In the interest of yourself, eome and inspect our Stock..
The ;begining of. the season is always the . best to .buy your
OYER -COAT. You get the pick' of the stock and a .
larger variety :. to choose from.
Come and see our great $10 Coat made'. to order. We have
secured -at a Tremendous Bargain in an ENGLISH TWEED,
which we have. 'bought nearly 100 yards, and which we are
going to use as a . special and as an advertisement, and make
up in first-class style,. ,lined with tweed for $10. See this if
you want a cheap .Coat.
We are very • busy, and all needing an OVER -COAT should
not delay, as the cold weather is coming on.
THOMAS JACKSON & SON,
CLOTHING MERCHANTS
CLINTON