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The Clinton New Era, 1886-02-12, Page 8•0 •r CEO. E. Pax &Co. takes the place of CLINTON Fi A• the late firm of Pay dr Wiseman, the let- ter retiring from the firm,; 'PRIP,&Y, ;180. 12, 1886` TEE West Huron. Teachers' Institute ,is appointed to be held in Exeter,on the LQC1i.I, NOTICES. 21st and 22nd of May next, provided suit- TH:B EVENING p.LCBE will be reduced to 25 cents amonth, commencing Feb. fat, CHRIS DICKSON, g WINDING UP BUSINESS.—As roe are closing up our business, we intend holding an Auction Sale en FRIDAY and SAT U,R- DAY arening#, .of this weeb Axl goods • be toed, Bargains may e All indebted to, us please settle accounts ??I/UT 'Oth, C. J. T UTILI h & CO., Chula Tea' 1r'arehattee, DIIAT SPLENDID TEA._Feasrs. T. Cooper & Son have been selling large quantities of their noted 4.5c.. tea,. and the following latter revived this week t'ront one of the beat:Anotan reeiderts df Hallett, shows how well it is liked : eases o vour 45c teeh, ke what my eon brou�bd me 2 t hoe re Mb. sates of your is tea, tea indeed," nfthhim. itixaRp - - ZfJatfY grilitC . Mgs:'1✓, DoEEiTv, of Galt,is home -on a visit. • . . • .• AIR, )I; CALt,ANDpE, of Parkhill, is spending a few days here. TEE. infant child of Mr. Oliver John- ston died on Sunday night. Mo, R. SBroirr, of Westfield, left here oh Tuesday, for Ludington, Mich. Mise Emir...m.0y, of Buffalo, is on. a visit to her sister. I1rs. Proudfcot, • ° MR. JAS. ,.HoXito has purchased the sorrel driving colt of Mr. Z . :Shipley ; he has got a mover. ' • JAMES .TYNER, of Belgrave, is teaming lumber to .Clinton' for Mrs. Morley, who ad e flanghere. is building w , b'` MR. :form 50Exerox purposes erecting a -new -frame house, on Princess St., al- most to the ,rear of his residence, . • A. CHAIrG5bas-taken place in the husi ness of Mr. C.'0. Rance, which hereafter will go under the name of Rance Sr, Co., MR. DFRANT,:.of Seaforth, has taken. a position in the Organ to he band. and alio one of. the players yera MR.:Gko. OAKEs and a. number of' other musicians from this place, give a - concert inBenttiller 'this (Friday) even- ing; , ; •• ,,. . THE. second daughter of Mr. H. `W ,Cook,aged about 6 years, fell dowr. cellar , the other day, breaking one a her legs above the ankle . - • MAsTER, JOSEPH Ci-I.DLEY, who has been spending some time at Woodstock. Business College, has completed his course and is home again. MR. Gdo. ROBINSON, for some time ex- , presa h'clerk is old pa e in J. g the tore of Pay liam& Wise- man, at the end of ti.e month , .• Tiiesdayivhile.Mr G Ship1's team was standing.at the freight shed,, they took fright and ran away. .Fortun- ately they did no serious damage, A MEETING, to arrange for an excur- tion to the West, will be held in the. Council Chamber Clinton, on the 23rd inst. All lines of railway will Abe .repro- rented: AIR. FEED. CORBETT has,bought of Mr.. • John Callander, the lot on Huron street, (next'•to Mr, John Stevenson'•s) for which he pays $350; there.is a small stable :on the lot. • - ' IT is . said that • the .Conservatives of town will send into the tevising'Barrister a list of about 75 names to beadded to the voters' lists the Liberals 'have also sent a goodly number.. ' • 4: , TEF wife' of.Mt, H. Fremiin has . been- seriously ill for•several days and her death • was Gaily expected, but she has taken a tun fox the better,.and is now considered to she out of danger. TOE -wife of Mr.'. Thos., Friendship; after a lingering illness of two years, peacefully passed away .oft-Stinday`er:e�g;'she was a member of Ontario St. Methodist church; • she leaves a snpall family. REv. W MoDobrAGH; who : lectures here under the auspices'of the Oddfellows ' - on the 19th inst.,should "be greeted `by a full house the "admission. has been plat down to the'low.price.of 15 cents. : ' MRS. DUNLOP, of Seaforth, sister-in-law of T. Dunlop, , Clinton, whohas been dangerously, ill with bleeding of the lungs, we are happy to say, is recovering, though she will be for sometime .confined to her bed. , T•EE.weatherof last week was a . 0011- tinnedcold spell from beginning to end:I .• On Thursday night the thermometer went down to 22°• below zero, bit this point was the lowest reached. It: has been more moderate since.. • Mo. -D. CALaro x aid: wife, return to British Columbia on the 18th; " Dan!' • -has_ suceeeded•_.ip working into a good business there;apd.is in a fair way of do- ing well.. MY, W: Ford, . of .olmes-va,ile,.. accompanies them. ` MISS LArEhas been carrying her hand in a sling for several days, the result of a severe, sprain." She was skating 'back- wards on the rink .when she fell ever a small boy who, had sat down on • the ice. It is better now. Mo. M, McKEAauE, of Dungannon, brother Of Mrs. J. Miller, of whose death • mention was made last, week, was killed while at work-in the woods, by a limb of a falling 'tree striking him. He -never spoke after being struck. Mo.' JABEZ E3EESJ.11Y, (brother of Messrs W, and G. Beesley of town,) is �. seiion l,y }•l Moesejave, and fears are en - ;r :-� :5 r iiriea to zie hey not recover; he was out of hismind for some time before word was sent to his friends•here.- • Tani Seaforth-Sun has adopted .the 8 - page form, • and looks better tiian in the •old 4 -page style, This is the. forin in which nearly all papers are, now issued. The Mitchell Advocate will this week come out in the same shape. WE have reeided• the first number of e Oxford Standard, a new Liberal pa- er just started.,rat . Woodstock, It is a very creditable sheet, but we doubt very much if even a town the, size of Wood; "Stock is 'able to"support three good -week- lies, and the Sentinel -Review "filled the bill before," as fat as•'Liberal interests are concerned;•, Aside from this, .however, we have little faith in the sjttec'rity of men able outside help can be procured. WE WE understand that Messrs. Tisdall, Forrester, T, Jackson, J. Fair, W. Jack- son and a number of others, intend visit- ing the old country in the month of June. ME death is announced, at St. Louis, of Mr. N. R. Britton, son-in-law of Mr. W. R, Watts,: after an illness of only two weeks, He leaves a wife and two child- reit Mn. W ;T. )t'AIStEY ' has sold to Mr, Stewart Plummer, the valuable property on „Queen St. known as "the Grant pro- perty," at a fair ;price, ' Mr. Plummer purposes building at puce. MR. Joni SHEPPARD,: of Lambton,' Dak„ formerly of Goderlch township, is here: on a short visit to old friends. He looks well, likes that country, and says any man who has any backbone in him can do well. Mos. GL1Jw, of the Huron Road,. Hui- lett, died an Wednesday, at the age of 65 years. Her husband has been dead for some tune. She was one of the -early set- tlers of the .neighborhood, and leaves a grown-up family. , A, TELEPHONE' has been put in the house of Mr. W, 'D.oherty; this makes 30 of these instruments now in use in town. They are nlmost-indispeneible-for—busi- ness men,' and in a year's time will be. twice as largely used. .` • THE Executive committee of the Young Liberal Association, ofOntario,•• meet ie• Toiotito, this week, for the transaction of important busipess. Mr, Manninr being a memberof•the Executive, leaves to -day to take part in the proceedings. MR. H. A. EvArs, who formerly kepta small store on Victoria street, sustained a paralytic stroke on. Friday, from the effects of which he died •en Saturday morning; .he was married' to the eldest daughter of the. late Dr. Cole, who, with several child- ren, survives him. 11IEssns. Walker & Beesley, of this town, stonemasons, have taken contracts to build the stone foundations for bank barns for the fallowing parties :—S. Gray,' Jno. Shobbrook and E, Mabning, Hullett; J. Diesdale, Stanley, and J'. Fowler, Tgckersmith• . ' vi:a.. R..HAYWaoD, of..to.wn, has the contract for the erection :of Mr; Waite's new brick house, in Hallett; he bits also the contract far a brick house for,Mr. Ball,' to be erected on the Gorrell •. farm, on.the base line, itir. W. Cooper.doing the wed work for. the ratter. • ' LITTLE'ONEs: There has been quite '°a thaw this week. Nearly •every other -person in town is suffering from a severe; cold, The -^proposed meat license 'is al- ready--causing-rine l . ready -causing= -some -protests.-=''.gife tfa`st-• 'driving by-law" should either be rescind- ed or 'enforced ;. those who •wish. to speed their horses should break a track on some side 'street, then 'no objection would be raised' to it. All ;parties should get in. their summer suppply of wood' while the sleighing. lasts . M . C. Rido t has taken , r ,u ail: office n the Elliott block.: Mr. Coop. er is building the .frame house for Mrs Morley,, on Mary street. HIGH Scaooi;-The' float meeting of the Clinton High School imusical and literary society., was held on Monday' evening of this week, and divas procounced a very successful meeting._ The_ Hon. President, Mr. Turnbull, gave an inter,- eating nter;eating address' ori -the growth of the school from its establishment up to the present. ..time n ' pw'pils who have taken - high standings in the differ- ent 'lirofessions. Readings; recitations, musical selections (vocal and instrument- al) and a dialogue, brought' the meeting to a close, to°meet again on Mondayeven- ing 15th inst.. • • ' • THE printing of.the.voters'lists under the -Dominion Franchise. Act, is to be di=• vided..up awuug;,the-ps-suppnrti r •the party, Those for the East and West hiding of�Huron are to be.printed at :the, offices of•the:°Wingham: Advance, Clinton Record and Godericli Star, while those for, the .South. Riding;. it is,Said` will be divided between.the Exeter Times- and Seaforth Sun. This is no doubt a fair: arrangement, so far as the papers are con- cerned, but all the same, the people will be taxedto support a scheme they; have ne faith inand which .was originally de- vised...s'impig_and entirely in theinterest. of the Conservative party. • TnE,Blyth Advocate states in a some. w hat- guarded manner, that constable Davis, of that place, has taken up his resi- dence in Uncle Sam's domains, without. consent of numerous friends. Davis was fora time the prosectrtor on behalf of the - LOCAL GHLIRO ".13141 -ME.$,': Rev. J.,Ridley,. Of Mitchell, will preach in St. Paul's church, next Sunday, Col- lections in aid of widow's and orphans find of the Diocese of llttrotp., Quarterly, meeting 'services of Batten - bury St. Methodist church were held on Sunday last, and. were well attended. The' fellowship meeting, was one of•the best' held here for some titps. W E understand that Rev. Mr. Eby,, the well-known Japan missionary, will deliver a lecture and give stereoptican views of Japan life, in the town hall, under the auspices of the. Vi :F.M.S,, about the 12th of March, Rev. T. Cosford conducted the quarter- ly services in Ontario St. church on Sun- day, the meetings were alt full of interest and power. At the business meeting the affairs of the •church were all found to be in a satisfactory condition:. Rev. Mr. Spading was unanimously asked tore - turn next year. - By the annual missionary report', of the Methodist church for lastw_year, we learn that the amount contributed to missions in this district was as follows,:—Goder-ich, $394; Rattenbury St,, Clinton; $397 ; On- tario St.; Clinton, (including Turner's and A.lma).$161; Seaforth, $169; Holmesville, $145 • Ebenezer, $68 ; Sharon, $10; Zion,. $12; iBayfield, $22; Cole's, $29 ; Bethel, $29;; Varna, $34; Goshen, $37; Brucefield, $33; iLondesboro, $107 ; Kinburn, $65; ,auburn circuit, $l8; Wineham, $116; Blyth, $96; Brussels, $9g.' - n -the whole Guelph Conference there are only 26 who contributed $25 or over to missions, and among the number are.the folloiving; Rev.. Jas. Gray, Clinton, $25; W. , rhylor, and wife, Clinton, $30�; Bev J; Kenner and family,.Clinton, $25; .Wm, M. Gray and family. Seaforth, $45; Jas. Laithwaite and wife, Iiolinesville, $25; E. Husband, Fordwich, $40; E: S. Rupert and family, $30. The county of Huron evidently stands well by the mission cause, judging• by the above figures, and- what is more, there is no town within the . conference that contributes as liberally as the town. of Clinton, Stratford being over $200 be- hind ,it, and Guelph' over one hundred less. So much- for the -liberality of 'the Cliutgri�Aiethodists.-'• Mo. JOHN MoB,LEy. the genial travel- ing ageut.of the Chicago &;;Northwestern Railway, was in town ou. Wedncsd}ay THE Expositor .thus refers to a former Clintonian:—b'Ir. Win, Snowden, .who some years :ago was ---engaged in the butchering busihess -in this town,. was here this .week. and called upon a number of liia old friends. M -r: Snowden bas, been. a resident ofvinnipeg,' for six or' seven. years, and We are glad to: learn that -he -is' now doing•ii largo and lucrative business in -that -gay, a :Markets have been very low this winter, -and-still-keep low; with -no -apparent pin-, spect of a rise. There is no change what- ever in.prices-from last week: - A • good '.deal of .grain hat been brought,in, a .good Many farmers; being in .such a pgsition that it is necessary fox them to. sell. Wood JUST RECEIVED,. A:IAI1GE:ASSORTMENT '. FROM THE EDINBURGH VULCAN- ITE COMPANY, OF EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, WHO MAKE T$E BEST COMBS ixTut ;WORLD. REMEMBEit THAT Lmoso� 3010011 ,IS ALWAYS HEADQUARTERS FOR COMBS.:. HE SELLS CHEAP. 'The:TRADE :SUPPL1ED r. 1-00 Cords of Wood W tod 111 exchalio. for Goods,M. .OH.R s„,,. D O.KS +� , e . o - his Sp -ace ace will be- oceu led • next week b.� GE O. E. ° ° P,AY.& C(. Look for • it, -as there will be soniethillg r.•ew' in It - BOOKSELLER & STATIONER, is-the-rriostLiarket<able-csininodi«, . the reads get kny worse, will. go, up' in CLINTON, price... - THE DRY GOODS EMPOI IU1YI.OF CLINTON. ■.tt M • Watch their advertise,itient every week an see what they are doing in - • • --MINE- • 1rERCHANT -TAILORING, They. carry the - -ooditzah Scott Act Association; but losing lath in CQtinty, and sell the 'cheapest.. , See their his sincerity, the Association recently de- a cic7ed ao dispense ' withlies services and paid him off. accordin gl,�.i,,,,.giv1ng;11.11Y1�&. liberal salary: •• Not satisfied he made a further claim of nearly $100; threatening to prosecute the solicitor ILIA 'secretary of .. ane es ofPEn an , the ,tisseaiation; •if it was not paid,; The Canadian. and amount was hot paid, and is not likely to be colleoted. • • . SI ATING 'RAGES.—There was a•'pretty large: attendance at the races on, the rink, on Tuesdayevening, but on account of the soft weather of the two previous days, the ice was ; not'in 'a good condition -for fast skating. In the race` b'etween-Town, of Seaforth, and Cornyn; of Wingham,, the Seaforth man hadit all bis own way. About .the third round Cornyn fell, but Town waited for him •tocit ch up, In a few mare rounds he had nd hint, and Saticified.himselfivielite6tilt leg ahead of him from this to the end, • wiuning"easily. As a matter of fact it was no race or test of speed• whrtever, and'' many Were Of Opinion that it was a "hip., pidrome)' The next race was an •.open 'one, in which there were six enteries, pe- fore they had gone half a mile they had all dropped out but: Turnbull, of Clinton, and I110Phereon, of Hensall, ,and there was every prospect of a close -race between these two, McPherson leading, with Turn- bull •right, on his heels. when the latter suddenly gave out. AliPherson •skated around a few more times alone and then, was given the rate. Ile is a mere boy, 1x11 nrently'nrtuvor 14 years of ago, ligh t- ly built and his skating was much admir- edrand he wellde:erves his laurels. There 'Who are•ono thing to'.day and another to. wert.oply two pair, of contest.ints in the morrow. last surotiter the puaolisher race for ladles and gentlemen, but it was of the 'Standard. wvs ri nning;a eenserva- well contested throughout;, a cooelo from • • tive paper in.Ttineprditie, • l Hensall arittrlint?.. • . French . 'PA,NTINGS See .their Fine titch. and Canadian TWEEDS 444. French• -.W (;)1 .1 $U4- NGS - - Coyne and inspect our.Stock before purchasing elsewhere. No arson i . in need of CLOTIIIITG should miss seeing •the Great : Bargains e'are now offering •_ inORDERED CLOTHING. ° • We . do business for Cash, and consequently can afford. to sell about 20 per cent less than formerly. ` ,_.__, o BARGAINS in every Department • of our. ammOth Establishment. :.. • In a shot gine we will show the advance' guard of our New Sprinz Goods which iji comprirse some Magnificient Ins of goods. THE I C`l7' 3 CLOT rE S CLINTON. •• 4_ ACKsON BROS.;