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FRIDAY, APRIL 20,1888
LOCAL NOTICES. _
sloe BUSHELS OF SEED POTATOES FOIL
*reale. T. WATSON, Huron Street Feed
Store, Clinton.
MONEY TO LOAN, at 6 per cent, interest
payable yearly. Charges moderate. CHAS.
A• HARTTT Clinton. �1
Full Stock of Cut Nails, -Best
gal. and over. - 111. VACEY.
WOOD WANTED — Any quantity, in ex-
change for goods,. at the Clinton Woollen
Mills. JOHN SCOTT, leasee.
Big Bargains in Spring Boots and Shoes,
Mens Hand -Sewed, Calf, Porpoise and Cor -
doyen, very cheap. at J. TWIprCHELL'S.
.Car Fencing. Wire, all.kinds,
Binding
RACEY, Clinton.cord,
lastine. R.
MISS MURRAY begs to announce to her
music pupils that she has returned to Clin-
ton and is prepared to resume her course of
instruction with them, p
f.
�'TEW LOT OF RATTAN FURNITURE,
:.'r Cradles, Rockers, children's High and
Low chairs; also Extension Tables, Wood
Seat Chairs and Rockers, at STEVENSON'S
Furniture Store Clinton.
Coal 01115c liar gal 12:1. two
DR.
NOTICE.
I$GRotOEFUL FROnelen l6S.•.-Oq
friday night seat a crowd of youths,
preeumabiy instigated by older heads,
went to the residence of a citizens and
pelted it with eggs and atQned, break-
ing in one of the windo s,audisk-
tiriaug the building p dly
such a thing is allowed to go unpuu-
isbed,it will be a disgrace to the town.
No matter what opinione{niay be he'd
concerning certain affairs of recent
occurence, a retaliatory action of this
kind is not justifiable, and it is the
duty of the authorities to take steps
to find out the guilty parties and
have them punished. [The statement
of the News -Record that the occupant
of the house was bit by the missies, is
untrue, as be was away from home at
the time.]
RoADW0RB.--The system of doing
statute labor, in some parts of the
county at least, is not one that is al •
ways accompanied with the best re-
sults. Take, for instance, that part
of the Huron road between this town
and the 14th con. of Goderich town-
ship In many places the road has
no bottom, and just at this season of
the year, when a good road bed is
needed, "it ain't thar." We do not
blame the patbmasters for this, but
some method should be adopted that
would give better results. There has
been considerable money spent there
from time to time, and had broken
stone been used, in the years that
small gravel has, there might now be
APPLETON liar return- a firm (bed.
ell and resumed the practice
of his profession.
Clinton, April 14th, 1888.
Zown 1opi L.
RUMORED DEATH,—It is rumored
that Mr Wesley Glazier, who recently
left the Organ Factory in ill health,
suffering from blood poisoning bas
since died. We have tried to obtain
corroboration or contradiction of the
rumor, but have been unable to learn
anything authentic, and, therefore,
give it just as we have it.
TIrOROBRED STOCK SOLD,—Mr II,
Plumsteel bas sold to Mr J. G. Medd,
of I3ullett, a thorobred cow and calf,
and also a young bull, for about $300;
he also sold another young bull to
Messrs Gibbings, of the Huron road,
for $100. All these animals are good
stock, and the purchasers will no
doubt find their investment profitable,
NASTY FALL.—Oa Saturday even-
ing while Mrs T. Moon and her
mother were walking along the side
of Dickson's Book Store, the former
stewped.on a loose board, which flew
up and tripped her mother, causing
her to fall heavily on her face. It
would be as well for the Street Com-
mittee to send a man around town
right off and nail down the loose
planks most dangerous to pedestrians.
LEAVING. — Mr Thos. Stanbury,
one of the oldest residents of the town,
and. who has now three sons residing
in Detroit, will remove the remainder
of his family to that city in a couple
of weeks. Although fortune has -not
smiled upon Mr Stanbury during his
long residence here, he has always
tried to advance the interest of the
town, and leaves many friends, who
will be glad to learn of his greatei.
success in the city of the Straits.
CUSTOMS CHANGE.—Mr T. Arm-
atrong,Customs Collector at this place,
has been promoted to a position in
the Toronto Customs House, and will
leave therefor as soon as his, successor,
Mr J. Irwin, arrives bele. While we
congratulate Mr. Armstrong on his
promotion, we regret his removal, he
having shown himself courteous, af-
fable and obliging to the fullest ex-
tent. There have been, for some
time, several local aspirants for Mr
Armstrong's official shoes, but tbe
government evidently find it hard
enough to get positions for all its ap-
pointees, without making new ones.
EXPLANATION.—In. our last isene
appeared a communication apparent-
ly setting right an item that had ap-
peared the week before, concerning a
circumstance that took place in the
Hullett Separate School. The author
of the first item assures us that, in
substance it was absolutely correct,
. but. the closing sentence that " the
unruly scholar had been. scolded by
:, his parents," was added by. oursp�,ves
to make the item read: easier. In
other,;respects, we are assured, the
item'alk perfectly correct, and the
correspondent in question not only
thinks the letter of last week was un-
called for but also incorrect.
THE TOWN THAT LEADS.—The
Wingbam Advance complains that at
night time that town is in absolute
darkness, ane it calls upon the coun-
cil to light up what the Advance
claims is the "leading town in Hu-
ron." Pshaw ! talk about Wingham
being the leading town, and its own
council haven't enough enterprise to
illuminate it after dark. Just come
down to Clinton, Mr Advance. where
you will realize, without being told,
that you are in the smartest town in
the county ; on whose streets the busy
multitude hurry hither and thither,
and where the.brilliant electric glare
of the kerosene light casts not a sha-
dow. 'Tis the hub, sir; the centre
of gravity, and the— [Just at this
point the pencil broke, and the rest
of this eloquence was lost.]
GIVE EVERY MAN HIS DUE. --We
are not in the habit of shielding
wrong -doers, or palliating:what may
have the appearance of being impro-
per acts, but we think that every man
is entitled to credit,who tries to make
amendment for anything of this kind,
The name of Rev B. B. Keefer has
been associated with certain specula-
tions that resulted in financial loses,
and be has come in fora good deal of
unfavorable comment thereby, but
when we state that this gentleman
has already paid off nearly $6000 of
liabilities,we think that he will stand
in a better light. A man who meets
with very heavy reverses cannot re-
cover himself in a day, and the fact
of his doing what. he can should en-
title him to some cousideration at
least,
SCOTT ACT CASES.—The Police
Magistrate, Inspectors Paisley and
Sprague, and Mr James Scott, bar-
rister, have been pretty busy during
the past few days, with Scott Act
cases. Last Thursday, in Wingham,
the Police Magistrate made four $50
convictions and one dismissal. In
Exeter, on Friday, he made six $50
convictions (a couple of the cases
being hotels out of Exeter). In Clin-
ton, on Monday, six $50 convictions
were made, and one $]00. In all the
cases tried here, except that of Mr
W. Fisher, the parties concerned
plead guilty, and a conviction was
also secured in the case defended.
Several cases were tried at Brussels,
on Tuesday, but all were adjovrned.
TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES. — The
Ontario Educational Department has
issued the following notice regarding
examination for teacher's certificates:
Third-class examinations will be held
from the 3rd to the 8th ofJuly; second
class, from the 3rd to the 10th, and
first-class, grade " C," from the 10th
to the 18th of the same month. The
examinations for the 3rd and 2nd
class certificates,will be held in the
high schools and collegiate institutes
throughout the Province. Candidates
for grade "A" or "B" will he examin-
ed at the Toronto University, and
candidates for grade "C" at Guelph,
Hamilton, Kingston, London, Ottawa
and Toronto. Candidates must notify
authoriries of their intention in writ-
ing not later than the 24th of May.
STOCK NOTES.—Mr W. J. Biggins,
of Elmhurst Farm, has sold the fol-
lowing Short Horne this spring :—
Mr Hugh Thomson, importer and
breeder of Shorthorn cattle, of St.
Mary's, purchased Baron Roseberry,a
good calf that took first prize, both
at the North Western Exhibition and
also at the Central in Clinton. His
dam, Matchless, of Elmhurst 6th, bas
taken the first prize for three years in
succession, both in her class and also
for the beet animal of any age or
breed, and in the first prize herd last
fall, in Clinton, also at the North
Western Exhibition in Goderich she
took the" first prize in her class, and
diploma for the best Shorthorn female
of any age. The same buyer also
purchased Baron Ingleby, dam
Matchless, ofElmhuret 8th, etc. Mr
James Young,of Roasburn Manitoba,
purchased the 2 -yr old Field Marshal,
a first prize winner last spring at the
South Huron show, in Brucefield, and
also first prize at the Clinton spring
show. His dam was Matchless of
Elmhurst 3rd,g dam, Matchless 19th,
sired by Imported Statesman 1;32607)
and from Imported Matchless lath,
etc., bred by Amos Cruickshank,
Sittyton, Aberdeen, Scotland,
00.44, 11 Bowl': B140.4j2i. -.- The
Other ntglitrw tie * Qrowsl were etuud
lug outside the barracks,,dlfred.
e Army
Barge w,ae ekloved against a tree and
had bis collar bone :rQken.
HEAvy Oxarr.--Last week a yoke
of o4en owned by Mr James Fair,
were weighed and turned the scales
at 5000 lbs., the heaviest yoke ever
weighed on the scales. Mr Fair has
aoid them, but bas yet a m lath to
feed them.
TOUGH ORTHOGRAPHY. --In a vil-
lage not a hundred miles from Clin-
ton, an information was recently
laid before a local Justice of the
Peace, charging a certain individual
with forcing an entrance into a house,
and the summons issued by the Jus-
tice of the Peace contained this choice
specimen of English orthography,
"• You came boltly and broak obent
my house Door and brook the tok."
A abort term at a spelliog school
would not do ,this gentleman any
harm.
THE TowN HALL.—If the mem-
bers of the town council bad been at
the town hall, en Sunday evening,
they would soon have concluded that
some additional accommodation was
necessary in the shape of hall room.
The doors had not been open ten
minutes until the room was packed
full, and hundreds had to go away,
being unable oto gain admittance. It•
would not be much trouble to secure
an • estimate of the probable cost of
enlarging the hall, or adding a gallery
that would accommodate two or three
hundred, and then if the people sanc-
tioned the proposed expenditure well
and good.
Little Local Items.
CUTTER3?"tvere running on Tuesday
last.
MR Frank Hodgens left tor Toron-
to, on Mondays
Mr. Atkins
counter of
Mit Jas. F*
the Chatham $j
SCHOOL ARBOR DAY.—On•the first
Friday in May, Arbor Day will; by
appointment of the Minister of Edu.
cation, be observed at the schools
throughout Ontario. The day has
now become a regular institution in
the Province, and we trust that the
request of Hon Mr Ross that every
teacher in the Public Schools, es-
pecially in the rural regions, should
between now and the anniversary in-
culcate the beauties of tree and flower
planting into the minds of the pupils,'
will be remembered. There would
never be a scarcity of timber, with its
deplorable results, in. these parts, if
the tree -planting ay of the year were
properly observed on every farm .in,
the land, as it might be, with much
benefit to the country, and. at very
small initial expense to the farmer,
•PUBLIC ScaooL BOARD.—The re-
gular meeting of the School Board
was held on Monday evening A
committee,consisting of Messrs Searle,
Steep and Detlor were appointed to
inquire the cost of a suitable addition
to the present school, and also some
other property near _ by. Principal
Lough• submitted the' following re-
port :—" The average attendance .for
March was 413, being 8 less than for
the same montf 1887. For the
ten days of April, the average is 443,
being 10 more than for the month of
April, 1887. I think the average will
be higher for the remainder of the
month, as many new pupils are com-
ing in and we expect many more.
We are compelled to divide Mies
Simpson's room and have half come
each half day, as there are already
about 115 enrolled, giving an average
of.92 for this montb. There are but
two rooms, I and II, in which the
average is below 50 for this month."
A JAPANESE LECTURER, -- The
missionary auxiliaries of Ontario and
Rattenbnry St. Methodist churches
have arranged for an address, on
" Japan --its manners and customs
and the social, political and religious
condition of the people," by Rev Y.
Hiraiwa, to be delivered in the Rat-
tenbury St. church, on the evening
of the 30th inst. Mr Hiraiwa is a
native Methodist Missionary of that
country, and in company with Dr
Macdonald, is spending a few months
in Canada on behalf of the mission
cause. He is a typical Jap, of the
educated class, and previous to his
conversion was a Confucian by pro-
fession, though really an agnostic.
He speaks English well for a foreign-
er, seldom being puzzled for a word,
and uses even our idioms correctly
and happily. He speaks with fluency
and earnestness, sometimes with elo-
quence and one can easily imagine
that when speaking in his native
language to his own people he could
move them by the fervor of true elo-
quence. The address will be well
worth hearing, and only a nominal
admission tee will be charged.
( is now behind the
pside.
,rr., has returned from
ness College.
Ma W. Harland. jr., has gone on a
short visit to his friends at Ingersoll.
Mn Steve Andrews shipped from
here, on Monday, a car Load of butch-
ers' cattle.
Miss M. Pay, an aunt of Mr. G. E.
Pay, died at St. Catharines, on Sun-
day last.
MR A.Gorrell has put a neat picke
fence in front of his residence on
Orange St.
Mr Andrew McGarva left on Mon-
day morning for Vancouver, B. C.,
where he is going to locate for the
future.
Our local cotem announces the birth
of a lady at the age of 52 years. Most
people are younger than that at the
time of their birth.
Dame rumor states that a young
man in 'town whose front name is
" Jim," will 'shortly leave the ranks
of single blessedness.
WHAT about a celebration here on
the Queen's birthday? If one is in-
tended to be held it is time some one
was moving in the matter.
MR W. C. Searle has erected a large
shed to his house adjoining, the
Methodist church, and will shortly
make further improvements.
The only and original "Billy Patter-
son," one of .Clinton's celebrities, bas
turned up again, bright, happy, and
actually looks ten years younger.
Miss Hattie Wardle, who has been
the guest of her aunt, Mrs A. Camp-
bell, for the past six months, has re-
, turned to her home in Kincardine.
MR Jas. Fair has•about 65 head of
cattle that he is stall -feeding. They
have all been sold to Messrs Watson,
of Blyth, and McLean, of Goderich,
A SNOW storm in April is no nov-
elty in this section of country, but it
is one of the climatic accompaniments
people would just as soon dispense
with.
The ceiling and interior of Pay &
Co's Dry Goods Emporium is being
handsomely decorated. George be-
lieves in keeping things bright and at-
tractive.
MRs Hamner, sr., has gone on a
visit to her daughter in Toronto, and
Miss Hamner, late an employee in
the woollen miil,has taken a situation
at Arthur.
Mr R. Ferguson, for years publisher
of the Listowel Banner. has sold out
and' will move to Buffalo. Mr Fer-
guson is well known in Huron, as a
former teacher at Brucefield.
MR Charles Stewart, who left here
a short time ago for Cbeslay, is now
located in Clinton, having secured a
good situation in the Doherty organ
works of that place.—Mitchell Ad-
vocate.
TUESDAY was a very disagreeable
day for the Seaforth Spring Show,and
Wednesday was very little better for
Brucefield. It is time these spring
shows were abandoned, as they really
serve no good purpose.
MR Robt. Mathieton, at lime
publisher of the NEW ERA, is now
editor of the Chicago British -Ameri-
can, a paper issued, as ifs name indi-
cates, in the interests of the British
residents of that western city,
MR C. W. Hoare. son of Dr W. W.
Hoare, of Strathroy, and brother of
Mrs J. P. Tisdall, Clinton, has re-
ceived the degree of M. D. at McGill
College, Montreal, having passed a
eery creditable examination,
Ma T. Dunlop, late of Clinton, has
recently been carrying on tbe baking
business in Seaforth, but it has not
been paying, and be has gone to To-
ronto ; his family are still in Seaforth,
but will shortly remove to Toronto.
MR E. Kenney, late of .this place,
but who bas been a partner in a mer-
ehantile firm at Nipomo, Cal., for
several montbs,has retired therefrom.
Whether he has already made his
pile, or ie just seeking pastures new,
ne,cannot tell.
THE Baker farm, oa the Maitland
con,, (owned by Mr Richard Baker)
offered by auction on Saturday last,
was not sold, as the bids did not reach
the upset price. Mr, C. Baker, bow-
euer, has rented the place, at $250 a
year, a very fair rental, considering
the way farms are going -
AN exchange pertinently remarks:
An editor works 305 days in a year to
publish 32 papers—that's labor. Sub•
scribers drop in occasionally and pay
their eubscrintions— that's capital.
Now and then some dead beat takes
the paper two or three years anddoes
not pay it t it—tbat'a anarchy.
from 08L1$IDOS$
Acting on the advice of my physicians in Edinburgh and Clinton, I
have resolved to go out of business, unless my health improves satis-
factorily. I will sell my large stock of goods at very Low Prices.
Wall Papers,
Window shades
Spring hollers,
Baby Carriages,
Wagons, Gattis,
Baskets,
Walking Sticks.
Base Balis & Bats.
�et the Mos
POI?) 'Sz'Q 0%1u
ONEY
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Quality amounts to little,.. unless .the prices be fair;
0 Low prices are not bargains, unless quality is there.
We combine them. Come see and Buy. Perfection in
style and assortment. Satisfaction in quality and
price.
These are yours if you make your selection from our
stock.
Chris. Dickson,Clinton
OUR
EAT 'STOC
Our establishment is filled with one of the
1
Largest Si Best Assorted
Stocks in the bounty.
11 'Shrewd clothing buyers should inspect our stock
and get figures before purchasing; it will' pay. For knock-
about suits our wonderful
,00&S10,OOSuits
Stand as the greatest bargains ever offered in this
county.
In- Boys' & Children's
Suits we show an as=
sortment not equalled
in thl.s section.
See ourwlderfnl suit at -
See our grand Boys suit Long
See our great School Pants at
Pants at
$200.
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85,
WFl A1:2,333 OFFNIRINCi-
30 Pieces of Tweed at X50 cts
Wortley the attention of every, -buyer.
JACKSON BROTHERS
Clothiers, Furnishers and Hatters,
clL IN TCori .
—0: ovR
SS GOODS
Are handsome and as stylish as any in the County.
Immense assortment ---New FEATHERS,Ex- -
celsior Styles.
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Our PRINT STOCK cannot be surpassed.
New PONGEES, New CHAMBREYS, New
EMBROIDERIES to match.
Qur Mantle Depatlit
Is in full swing. Curtains and Curtain Nets, in all the
newest colors. We keep low priced Teeds. We sell
cheap Cottons We meet all competition, and treat you
well and always pleased to show you what we've got.
Reliable, irusty, seasonable
goods at Rock Bottom
Prices.
GEO E PAY & CO.
THE DRY GOODS EMPORIUM OF CLINTON
or Spring Greotll F
We are glad—glad because it is spring. Glad we are in
business this spring. Glad our business is located among
liberal and appreciative people,and very glad to find our-
selves well prehared to meet all their wants in our line. -
OUR GRAN-]
M!LLINERY OPEN!NG 1!
Was a decided success We are now showing the very
Latest Paris and ..New
York Styles.
In Hats and Bonnets, and season's novelties in those
goods. We have visited the best markets and carefully
inspected the largest and choicest stocks, 'selecting from
each only such articles as we deemed of unquestionable
merit in style, quality and value. We therefore urge in-
spection, solicit comparison and court criticism, because
we firmly believe both goods and prices will find greater
favor with careful buyers if compared with the general
41,ine of spring offerings.
Miss A. Sheppard.
Who has given such universal satisfaction to our patrous4
for the past three seasons, will still have charge of the
trimming department, assisted by Miss M. Grant •
and an able staff' of assistants, so that our custo-
mers may feel confident of having their or-
ders promptly attended to and their work
done in the most artistic mariner
and to their entire satisfaction.
A call at our store will interest and gratify you, for we
feel we are able to suit you. Those who call first secure
the pick, and a better opportunity to select a
Spri'ng Hat or Bonnet
r
Will not be had than at the present time while our stock
is large and varied. Apprentices wanted to learn the
straw work. For the convenience of. our customers we
are occupying rooms over the store for the straw depart-
ment. -All orders for hats to be done over will be taken
in at the store. •
Bieesley's Great Millinery EmporiUI.
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