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cuQot.--Tho average attopda
et Clinton Public: School for
month of October. was 429,' al►
FR/MX, NOVE14TBER, 4 1887. crease of five over that of last y
and a good attendance consider
the prevalence of measles in town.
LOCAL NOTICES.
k�pplendid House and Lot for Salo dirt Cheap
ALAIQNING & SCOTT, Clinton.
' Great Bargains in Felt Boots, Goat Robes,
I•Ieaneca, Blankets, &o-, atJ.TWITCHELL'S.
GOAD GENERAL SERVANT WANTED.
Apply between tho•hours 9 and 3. MRS W
**BE, EE, opposite the foundry, Ring S.
Tarns ]flannels, Store,iaCooper awers top stand.
tweeds, &c„ all factory made and, at prissy
Mutt eannot be undersold—F.E.CORBETT.
080 from Clinton to San Francisco, Cal.
and return, Thompson's second party will
leaye Clinton in November. For full parti-
culars apply to JAS. THOMP9ON, G. T. R.
- Town Agent.
DR. G. A. CLARKE, OF TORONTO, will
be at the Rattenbury House, Tuesday and
Wednesday; November 8th and 9th, where he
will be prepared to treat all old Chronic and
Lingering Diseases to which the human fa-
mily is subject to. Consultation free.
We will send the New Era
to new subscribers frons now
to the end of 1888, for *1..50
cash.
tlpown &optC0.
ARI BROKEN.—One day last week
while Mr'Geo. Whittington was driv-
ing a horse it ran away with him,and
in endeavoring to hold it in, he was
kicked on the arm, breaking the
same.
A GOOD. EXAMPLE.—Last week an
esteemed subscriber showed his faith
in 'the'New ERA by paying his sub-
scription upto the end of 1888. We
'Lave a good many subscribers who
. could lessen our anxieties if they
would pay'wsjs for the past, let alone
the future.
STARTING AGAIN.—Mr George T.
Hisoor, of London, (brother-in-law
of Mr 1. Rattenbury) the well-known
proprietor of Hiscox's Big Livery,
established in London for 50 years,
has.decided to resume business at the
old place,•as he could not stand a
life of idleness. Mr W. J. Mulley,
(son of D. Mulloy, Clinton,) will
henceforth act as manager.
A CONCESSION TO THE PUBLIC.—
. hitherto return tickets bought at
railway stations have only been good
for a limit of six days, but the dif-
ferent.Railway have manifested a dis-
position to deal more liberally with
the travelling public, and have made
all return tickets, bought in the re-
gular way and not excursion tickets,
good for thirty days. This extension
will no doubt he appreciated by the
travelling public.
THE AQTnORITY.—•The Goderich
Star last week asked for the author-
ship of a certain educational item
which had been .transferred to its
columns, The gentleman who sup-
plied us with the paragraph, gives
us his. authority for' the same, as
follows ;—
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, ONTARIO.
September 9, 1887.
"I beg to inform yon that there will be no
papers set in Mental Arithmetice and Dicta-
tion at the next Teachers' Examination but
one mark will be deducted for , every znis-
,. apeleword." F. J. TAhrxM,, pro. See.
PRESENTATION. — On Thursday
evening last the employees.of Jackson
Bros..tailoring establishment,met and
presented - Miss Kate Shanahan
(daughter of Mr D. Shanahan, Hul-
lett,) white handsome set of ehina,on
the occasion of her leaving to assume
a more responsible position. She has
been connected with this store ,for;12,
years, being the head pant maker,and
only leaves mow to enter the state,of
matrimony. A young farmer of
Goderieh township is to be theduek!y
suitor.
NON COar,POS MENTES.—A n old
man whose came is Harley, on, his
way to his son .,sear Kincardine, got
offthe train et„the.diamond, on Mon-
day morning, by mistake, thinking
he had'reached ;his,destination. • He
wandered around town nearly all day
and showed by. 'his eonversation that
rhe was out of his, mind. He did not
, know where he was, and while he
could talk freely enough was not able
to answer correctly any questions ad-
dressed to him.. He was put on the
-North train on Tuesday in charge of
persons going the same.direetion,
HARD To GEie.—” Do you know of
any houses to rent' 4" asked a Tady of
the NEW ERA the other day, Being
told of one or two that were likely to
be vacated by tenants changing
around, she said " I've just been to
those places, and they're all taken by
new tenants. ' I've got to move, but
cannot find a house any where, You're
always saying that Clinton is prosper-
ing, and my experience in the house
line convinces me you're not far
astray." Another person, occupying
a very small house, and being about
•to remove, bad half a -dozen applica-
tions for his house in one evening.
PROPERTY CHANGE.—Mr J. W.
Mills has sold his house and a little
more than a quarter -acre lot on Isaac
street, south, to Mr Oliver Johnston,
for the sum of $1000. The property
is in a good location, and though by
.no means dear, shows the value of
eligible property in the town of
Clinton. We understand that Mr
Searle has sold hie house and lot on
Princess street, (at present occupied
by Mr Perry) to Mrs Vodden, of
Hullett, who will become a resident
of town in the spring; we extend a
welcome to her, and all else who
would like to move to the most thriv-
ing town in the county of Huron. It
would be well if those deer citizens
who have a little money laid by would
invest it in new buildings, because
there is a demand for such, either to
rent or sell.
SCOTT ACT CASES —At Seaforth"on
Saturday last, a chafe of violating
the Scott Act was tired` a aii7: GI,
Williams, against Mre Knox, of
Harpurhey, and the charge being sus-
=-tained, a fine of $50 and costs Was im-
posed. The adjourned cases against
Messrs Davidson and Hawkshaw were
dismissed. Mr Jas, Scott, Clinton,
appeared for the' prosecution. On
Monday, a man named Smith, of
Godericb, was fined $50 and costs, for
a firat offence under the Scott Act.
On information laid by Inspector
Miller, the Police Magistrate went to
trussels on Tuesday when A,Stewart,
of Belmore ; Chas. Sage, of Walton,
and A. Koenig, of lirussels,were each
fined $60 and costs for violation of
the Act. The charges against Mrs
O'Neill, James Stretton and Thomas
Hall, of Brussels, were adjourned for
one week. S. hike was this week
;f1oed $50 and costs,
nee.
the
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ear,
ing
MORE AND MORE.— If reports are
true, the wedding boom has by no
means collapsed, as several are said
to be on the tapis. In one of these
it is said that a most estimable young
lady will became a resident of a live-
ly American city in the West.
CoycEar.—The Base Ball Club
purpose holding a concert on the
evening of the 17th inst., (Thanks-
giving Day.) Among the performers
will be Miss Swann, of Woodstock, a
lady who has appeared here before,
much to the delight of her audience.
RAILWAY.—It is expected that Mr
Jennings, Chief Engineer of the C.P
R., will visit this place this week to
see what amount of business the. C. P.
R. would be likely to receive in case
it made connections with this town.
Mr Van Horne is expected here sub-
sequently.
BEASTLY: For some time past
children passing the curling rink
have been subject to insult by some
human beast, at present unknown,
who exposes his person. An effort is
being made to capture the villian,
and if successful, he will be severely
dealt with.
LEGAL.—Divison Court was held
on Friday last, Mr Malcolmson pre-
siding in the absence of Judge Doyle.
Several cases were disposed of,none of
them very important The bar was
represented by Messrs. Manning and
Powell, Clinton, and Mr Proudfoot,
Goderich.
LELT FOR CALIFORNIA.—On Sat-
urday morning last Mr James H.
Combo and wife, left for California.
The immediate cause of their trip was
the fact that their son James, who
had been out there for some time,was
in such delicate health that their
immediate presence was necessary.
We hope that on their arrival they
will find their son in better health
than present reports state.
HONESTY.—Ten years ago a young
man in the employ of Mr S. Davia,of
this town, was overpaid $5 when he
left, Mr Davis not being aware that
the amount was more, than the em-
ployee was entitled to. Last week
Mr Davis received from the same
young man a check for $12, with a
letter stating the circumstances and
telling him that the difference was
for interest.
DOHERTY ORGAN CO.—Elsewhere
in this issue will be found something
concerning the organs ot this justly -
celebrated company. It is always
a pleasure to note the prosperity of
our local manufacturers, and we
might just state, as an evidence of the
extensive business carried on at the
factory, that the proprietors recently
gave one order for twenty cars
of walnut lumber, and have at
the present time, of one kind and
another,nearly a million feet of lum-
ber on hand. , The Company refuse
to allow us to say anything concern-
ing the Gold Medal awarded them
at the Central Exhibition, Clinton.
RATER AwxwAlln.—On Monday
night Constable Tedford was gently
keeping his weather eye on sone boys
who were playing pranks on the
streets, when one of them got into an
awkward predicament. In front of the
town hall is a telegraph pole, into
which spikes have been driven,to the
top, as an assistance in climbing.
On these spikes the boys were about
to place a set of harrows, when Mr.
Tedford made his appearance, and
one of the young men clithbed up the
telegraph pole to escape The cons -
!table quietly took his position at the
foot and intimated that he woulci
remain there till the youth cam
dawn; . Fearing consequences the
youth embraced the pole, and_ hung
on for some time like poets on a hook,
and it is said that when he did come
dawn, the constable warmed him up
with a birch rod.
TRIPLES -It has been grand weath-
er for several days. Mr. S. Crich
writes flatteringly of Ontario, Cal..
Farmers are busy with font crops.
Builders have had a good season's
trade, and are still very busy. The
prospects for next year were never
brighter. Mr Jno. Robertson of the
Great Cash Store, is now in Loudon
making purchases for his Great Gi-
gantic Gilt sale. Mr H. Stevens,
who has the contract for the building
of the gymnasium at the HighSchool,
is pushing the work forward. The
paternity of a new arrival in town is
the subject of comment. Mr D. Cant-,
elon loaded nearly 4000 barrels of
apples or, the Ontario, at Goderich
last week, for the last trip up the
lakes. Potatoes are not quite as
scarce as they were a Phut time ago.
Christmas is only seven weeks away.
We do all kinds of printing, at city
prices. There is considerable sick-
ness in town, but most of it of a mild
type. .Clinton has twice as many
trains entering it every day as any
other town in the county, Wingham
alone excepted. Mr S. Davis has
been fixing up some heaters in God-
erich. Mrs Klophell, of Stratford, is
visiting friends here. Mr W Robin-
son of the Huron road, sold a }gorse
this week to J. McMann, Seaforth,
for something over $200. Miss Rout-
ledge, who recently came on a visit,
leaves on Monday for London. Eng.,
going via the Allen Line having pur-
chesed a ticket from A. 0. Pattison.
In the event of no unforseen circum-
stance arising, there is not a town in
the west with a better prospect than
Clinton. Some people must be car-
rying a very guilty conscience around
with them—we mean those who
have not yet paid their subscriptions
to the NEw ERA,, We regret to
earn t ' at Mr John Snell, bailiff of
the Diyision court, Wingham, and
brother-in-law of the MessrsJackson,
Clinton, is confined to his bed with
no hopes entertained of his ultimate
recovery. He is suffering from can-
cer on some of the internal parts. Mr
T. Cr Doherty sold a large-Boudpur
Organ—one of the best of the com-
pany's make—t4 Mr W.Wise, of God-
erich Township, on Wednesday. Mr
T. Graham, of Inglewood, (cousin of
T. H. Graham, of Clinton Woollen'
Mills) has been engaged RS a sales-
man in the store of Messrs.Pay & Co.
H. Hale, Esq., who has been away for
some time, returned to town yester-
day. A couple of corrections in the
last letter of "Protestant," and a reply
from our Kippen correspondent both
in type, aro unavoidably carried oyer
till next week.
' C
Loca>} Briefs,
Council meets neat Monday even-
ing.
Dr. Dowsley has improved his pro-
perty by the erection of a neat
fence.
Mr C. C. Rance and wife returned
from their wedding tour on- Tuesday
evening.
The Hallowe'en pranks of the boys
were on a much less scale than
hitherto this year.
The Judge has allowed Mrs. Cor-
bett her costs in the recent suit of
Graham vs. Corbett.
Mr Oliver Johnson so.d a small
driving pony to Mr Chase of Exeter,
for the sum of $80.
Mr W. Dodsworth, of G. T., left us
a field turnip last week which
weighed over nine pounds.
Mrs Carter, who recently sold her
property on the Huron road, Goderich
Townahip,has rented ahouse in town.
A Home Circle Literary Society
has been formed in connection with
the Rattenbury Street Methodist
Church.
The mother of Mr John Bean has
been laid low with a paralytic stroke
but we are pleased to say is recover-
ing therefrom.
Mr Tam Ford, formerly an em-
ployee in the Organ Factory here,
left on Wednesday to take a situation
in Woodstock.
Mr John Pinning has bought a
lot from Mr Lyons, on Isaac Street.
and is erecting a house thereon for
his own occupation.
Mr George Glasgow, finding his
present premises too small, has rented
the store immediately next to the
Dry Goods Palace.
The United Workmen of Clinton,
went to Blyth, on Sunday lasr where
Rev. J F. Parke preached a sermon
to the members of the order,
Mr John Boles continues very low,
but hopes are still entertained of his
recovery. Mr John McGarva is also
very weak, but is progressing.
Mr W. R. Lough has removed to
Mr Perrin's nets nouse on Ontario St.
and Mr Geo. A. Sherman has rented
the house vacated by Mr Lough,
The libel suit of John Brown re-
cently instituted against the Gode-
rich Signal, for $10,000, has been
withdrawn, as everybody expected it
would be.
Mr Stephenson, of Stanley, has
rented one of Mr Bowers' houses, on
Huron Street. Mr Scruton renting
the house belonging to the late J.
Dempsey.
ACCIDENT.—Mrs Pode, an aged
person, accidentally fell down her
cellar, on Tuesday, and hurt herself
pretty badly, although no bones were
broken.
Mr Samuel MdLeau, formerly of
Hullet, but for some years a resident
in the Londesboro settlement, Mani-
toba, passed through town on Wed-
nesday, au his way to visit friends in
Huilett.
Mr. E.Doherty, of Galt (formerly of
Clinton) who is about leaving that
place to go into business for himself
at Hamilton, was the recipient of a
silver tga service from some of his
friends last week.
FOOTBALL..—A football match was
played on . Tuesday, on the High
School grounds, between the Junor
Town Team and the Junior High
School Team, resulting in the defeat
of the latter by 2 to 1.
At the Grand Forks, Dak., Central
Show held a few days since, Pride
of Huron, a stallion taken out there
about a year ago by Mr Robert West -
con, took the premium over all
others. Mr Westcott. is expected
home in the course of a few weeks.
The erection of the addition to the
freight shed is being proceeded with,
but to the east of the present build-
ing, thus blocking up the street which
passes across the track there;- an in-
junction is being applied for to pre-
vent, the work being completed.
The Chicago Times has been to a
syndicate for the sum os $1,200,000.
One half this amount stands for the
material part—machinery and type,of
the property, the other half for the
good -will. [The NEW ERA is not
worth quite as much as ,that.'
IN REVERSE RATIO.—The art of
paper -making has reached a point
where a growing tree may be cut
down, made into paper and turned
out a newspaper in 36 hours,—Ex-
change. [Quite likely, but the art of
paying for a newspaper runs to the
other extreme for instead ot being
done in the shortest possible time,the
longest allowable is taken.
Lu eat Church Chimes.
Rev. John Gray being still unable
to take his work on Sunday, Mr Pick-
ard, of Holmesville, took his Base
line appointment, and Mr James
'Young the service in town.
Rev. John E. Williams, pastor
of Plymouth Methodist Church, Buf-
falo, and brother of Dr. Williams,
Clinton, has been elected a delegate
to the General Conference of the M.
E. Church, being second on the first
ballot.
St Paul's Church will be re -opened
for service on Sunday next; it bas not
yet been decided who will officiate.
The committee which has bad -charge -
of the improvements has been inde-
fatigable in its labors, and the Rev.
Mr Craig, as one member thereof, is
entitled to considerable credit tor the
work he has done in connection
therewith.
Rev. J. S. Fisher, of Holmesville,
will conduct the quarterly services of
Ontario Street Methodist Church on
Sunday next, and Rev. Mr Sperling
will conduct similar services at
Holmesville, Rev. Mr L•vine, of
of Nile Circuit, will assist in the
quarterly services of Rattenbury
Street Church, on Sunday next.
At the annual meeting of the Trus-
tee Board of' the Ontario street Metho-
dist church, on Wednesday evening,
Messrs Thomas Gibbings and A. H.
Manning were appointed pew stew-
ards, and Messrs Wm. Tiplady, James
Werry and Enos Hull, collection stew•
ards. A new set of ushers, consisting
of Messrs Werry, James Angus, Thos.
Holloway and George Robinson were
appointed.
We will send the New Era
to now subscribers from now
to the end of 1888, for $1.11()
ea.sb.
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We are Keeping Abreast of the Times.
AnotllerCase DRESS GOODS just to hand
too
CHEAP BLANKETS,
CHEAP. DRESS GOODS,
CHEAP HOSIERY,
CHEAP GLOVES,
MENS CHEAP UNDERWEAR.
A GRAND ASSORTMENT OF
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A First -Class Mantle Maker employed.—
Fit Guaranteed.
.LOW PRICED SHAWLS,
LOW PRICED C)'COATS,
LOW P31IC)ED CAPS,
LOW PRICED HATS.
GREY FLANNELS, WHITE FLANNELS,
FLANNEL SHEETING. Don't miss
the Cheap Goods at
GEO E PAY & CO.
THE DRY GOODS EMPORIUM OFLCLINTON
'5.
We do the largest
trade in OVERCOATS
in the Countyl
C.C.RANCE & CO,
THE HUB CLOTHIERS.
A FINE SELECTION OF
Canadian and l rnlorted Goods
Always in Stock.
C. C. RANCE & CO.,
''.T HE WYE CLOTHIERS, CLINTON
Because we make all
our own goods, and
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our prices are lower
than the ready made
trash.
JACKSON BROS.,