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T, ,e uron News-'eQorc
We llnesda',Angu$t Ord, 11887
THE WEEK'S DOINGS.
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—Sir John Macdonald has pro-
mised to attend Father McKeon's
picnic at Bothwell, •`on Sept. 1.
—Au American Consul in Prince
Edward Island actually admits that
some" American; fishermen wore
caught brea1 ing the laws.
—A large number of members of
the British Rouse otCotnmons have
signed the memorial in favor of a
Pacific mail subsidy. Sir Charles
Tupper has interviewed Mr. Gos-
chen on the subject.
—The total vane of the exports of
the Dominion for the fiscal year
ending June 30th exclusive of
British Colombia, was $86,507,709,
about four millions more than the
reports of the preceding year.
Acording to the Algoma Gossip
a young man of Bidwell township
named Shaw ' undertook to elope
with a fourteen -year-old daughter
of _Mr. Thomas Marshall, and re-
ceived a load of buckshot in his
arm from the indignant father.
—Brussels Post :—John Robert-
son, 14th con., Grey, has a Scotch
thistle growing in his garden that
measures six feet eleven inches in
height. If anyone osn beat this he
would like to hear from them.
—A Victoria, 13. C. , despatch
states that the Grand Trunk Rail-
way will apply to the British Col
umbia Legisleture at itsnext session
for a farnchise for a railway through
Yollowhead Pass and Chilcoutin
count -my, via Bute Inlet, to Esqui-
malt.
—Tho Walkerton Telescope un-
derstands that it is contemplated by
the Local Government to reduce
the grants to High Schools by about
15 per cent. This would make a
serious inroad in the finances of the
High School Boards throughout the
province.
—Murdock McKinnon, of lot 14,
Prince Edward Island, is 85„years
,of ago, and was missed frons the
family pew in St. Patrick's church,
Grand River, on Sunday, June 12th,
for the first time during regular
service in 76 years. He ,was laid
up with a sprained ankle.
—Mr. Caven and some other
Stratfoi•ditos went out in a boat to
gather pon,d lilies, and the boat
upset, precipitating' -the occupants
int9-4h ' 'ater. 'Assistance arriving
�► ill time no lives were lost. Mr. Caven
finds it nbout`as dangerous to tackle
water as swamp whisky.
—Messrs, Hess Pros , of Listowel,
have secured au order from the
Canna iarl Pacific railway Company
to furnish the immense summer hotel
tvhioli the Company is building at
Banff Springs in the Rocky Moun-
tains. The ordor covers the furni-
ture for the entire building, amounts
to ,6,500, and will probably reach
$8,000. -
• -=Last Stilihiy-night the windows
of the Chronicle office wore
broken for the thifd time: • .The
scoundrels who aro doing these
things are pretty well known and
will land eveutully--•in either• the
Central Prison or Penitentiary.
These things must end sooner or
later, and we don't care- hoe soon
—Durham -Chrouicle.
'—The barns and outbuildings of
Mr. Jas. 'Roger, of Fullarton, were
burned by lightning the other morn-
ing.. Thirty -loads of hay were con-
sunred.nt the s'anre time. The loss is
heavy and only partly covered by in-
surance. Mr. John Brooks had a
new separator which he had just.
purchased for $425 sto`red in the
barn and consumed at lho same
time.
.p._ may. • "?
little ;daughter of lipra _.e
Harvey, living at 1111 Ewereld
street 11pu0, 4441114,U, is likely to
be completely blinded as the result
of a blow from a stone' thrown by a
neighbor's boy. The sight of one
oye is eotnptetely lost, and if a cat-
aract forms in the injured aye- the
sight of the other will be lost also•
—A terrible accident Imparted in
the Township of Ekfrid, County
Elgin. A young fellow named
James McLean was riding a Noise
home from the harvest field ou a
gallop, when he Lost the insufficient
bold he had of the ,halter and fell
off, the hip -strap became wouud
round his ankle and he was dragged
about a quarter of a mile. His scalp
was torn completely off and his face
and shoulders fearfully mangled.
He was dead when take up.
—Annapolis Royal, N.' S., the
oldest town in British America, is
greatly, excited over the discover
of a large quantity of scrip and coin.
Tho find was made in an old cellar
dug by the French. There was
over $2,000 worth of continental
scrip, dated 1660, and the• coins
were either German or Russian.
Tho gold was underneath a huuso
owned by ex -Sheriff Bonnett, who
is an octogenarian. The property
has been in his and his father's
family over a century.
—Near Harriston the other day
as men were working in Chas.
French's hay field, they came across
a large wasp's neat, and thought the
best way to got rid of the pests was
to barn them out. Tho nest burnt
and so did about ten acres of hay.
The fire from the burning nest caught
the stubble, and a high wind carried
it across the field like a racehorse.
In spite of all efforts the whole field
was consumed in,,,atl incredible short
time.
—A most deliberated and iaboli-
cal and devilish _attempt was made
to destroy Detective McAuliffe with
dynamite on Monday morning last,
near the Royal Hotel, Whitby. The
detective tees standing there with
some other 'public officers when
someone dropped the inurdaous ex-
plosive frons n window above and it
wont Olt' right • beside the detective.
A number of indictments aro to be
turned loose upon the perpetrators
of the deadly act. This is the third
tiruo this dynamiting act has doon
played upon detective McAuliffe.
—Brakeman Richard Johnston
met with a bad accident at Kincar-
dine the other evening, just -aa his
day's wet* .,was `nearly finished:
-whilst loosing the brake of the
baggage car in the yard at Kincar-
dine, preparatory to making.a run
for reversing the train, the brake
broke, and the suddeu release of it
throw Johnson betwen the cars.
The.staff of the broken brake caught
him and dragged hitn along .the
ground, bruising his, back in a ter-
rible mauner, and breaking two of
his ribs.
—While R. Scott, 'of Harriston,
was standing in his door watching a
thunder storm, a bright forked flash
of lightning came down apparently
at his feet and shot along tlio ground
into a field adjoining. tiro house,
striking a large cock of hay, which
instantly burst into flames. Mr.
„Scott ran clown with a fork to put
the fire out, but upon plunging the
fork into the pilo ho found it al
ashes the hay flaying been burnt in
instant. Fortunately a heavy rain
began to fall otherwise the fire
would undoubtedly have been car-
ried to the barn.
—Mrs. Haynes, the wife Of a
farmer living near Simcoc, met with
a -terrible. fate tho other day. Her
house caught fire from a'defective
cooking stove, and while she was at-
tempting to quench the flames her
dress caught fire, and in a moment
sho was all in a blaze. The screams
of the nnfortunatc wonrau attracted
tho notice of some nton working
near by, but by the time they arriv-
cd the house was so completely wrap-
ped in flumes that it was impossible
for ureal to eater, and they had to
stand without being able to offer
guy assistance and see the unfortun-
ate woman writhe in agony for five
minutes or more before death reliev-
ed her from hor sufferings. They
d scribed the sight as tho most hor-
s iblii they- ever witnessed, and state
that the dying screams of IIrs.
Haynes were most heartrending.
They can assign no reason for hor
not attempting to escape, as she was
standing, but a few fent from the
kitchen door, which was • open.
AfterThe house had been burnt to
the ground tho charred remains of
the woman wore found, not a piece
of flesh being left on the bones.
The deceased was forty-six years of
age, and leaves one child about
seven years of age alone in the
world. The child was playing in
the barnyard at the time.
—•1110 case of the Gloucester fish-
ing schooner, Annie \V. Hodgson,
seized' 1 1st week, at Sholbonruo, N.
S., i.' sintil,+r to most of last year's
seizures for customs violations, The
vessel, which had heel'
Only (1et:tined, awaiting orders from
Ott A',7,1, has since , been formally
i01.7.:d on 0 dji ig!Lof• violating. Can
ads tn eitstoIu laws, and a line of
1i)9'iutposed.
---Mr, John Mather, of Uttaws,
is :yid to have been engaged to pre-
pare plans for a mammoth flour
mill, to be erected by Sir I), A.
Smith, Sir Goo. Stephen, Mr. Allan.
Gilmour, of Ottawa, and other capi•
talisfk, of the Lake of the Woods,
east of Winnipeg. Its capacity will
equal that of the largest mill at
Minneapolis. The company aro
seuding an expert to Hungary to
study the 1lungarian process.
—A bear paid a visit to the
creamers of Mr. Walker, of lot 22,_
colt. 13, keppell, which were placed
• in a spring at the foot of a rock.
IIs opened ono and helped himself
to the cream by putting in his paw,
and being surprised by Mr. Wal-
ker's sou in the act, seized the other
creamer in his tooth to make off
with it ; but the weight of tlio
creamer caused it to break, and his
bearship found that after carrying it
to the top of the rock he had noth-
ing loft in his month but the cover
and top of the reamer. Ho felt so
mad at not securing tiro create that
he smashed and tore the cover with
his teeth.
---I�Rlliau; .cott>l,ty, Va.,,.aa excited
over the tllleged facia, that .niter a
white 1iaudkerchief, Which has been
folded four thick and laid ;over t,bo
face of a dead woman, had been re-
moved, there were four distinct pic-
tures of the woman, about the size
of a 25 cent piece, plainly printed
on the cloth. Spirits of camphor
had been applied to the "face before
the handkerchief was laid on it.
—A West Nisseeri farmer had
given permission to two young men
from St Mary's to pull the cheerios'
from certain trees, and as those were
affected with black -knot, to cut
them down and thus snake the.pull,
ing easier and more complete.' Ile
had not told his daugther, however,
and she seeing the mon taking such
liberties with the trees, rushed out
with a heavy whip and belabored
one of them very seriously before
she would listen to explanations.
—John Vanderfc.rd, a negro, who
a few weeks ago assaulted a white
girl years old, was arrested the other
day by the police of Fulton, Ky.
A mob attempted tb take him from
the police, but plot resistance. The
uegrc, acknowledged the crime, and
said he was ready and willing to die
at any time. When the mob wont
to the town prison again they pulled
him to the nearest tree and hanged
him. He was then shot above the
right eye. He made no attempt to
resist, and when the rope was tied
around his neck he helped to pull
himself up.
—Charles Bessiuger, a German, liv-
ing at West Toledo, was fatally shot
by Mrs Helen Lamb at 3 o'clock
in the morning. Mrs. Lamb was
awakened by some one trying to got
into her bedroom, and discovered a
Ulan standing on the window sill and
attempting to lower the sash. She
was badly frightened, but recovered
her presence of mind, sectircd!herre
velvet. and fired. The luau full to
the. ground, shot through the heart.
Several pret;ious attemptshave been
made to enter Mrs. Lamb's house, and
she had purchased a revolver only a
week before, as she is a poor widow
and lives alone. Bessiuger evident-
ly intended to assult her. Citizens
are talking of raising a purse iu token
of the woman's bravery
—A recent dispatch from St.
Paul Minn. says :—About 10
o'clock last night a breeze sprang
up from the from the south, and
with it came couutlessmillions of
.1s g3; iirli'ich swarmed around every
Light. often becoming so thick
around the street lamps as to
almost -ol seuro the light. Around
the electric light masts they seemed
to congregate in greater numbers
than elsewhere, and in the vicinity
of Bridge square, $even Corners
and at the Park, at the head of
Third street, the streets were liter-
ally covered with the pests. Along
the Wabash street aide of the Sec-
ond National Bank the sidewalk
was covered to the depth of over a
foot. Around the • market house
the sidewalk was covered with
them. The1llerchants' IIotel re=
ceived` a liberal share of the bugs,
the steps, leading to the veranda
being completely hid from sight,
and it is estimated.. that more than
a wagon load of the bugs could_
have been taken from the front of
the building.. Rico Pai•k was a
;tsigh't. -The trees near elec-
tric lights were covered with bugs,
giving the trees the appearance of
being moving masses of life, while
the electric light wires wee strung
With the insects. • At two o'clock
this morning the -streets "in the
vicinity of Bridge square, -which
had been.eleanod, were again cover-
ed with them, and they coltiaued
to come. . -
AN OLD Y' AVORITE.
An old favorite, that has been popu-
lar with the people for nearly 30
years, is Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild
Strawherry for all varieties of sum-
mer complaints of children and
adults. It seldom or ever fails to
cure cholera morbus, diarrhoea and
dysentery. 456 21
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—Milledgeville, Go., has a negro
turning white.
—A Kansas roan measures seven
foot throe and a half inches in
height.
—Workmen digging on North
Clark street, Chicago tho other day
found a silver coin imbedded in the
sand and clay about twenty feet be-
low the surface of tho street. It is
an Austrian piece, worth abort ono
dollar, and bears the imago and
superscription of the Archduchess
Marie Theresa. It was eoiucd in
the year 1780, the year of her death.
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---On Saturday afternooo tele-
vent beim; indisposed, Mica 'Taylor,
of Toronto, undertook the cooking
and used a gas stavefor the purpose.
In leaning too far over the stove at
one time her clothing ignited and in
a moment she was a mese of---tlametl,
Aer screams brought a friend.and in
time brief tie medical assistance, but
the fire had time to do its fatal work,
and the youpg lady succumbed to her
injuries next morning after having
suffered an interval of great agony.
The victim was 28 years of age.
DR. Low's PLEASANT WORN SYRUP
is a safe and reliable worm remedy
for all worms afflicting children or
adults 456-4t
. —A nail company in Ohio has
offered to build in London a factory,
etnploy 200 hands and expend $300
'daily in wages, provided they get
free water, exempt iou from taxes for
twenty years and $10,000 bonus.
—Mr hrockie, of Lucknow, when
driving a toast near Wingtam the
horses became frightened at the G.
T. R. crossing and ran away. Mr.
l3rockio hadtworibs-itn,d one -.arm. -
broken by the mishap.
BARicWErr.'s SURE CORN CURE.—This
preparation has proved, an unfailing'
remedy for the immediate relief and
permanent cure of that common but
listressing ailment know as Corns,
also Bunions and Warts. This com-
pound not only removes the Corn,
but protects the surface, thus
enabling it to bear any reasonable
amount of pressure. pttJ"llead very
caretully a few of the many hun-
dreds of tesimoniala received for
this excellent preparation. Tell your
friends about it, and be sure you get
the genuine. 456-21
—The locusts aro said to be mak•
ing sad havoc around Perham, Minn.
Tho prairies are described as fairly
alive with then. "On every clear
day when the wind is strong," writes
a correspondent, "millions of them
can be see high in the air, going as
the wind carries them. The crops
at Perham are a dead loss. Ten
thousand acres can already be count•
ed as destroyed. Vegetation in
places is devoured to the root."
ADvtea To MoTnmaa —Are you die-
turbed at night and broken of your rest
by a sick child suffering and crying with
pale of Catling Teeth? If so send at
once and get a bottle of -Mfrs Winslow's
Soothing Syrup” for Children Teething.
Its value is incalculable. It will rel teve
the poor little sufferer immediately. De-
pend upon it, mothers; there is no mis–
take about it. It cures Dysentery and
Diarrhoea, regulates the Stomach and
Bowels, cures Wind Colic, softens the
Gums, reduces 1ntiammation, and gives
tone area energy to the whole system.
"Mrs Winslow's Soothing syrup'' for
children teething is pleasant to the taste
and is the prescription of one of the oldest
and best female physicians and nurses in
the United States, and is for sale by all
druggists throughout the world. Price
25c. abottle. Be'sare and ask for "Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and take no
Other kind, 4431y
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—Soiree fools removed the nuls
from the buggy wheels of one of the
guests invited to a wedding at Mild-
may, County Bruce, the other day.
The result was that a woman had a
severe fall, and gave birth to a still-
born child shortly afterwards.
DESC 11I MI ON.
Pleasing, soothing, healing, reliev•
ing, curing is the description of Nasal
Balm, which is receiving a national
reputatiom as is cure for Catarrh,
Cold in the head, Hay hover, etc.
FREEMAN'S WORM POWDERS are safe,
sure and speedy to remove worms
from chidlren or adults. , 456 41
—With.the crop harvest in good
condition, and the yield in keeping
with present indications, Manitoba
farmers will have in the neighbor-
hood of 9,000,000 bushels of wheat
for export this fall.
PROMPT RESULTS.
"1 was very Sick with bowel com-
plaint. Two physicians did me no
good. I tried other medicines but
all was no use until I tried Dr. Fow-
ler's Extract of Wild Strawberry.
The next day I was like a different
man" Geo. iI. Peacock,, of Stroud,
Ont. 456.9t
--An Indiana girl who had been
jilted •bit oft the thumb of her faith-
less lover, She wanted to secure as
much of his hand as possible.
ALWAYS imecinee—A good cathar-
tic medicine. National Pills will. not
disappoint you. 457.41
—Tho daughter of George \V.'
Clark, of Newport, Ind., is 5 years
and' 3 • mouths old. • She Weighs
10:5' pounds, and measures three
feet around the waist.
IiEE-B . Yl1IIB•-J1OUtSPn £tUARDED
Keep your house guarded against
sudden 'attaacks of colic, cramps,
diarrhma, dysentery and cholera in-
fantumr They are, liable to come
when least expected. The safest,
best and most reliable remedy is Dr.
Fowler's Extract of -Wild Strawberry.
,, 456-21
—A deacon of Seymour, Ind.,
liar been expelled from the church
for -doclaring his belief that the
worlds is $1,000,000 years old and
that itis likely to stand for another`
million before the judgment day
conr08.
A BIG STitIKE..
A big strike was make' when Powell
& Davis issued their Extract . of arsap-
arilla and Burdock, It has met with
great success, and it must, for it is the
most powerful blood purifier in the mar-
ket. It is used with the greatest success.
in all diseases arising from a debilitated
condition of the system, and everyone
-need-sot-ad should--use-alrattle or two ret
this season of the year, of Powell's Ex-
tract of Sarsaparilla and Burdock. Bear
in mind one 50c. bottle contains more
solid medicine than most dollar so-called
Sarsai;arilla and bitters. Also remember
that it is sold in Clinton by all druggists,
price 50c. a bottle. Sold by all drug-
gists and medicine dealers everywhere.
443I1y
•—Twenty-eight unmarried tom-
e- reside in Garfield county, Cplo, ;
also 1,000 unmarried wren. All
the men can't got a wife from
among the twenty -Dight, and itpro
bably puzzles tho women to make a
choice from among tho 1,000 men.
PRAISEWORTHY.
"Last summer I was entirely laid
up with liver complaint, a friend
advised me to use Burdock Blood
Bitiers, :I did so, and four bottles
cured me. I cannot praise Ibis
remedy too much." 'John il, Rivers,
Orr Lake, Ont. 456-2t
Ex Steamship "Corona" from Antwerp.
:CONTR.,P„CTO1/S :--�-
and those BUILDING will find this enj opportunity to get supplied to
advantage.W Ai@o
Linseed Oils, Faints, cee., de.,'at Low Figures
TO CLOSE OUT SWAFFIELO'S STOCK.
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aceyiron and Hardware Merchant,
CT . 1`1"TON%
June„ 1887.
—A beer which visited the house
of Mr, Mex Ileuutng, of Eupbrasia,
Grey county, a timber of times and
foraged on the milk dishes to get
cream for his berries, was shot re-
cently by Mr. Ilenning and a num-
ber of his neighbors.
Cures Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Indigestion, Biliousness,
Dyspepsia, Jaundice, Affections of the Liver and Kidneys,
Pimples, .Blotches, Boils, Humors, Salt Rheum„ Scrofula,
Erysipelas, and all diseases arising from Impure Bloody
Deranged Stomach, or irregular action of the Bowels.
ADVERTISERS -
can learn the exact cost
of any proposed line of
advertising in American
papers by addressing
Geo. P. Rowell & Co.,
Newspaper Advertising Bureau.
10 Spruce St.. New York.
Send IOote. for 100 -Page Pamphlet.
NEW DRUG STORE.
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The undersigned has.jast opened a new Drug Store, in JACKSON'S
NEW BLOCK, on HURON STREET, two doors west of the City
Book .,Store, where will be found a completeassortment of Cure
Drags and Chemicals, also Patent Medicines and
Druggists' Sundries—all that the public may ask for in those
lines.
Cflntwt,13111Janwtry iggg• A. WORTHINGTON.
1'. S.—Office changed from resitienco to store •
P" TT & 1•1" i 1- T =—
NEW STOCK ! NEW STORE ! .
ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, - CLINTON.
JOSEPH CHIDLEY, Dealer in Furniture.
Call at the New Store and seethe stock of
Bedroom and Parlor Sets, Lounges, Sideboards, Chairs, Springs,
Mattresses, etc., and general Household Furniture. The whole Stock is frotn the very
Best manufacturers. Picture Frames and Mouldings of every description.
JUS. CUIDLEY, one door West of Dickson's Book Store.
Buy Your-ROCERIES
—FROM—
THOS. ---COOPER----&----SON.
The largest, cleanest and best assorted stock of
GROCERJES, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE,
etc., in town. 6 Our Prices are as LOW as the Lowest, and we warrant
everything first class.
Sok agents for the Celebrated "Cooper's Baking Powder."
Best Brands of CIGARS by the Box or Thousand at Manfrs, Prices
TEAS A SPECIALTY.
THOS. COOPER & SON,
Corder store in Searle's Block, Clinton.
Give us
a call,
I-ICMS-EKE-EP ERS;----
AUT Toult
General Groceries, Crockery & Glassware,
FRO11
0..�:.1\TT EOEO - JB .OS.
WIiOLESALIe AND RETAIL GROCERS.
Tho wants of every family supplied. Stock always fresh. SPECIAL INDUCE-
MENTS when quantities are ordered.
Ra' A HANDSOME PRESENT' IVFiN:AWAY with every 3 or 5 lbs. of Tea.
tic.Farm Produce taken at Highest Price.
LESLIE'S CARRIAGE 8c WAGON FACTORY
CZ,IINTON_
In Stock, a Number of' Cutters, Sleighs, Buggies and Wagons,
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The
0The Material wo ma ntfacture:is of the best quality and the Iron work unsurpassed
In fact wo make it an important feature of our business to use only It t hest pro-
curable material and the best workmanship. Those in need of CUTTERS
and SLEIGHS, of the latest makes and styles, should nee fail to
call and see 05,
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ALL WORK WARRANTED.
t Repairing and ReDaintina Promptly Attended to,
FACTORY on corner of ;Huron° and Orange Streets, CLINTON