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FRIDAY, DEC. 3, 188G..
Nc.tice ttitT+ades
Bnigre,--J! wars, Swareld 0k 0oaper
h just completed a new frame - holm
i rr r. Colclougb on the baeelliae.ng.
A. M. Boa has been making a p@
visit to a number of his friends In this
tQwp; and has been moat cordially receiv-
ed by even a numlaer voile are politically
ppposeds will, ng to 11im ; 1bythe-way, Mr. Ross
o t the:R'iding wto ith his opponent, but eint she
latter would: not .consent to this ; etidents'
ly he diad not like to meet on tb:a platform
wit a gentleman of . Mt ,doss' mental
calibre. „ .Ata meetlrg or the Haat
Agricultural Society held on -Tuesday, it
was decided to hold a Christmas. Cattle
and Poultry Show on tha-18th inat., pro-
yiding this date did not clash with that of
any, other society. Miss Nellie Holmes
has returped'to Toronto, - Dr. Worthing-
ton has moved bis book store business to
Theropson'a & Switzer's old' stand. ' Mr.
Thos. Shipley went to Sarnia .this' week
to purchase several horses.. Mr. James
Smith drives. a new horse, purchased of
Mr. Shipley. ` The reeve and deputy are
away at Brussels, attending the meeting
of the County Council.. Miss H, Moore,
in our advertising columns, announces
hee readiness to'teach fancy painting; she
is a young lady of ability, and those who
wish to acquire this art, may copfidently
place themselves under heryuiton. Mas
ter Harold Whitt liasgone' to Toronto to
undergo an -operation for the purpose' of
to regain his eyesigbt. A team of
horses belonging to Mr. Ben Churchill,
attached to• a load of manure, ran away
last week at • the north end of the town,
but did no damage. beyond scattering -the
load along- the street. Mr. L. Melville,
for Many years a resident of Bandon, (in
Hullett.), has Moved into Clinton to rt-
side. Mr. John Boles, we are • glad :to
know, has decided to remain in town; he
has aboutbought'a vacant lot and will
build there next year. Last week 14 Ir. D.
Tiplady sold avoung mare to anAmerjcau
for. the. sum ot t000; Mr. Thornton Wal•
lace alae sold black mare to the same
party for $225, a splendid price. As, fine.
a team of young heavy draug e eowings
as stand in the county, torddty,ar
ed
by Mr. Thos. Mason, of the base line,w•ho
has already"refused $400 for them. Mr.
James"Sheppard, formerly of Goderich
ttownship, is. lying sills at the residence
of his•son-in law, Mr, Geo. Dale, of lXul-
lett.; he. has • beau: hrider' the•doctor s care
for several days,, ;The GorrieVidettethus
'refers 'to the death .of Mr. W,, J. Paisley's
mother:=" Mrs. Baisleydied after..aboot
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�a :week's illness ; she vitae Strong h e yw
woman; and never knew what it wa&to be
:siokAill-Within-•u wool: uf..„her'dea:tiv,„.5he.:
leitves behind her aged .partner, Oahu
the sympathy of the entire community.".
It was a mistake lastweekin. announcing•
that the council _would' meet .on 1S1onday
night last ; the regular. monthly: meet-
ing will be held on'Miynday. evening
next. • The scholars and teachers of
•the. Public' School are making: exten.-'
site preparations.,•, for the custgmttry
Christmas entertainmentto beheld at the -
close of:the school term: M. •S- Plums
steel, of this. place, Who is becothipg quite.
-a -breeder of short -horn stock,• has an
eight months old bull calf that ' weighs
over -$50 lbs'; it's •a beauty too. Dr
Worthington, who accompanied Ma 'S.
Yates to New -York 'and remained with
him for ..a; week after the operation Was..
performed; raturned to . town an Friday ;
he states that Mr. Yates is progressing
fa Ty and'.. the Dr.;• expects.. to returns to
New, York in ;a few days, to take.care of
Air. Yates oh his- trip home. - Building
operations promise to be brisk in town
next year, and among others to be erected
will be a brick . building, for the accomo-
dation of the New. ERA office. The an-
nual tax sale•of county lands was held at:
Goderich, on • Tuesday, ; .the attendance
was veil .slim, .and only a, few lots were
-disposed thequantity ;of land in the
county ;left without the taxes being paid is
growing ' less.. every year. Our'.town bat-
chers will' make a splendid. Christmas.
display-th-is-yeersaRibas been frequently
remarked that the dealers here make an
exhibit that is not surpassed in'the cities,
and ahe_atateinent is not am exaggeration:
At a. recent meetieg ,of .the Dominion
•Grange,`Robt. Currie, reeve of East•Wa-
wanosh, was_ssieoted as Gatekeeper; ,The
wife. of• Mr. J. 0.- Stsven'son, is visiting
friends at PariS Mr. Sherwood, tbrmer-
ly` bookkeeper with Mr, 8 Davis; died.
roseatly:i t some [place in biastern Ont trier;.
the natne of which we did not to ries; Arr,
h.lalloclt-returned. from an inspection of
the schools in xrlcKillop,_:_on. Friday, and.
intended going into •Tuckersmith on
Monday; but when he went td attend his
horse oti•Sunday, be found•that by seine
tne:ins'itbad been kicked. on the leg, and
was therefor unablato travel. Miss Van -
tassel has taken a •po.itton as assistant in
the store of Mr. • Chris. Dickson, Arista
Noble having transferred her services.to
Detior & Ceas•stc+re, is succeeded ill Rob
ertson's by Miss Carrall,ol''St, Catharines.
Mr. Jas, l-Iowe has ui:oved to' the bouse
•reeently'n„rected atijoiningStPaul'sschool
hawse,, The sleiighina liar given'a wonder•,
ful impetus to business, .and during the
past few days everything bas' been boons•
tag; on Friday night the fall of anew was
quite heavy is the vicinity of Londesborn, '
but light heres and farmers N4'ho started,
with loads of grain in a sleigh, were cony
gelled to borrow` waggons as they came
near town; the, sleighing is good all around
at present. The • Vocophone Band go to,
Exeter,neat Wednesday ; .we will guaran-
tee that they " bring down the house."
Mr, Jamas Beattie is trying .to purchase
the livery•of A. Forbes, St,aforth, and is
said to have about tamed the' deal:—
Nita' Carslake lt:t•l, the thisfortune to slip
down and tractut't• severalof her ribs, also
spraining her tvrhat severely, The avti•
rage atteeditnee at the Clinton Public
School for the month of November was
'437; the number on the roll 505; with
the exception of one'month during the.
past year, this is the largest ntten sines
in the history of the school. The exam'.
nation 'of the. Modeltites in .atteeaance
here, commences on i4londay,,and will. be
concluded by the.: end of the week. '
:.'ha many friends of Mise Bean will be
pleased to hear thitt she continues •to int•
prove in health; and hopes soon to be out
.41.gaiti____Aisslildglieli, of London, is visit.
ing her sister, MN, Adam Weir,, f:iullett.
On Wednesday last Mr. Ralph Tiplada, of
the base line, delivered here at load of
barley that contained over .100 bushels;
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We have engaged MISS CU1tnwaf,
of St, Catharines to stake, charge, of our
Mantle and Dress 'Making Department,
SShe has so thoroughly mastered Ibis art,
that every garment turned out is a model'.
• of perfeetion,
Ladiea needing a Dress or Alauttle tan
count upon receiving perfect satisfaction.
The unpleasant necessity of bringing• a
garment backfor alterations, even the
inoving•of a button, is entirely done a yay
o with. We'gparantee a fit-Qvery time, of
no sale.,
5 -smart apprentices•wantea at once.
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CREAT CASH STORE, CLINTON,
Vin, LOCAL NOTICES.
BOY wANTRD.To learn the Print -
lag businessa
rint-ing.businesaa Apply at NEW ERA Office..
or the best value in Trunks, Valises, Sataheld,,
ctoto-l'''Se Cli t011...'_._
Weelren Goods given'rl (irchange for Wool
er Wood at Clinton Woollen Wis. DAVID
For cheap Goat. and 13ttf'ato Robes, Horse
Blankets, etc., go to J. T WITC.JIELL S,
Clinton. • ••
UPHOLSTER y -Send in your orders at
once, and avoid the rush, ,Bennett, at the lied
Rocker, Clinton, has two Upholsterers raking
up Parlor Furniture for the Christrnaa trade.
Ottomans, Baby Chairs, lounges, Parlor sets,
etc., made to order.
• VD*fl &g .
Colic Chris. Dickson
has leftwith usl a• copy of Grip's. Comic
Almanac for 1887.' It is well got up, pro-
fusely illustrated, and : well worth ' the
price• asked for it, ten cents,
HUNG ITSELN.-A certain farmer resid-
ing near town, tells us that he noticed a.
swallow hanging suspended from a. rafter
' • in his barn, and as he could .net . see any
reason for it hanging there, he took the
trouble of climbing up to find out.,The,
bird had,apparently,'beenbuildingitne nt,,
and in sing,aborse hair, by somae...means.-
it had coiled, around tlip swallow's neck,
and.strangeld it. . • • .. • •
LOCAL RAILWAY No'rits;=The trains
yestei:day • were slightly behind hand, ow-
ing to the snow storm. Messrs. Doherty.
& PO. average shipments of more than a
ear of organ,@ every }week. Mr. E. Sibbens
shipped a car of cattle to Toronto- this
week. • D. Cantelon is still shipping ap-
ples to Buffalo. A .car of horses were
shipped to Windsor by an American, last
week. Mr. 111ooney ships a ear of hoists
to Montreal this week • A bonded ware-
house is to be constructed in the freight
shed. •--
IN A tri —On Weduestley morning
Mr. James Steep,, (accompanied • by. Mr.
Jas• Howe,) went up to .the stable of his
father, Mr. Henry Steep, to__pprocure some
bran which be has stored ifiere• the
so engaged Mr, Steep, sr•, .carne out to
help' them. Afterremaining for.. a abort
r time, he started towards the house, distant
only aboutthirty feet,. but a'fit of weak-
ness came over him and be fell against •a•
fence, where•he remained about five min-
utes, in an. insensible condition. It was
only by his • wife corning to the ,door. to
call hila that he' was discovered, , He was.
• unable to speak,his tongue having swelled,
and it was some time before he was re-
vived. It was excee'lingly fortunate that
he was discovered just when hewas, other-
wise 'the fit might have • ended 'seriously.
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The usefulness. - of the store .depends upon its 'being able to ,
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right -prices. These are very -
and'the correct styles at the
portant points,, and are just what e have been aiming at• for
-many a year. ..
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Chambers' Encyclopaedia, Matthew Henry's
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7,000 Copies the latest Sunday School Library
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Boys and Gir1S Own Annual, the Royal Road to
Wealth, .. &c., &c.
He iesaina_n of :good health.; nasls,attool.
account tor his sudden.attack. •
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COLLEoIATI: INSTIECTI1-A'•rrieeting
sof. the High . Scheel Board Was beta on
Tuesday afterxfoan, at **it Mr. Menzies.
submitted draft sketches of the prop,ised'
improvements and change& in th-e lffigh.
School building, An addition atthe'•rear
90x29' is to bo erected, containingdotvn
stairs, a class town: and- two. teachers'
rooms, and :Upstairs, :a general:audien.ee.
.3,bamber capable „of; holding the whole
- . school upon`occasions,whenthe 'school -is -
wanted together. A newporch is to: be
built, and the-erotica:aver.all the windows,
thoroughly repaired. The btiilding,when.
thus renovated, will be one of,`t.bamost.
comnitodious•Institutesin the :west. • All
the present teachers -have re-engaged for
next year; and the. prospects are excellent.
Any outsjders wantingg full '.information,
shouldwrite. tethe Head 'Master,. Mr.
Turnbull, iftmnlcs; for one•of the annual
announcements.
Dan'ri3 or Mit T. Coorait—It will.be'a
.painfulturprise.and.source.of regret to our
readers to learn of the unexpected death
of Mr. Thos. Cooper, (who has resided
here for nearly thirty years), which. occur-
red on Wednesday evening., '.M.,Cooper'
has been suffering for some .time , with
'erysipelas, but nothing serious was'anti-
cipated, and 'he was able to come down
town last work, but catching cold, he was
again compelled to remain indoors.
Friends who visited him;•on.Wednesday,
found him in good Spirits., and expected
shortly to see him out again and. the an-
nouncement of, his death came°like: a
thunderbolt, At about 8 p, m. he got up
and sat in, an .easy chair, requesting Mrs,
Cooper to fetch.him a ne,vspnper to read ;
while she was gone he fell back in the
chair and expired without 'speaking a
.a word, fust as she re-entered the room, He
was, possibly, as widely known as any man
in the town, havintgacarried on the hotel
business here 'fart :number liyears, but
more recently'otiaidueted an extensive gro-
cery trade, . beim;, head of the firm
of T. Cooper & Son, .He learned the
grocery trade with Mr. 1'.homas Stanbury,
about twenty - five years since. Fie
was a man of considerableintellectual
force,kindthearted, and enjoyed the con-
fidence ofbis fellows, and ,bad taken an
active part iupublic.t►ffahrs, bt ing ametli-.
bar of the town council at the time of his
o death, and haeing also cflledtthe l afialco at'
Deputy -Reeve F?.t.kp _.. . he
was a supporter of Sir John -A. Macdon-
ald, and wielded considerable hiilueace. the la"rgcst head delivered in three years
Ire belonged to both tits Orange Division Court ; next session, x)ecember
anti Masonic Soeieties, His wife is 24. sir 1" •it. 'Powell 'has added it safe
the second daughter of Mr 'Donald to his Olio. . Many ,of our readers are
Rosa, of this tuwn, and mho with five chit- stiil in amine, notwathstaudi( g our - e.
dren, 1:4 left to mourn itis 'death.. His teattd request to "pay+ up " . Wewa aid
funeral will take place from his late resi-like all who owe us to pay the same at
dance On Albert St, at 2 80 p. m. to,daiy, once,
Friday, `
A •L4k1 E.QtJANTIT .. OF . OH ! ;"JUST • LOVELY"
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Our • Dresi..Goods
. Come -_ -' sec our goods..
, Direct f:rom New York, now*
Are the 'correct styles and the prices'are -right, Another case of
*Agent for all ,the BOOKS and. PUBLICATIONS
'of the Methodist Book and Publication :*House,
Toronto.
HRlS DICKSON, - CLINTON,
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MANTLE :GOODS JUST
> BLANKETS' and FLANNELS ,
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just put in 'stock.
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PGLOMES {NOSIERY
Men's CSHIRIS and DRAWERS
Caps, MMuffs Ties
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BEFORE BUYING! Al O)i-ER(JOA.T CALL ON
ANCA
,end see tllle Wonderful Bargains they. see giving. in
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OVERCOATS% Only a few more Daft..
Don't fail to secure one.:
AWAY DOWN IN' PRICE
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m�ber ave.
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tole prices. Christmas novo,,
ties in a few .days. .
EO. .'• PAY '..
THE DRY .EMPORIUM oaf CLINTON-.
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n; ongst the heaviest items of a inan's personal expenses clue-
ing a year iS his -clothing i l';; and; if he • is inclined hec•Quld
mklie it very :Heavy: one To practise economy is to buy • good
to low priced cecl clothing,, and to find such • ;
goods in preference ,
stock is
to come ,direct to us: The, success of our progres'sive'
business is just .:this•fftct,.that our goods aye of.•the
F'ines.t Dese i piker, nazd ,areclic ' a,t
the :I..owesitt i vino• Prices. 'for .(Instil.;r
We are doing
a wondesrf ul trade in Olothillg, and. thele- must
lie some rehsun:foiK:it. _ •
To people who`havenotfavored-us.wltli
their patronage, we Would extend a hearty invitation to some
and see us, and we feel ,convlilceil we can please you.
At the present time -We Want our December, trade • t0 pari o lty
to a big thin •, and we,are,goillg to do, 'it by our low prices: for
dFurnishiflgS
Put ns en your list for some Christmas remembrances, and we .
ioli in our line. -Every department 1
will show yon a grand selection receiving . .
our mammoth establishment is, receiving special care and at-
tention
-;at ion for this. month's trade. Watch for. our grand display
to .
during the next three,.weeks.
: RANO
& CO.
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