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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1888-10-05, Page 2flIP4Y,out. 5,1 . � e Mystery at a Ram Cat By FERGUS W. Hu*E, TO 13E CONTINUED. "Where's Mother Guttersnipe," asked the detective sharply.,• touch- ing ken with hie foot, an indignity she resented with a malignant lance, and arose quickly to her feet. , "Upstai•rs," sire replied, jerking her head in the direction of the right wall, in which Salton, his eyee being more accustomed to the flickering light of the candle, could see a gaping black chasm, which he presumed was the stair alluded to. "You won't get much out of her to- night—she's a goin' to start 'er booze, she is." "Never mind what she's doidg," said Killip, sharply; "take me to her at once." Dpa girl gave him a sullen look, and with reluctant feet led the way into tbe black chasm and up the stairs, which were so shaky that Calton was in terror lest they shou:d be precipitated into unknown depths. He held on firmly to his compan- ion's arm, as they toiled slowly up the broken steps,and at last stopped et a door, through the cracks of which a faint glimmer of light could l,e ssen. Here the girl gave a shrill v histle, and the door opened as it by magic. Still preceded by their elfish guide, Calton and the detec- tive stepped through the doorway, and a curious scene was presented to their view. It was a small, square room, with a low roof, ftoni which the paper•,mildewed and torn, hung in tatters; on the left hand, at the far end, was a kind of low stretcher, „ upon which a woman, almost naked, was lying, aniid a heap of frowsy, greasy clothes. She appeared to be ill, for she kept .her head:tossing from side to side rest- lessly imbed every now and then sang snatereeh of old songs in a 'shrill,. cracked voice. I'n the centre of tbe, roam was a rough deal table, ups"" which stood a guttering ;tellow.'i eandle,which but faintly illuminated - the scene, and a half empty, squarb bottle of scnapps, with a broken cup beside it. In front of these signs of festivity' •$at an old woman with a pack of cards spread out before her, and frons., which she had emir dently been telling the fortune of a villainous looking young man who had opened the door, and who stood looking at the detective with' no very friendly expression of coun- tenance. He was dressed in a greasy , brown velvet coat,much patched,a"d a black wide awake hat, which was pulled down over his eyes: .He looked like one of those Italians who retail ice cream on the street,o• carry round organs with monkeys on thein, and hie expression was Sl, scowling and vindictive that the barristet though it was not very hard to tellI1's*ultimate des'iny-- Pentridife,1i'or the gallows. As thbyentered the fortune teller last thin„ 11; ••• raised her head, and, shading her that she eye with one skinny hand, looked i man in one r•: I • curiously at the new comers. Cal- tee ra ,Led : •, ', !; ' • : t i he had never seen such 1 g 1 tonthought a repulsive looking old crone; and, , got a reale it ,; tin•: + „'.:` indeed, she was worth- of the pencil ! of the noun c: ;. 1' a t,o'�':t of Dore to depict, sues was t'he, to the Sy,hle'r l,_1i �; L It ttley s:tid grotesque ugliness liness which she ex- 1 1 t hibited. Mother Gntterspipe cook a drink out of the broken cup, and, gathering all her greasy cards to- gethet in a business like way,looked - insinuatingly at Calton, with a sug- gestive leer. ° "It's the future ye want unveiled, dearie'l" she croaked, rapidly shuffl- ing the cards; "an old mother 'eel "No, she won't," interrupted the detective, sharply, "I've come on business." The old woman started at thin, "Half I*Itt 1 &locll," rellelitt ri Calton, 'quickly. "Tbo very time. Is tbia,truet' "Wish I may die if it alnV calci' Mother Guttersnipe, gr oiou l7+ "My gran'darter Sal kin telt yQ." "'Where is she, asked Kileipt, sharply. At this the old woman threw luck hes head and bowled in- a'dis- mal manner. "She's 'cooked it," she wailed, drumming on the ground with her feet.- "Gon' an' deft, ger pore -'old gran' an' joined the army, cuss 'em, a -amnia' round an' a spilin' busi- ness." Meanwhile the detective was talking rapidly to Mr Calton. "The only person who can prove Mr Fitzgerald was here between 1' and 2 o'clock," he said quickly, "is Sal Rawlins, as everyone else seems to bave beeu drunk or asleep. As she has joined the Salvation Army, I'll go to the barracks the first thing in the morning and look for her.' "I hope you'll find her," answer- ed Calton, drawing a long breath. "A man's life hangs on her evi- dence." ' They turned to go, Calton having first given Mother Guttersnipe some loose silver, which she seized on with an avaricious clutch. The sight of money had a genial effect on her nature for she held the candle at the 'head of the stairs as they went down,so that they should not bultak their heads. The street door was open, and, after groping their way along the dal k passage, with its pitfalls, they found themselves in the open street: "Thank heaven," said Calten,tak- ing off his hat anti drawing a long breath. "Thank heaven we are safely out of that den!" "At all events our journey has not been wasted," said the detective, ' as . (they walked along. "We've foutidont where Mr Fitz:;eraltl was the night of the tenurial., s.l he will be safe." "That depends upon Sal Raw- irg," answered Calton, gravely; "tit come, let us have a glass, of lrYquite 1 'trust n forlfeel utt. attd .,,q experience of 1"w life." CHAPTER XVI. Y 'The +cal l' Qne," ' Iepeats4, 0$10914. II? a 1! (tips," ^ "QUI, ' blaukr' Med ^Olde, . ,('Whit ether te� from boli seat with a toniahlnknt. "Oliver IIIISSINI:. The next day Kis; if, trailed at Calton's office iat•' in the afternoon 1 and found the lawyer 'eagerly ex- petting him. The dotectivo's face, however, looked rather clisinta1, and Calton was not ro,iseire 1 by its ex • - pression. "Well!" he u•utl,, Itl,.:,,; 1, eel Killip had el •lic,l t!l.e ,1 :r n it his seat. •• \1 h, rr. ia'A s That's just wl,,t; 1 •as;:It •C i Whyte bp eaid,as soon es be rrioield end his -vole*, '(Was be in the hwbit of going there," • --K-iluilr•ilurled ibneeif up iia bio seat like a sleek cat, and, pushing fir sand his head till his nose look( d like the beak of a bird of prey,look ed•�ksenly sift galtsn. ,�. ,4•:4 t .: "Look bere,gir, " he said,in a low, purring voice, "there's a }good deal in this ease whish don't seem plain —in fact, the further we go into it the snore mixed up it seems to get, I went to see Mother Guttersnipe this, morning, and she told me that Whyte had visited the (Queen' several times while she lay ill, and seemed to be pretty well acquainted with bar." "But who the devil is this woman they call the 'Queens' " said Colton, irritably. "She seems to be at the bottom of the whole affair—every path we take leads to her." "I know hardly anythigg about her," •replied Killip, "exeept that she was a good looking women of about 49. She came out from Eng-, land to Sydney a few months ago, then on to here. How she got to Mother. Guttersnipe's I can't find out, though l've tried to pump that old woman, but she's as close as, wax, and it's my belief she knows more about this d ud women than she chooses to, tell." "But what could she have told Fitzgerald to make him act in this silly manner? A stranger who Domes from England and, dies in it .Mel- bourne slum can't possibly know anything about Miss Frettlby." Kilsjp looked puzzled. "I must confess that it is a rid- dle," he said at length; "but if Mr Fitzgerald would only speak, it would clear everything up." "Wbut about who murdered ,Whyte?' "Well, it might not go so far as that,but it might supply the motive for the crime." "I dare say you are right," an- swered Calton, thoughtfully, as the detective rose and put en his hat. "Put it's no use. Fitzgerald, for some reason or another; has evi- dently made up his mind not to speak, so our only hope in saving hint lies in, finding this girl." -"If she's anywhere in Australia you may be sure she'll be found," answered Killip, confidently, as be t,.,;l; his departure. "Australia isn't overcrowdedas all that." ('FIA1 FER XVII, don't ollrb, ahnut neeing it=man whew butt h d s1rlottlinner table:,:ip tbs prom444440.4, patbize with bid.. l GqM dsy;" . with a Burt nodi ba tcok'bis a0pllr: Wnen rite dor ii oFed 04 'filer father# /ledge pled her haipci; on. asst[ * s arm, "4uy hope," she whispered, look- sll. ,iuguat., him 0140811 tl?ttbleclt e "The merest chance," answered Calton, putting hie brief Into bis bag. "We have dope everything in our power, to diecoier this dtriA but. without effect. If' she` does ""inet' come at the eleventh hour I'm afraid Brian Fitzgerald is s deemed man." Madge fell en her knees with a stiffled cry. "Oh, God of mercy," she o ied, raising her hands as if in prayer, "save hint. Save my darling, and let him not die for the crime of an- other. God--" She dropped her face in her hands and wept convulsively, as the law yer touched her lightly en the shoulder. "Come!" he said, kindly. "Be the brave girl you were,and we may save him yet. The hour is darkest before .the dawn, you know." Madge dried her tears and fellow - en the lawyer to the cab, which was waiting for them at the door. They drove quickly up to the court, and Calton put her in a quiet place, where she could see the dock and yet be unobserved by the people in tba body of the court. Just as he wen leaving ber one touched his arm. "Tell him," ebe whispered in a trembling voice, "tell my darling I am here." Calton nodded and hurried away to put on his wig and gown, while Madge looked hurriedly round the court from her point of vantage. It .was crowded with fashionable Mel- bourne of both sexes, and they were all talking together in subdued whispers. The popular character of the prisoner, his good looks and engagement,to Madge Frettlby, to gether with the extraordinary cir- immatanaes cif the case, had raised public curiosity to the highest pitch, and, consequently, everybody who could possibiy manage to gain ad- mission was there. When the prisoner was brought is there was a great flatter among the ladies, and some of them even had the bad taste to produce opera glasses. . Brian noticed this, and he flushed up to the roots of his fair hair, for he felt his degradation acutely. lie was an'intensely proud man, and to be placed in the crimi- nal dock, with a lot of frivolous people, who had called themselves his friends,looking at him as though he were a new Motor or a wild ani- mal, was 'galling in the extreme. know," ttl1', 1 1 • 1 I'l • ,'••tr.', r,•. THE TRIAL. coolly; • " I 1t•,+;tt: t•1 „LI i., i I. sante of the utmost vigilance He was dressed in black, and looked Arnie it",tly' r., rand 1.[ 1:1•: it,- ,••i tlie part of the'police, and the .tole that l wan, but ll the ladiesekde , of alar;o reward both by Cal. (iedwas agoodg golf ;es .a,;,',: [tile It•;,l•. • t ', u ' l+'lnj,h v, et;, Info "ll'Si i , her l ;op' ut., ',.•• c, ht'Ltelf of the accused and by army's • 't . i I 1'1c, thy, 0.1e much desired Sal sti11 remained hidden. The as ever, and they were sure lie was innocent. • The jury was sworn in, and th crown prosecutor arose to deliver Lad maintained a most •i:y :,ltitude towards Brian his !petting address. the whole affair. .lie Ho gave a rapid sketch of th i i , u,aicve hint guilty, and crime, which was merely a- repeti e•' 1' ,i oil tUl,l him of the defense tion of what had been published i f• 11; •-••• ire, an alibi by means of Sal the newspapers, and then precede :evliee lie immediately offered a to enumerate the witnesses wh .1 try- i.,w::ni, which was enough in could prove the prisoner guilty. II it t , stat every treason with airy would ,call the landlady of the de ' tittle le, [Lear hands hunting for the ceased to show that ill blood exists witness. All Australia and between the prisoner and the our New Zealand sang with tete ex- t x• dered man,and that theaecused ha y l Sal R called on the deceased a week prix to the committal of the crime an threatened his life. (There wa great excitement at this,and severe ladies decided, on the spur of th iu all this, Sal Rawlins remained moment, that the horrid man wa uudiscovrrud, .and Calton, in des guilty, but the majority of the f pair, 1 -,cove, to think that she must male spectators still refused to 1 be dead. lint :Fledge, though at lieve in the guilt of such a goo tinirs her courage gave way, was looking young, fellow.) He wont still Lopefnl, call a witness who could prove t'ba '*fled will ' not permit loch •a Whyte was d mil; on the night judicial clime to be committed as the intruder, and went along Rusee1 the ►norder Ol an innocent n,an,' street, in the direction of Collin I she del assts, street; the cabman Royston cool Mr Celton,to whom she said this, swear to the fact that the prisons shook his head doubtfully. "Clod had bailed the cab, and after goin has permitted it to take place be- religion e• away for a short time returned an fore ' he answered softly, "and we entered the cab with the decease( can only judge the future by the He would also prove that the pri, past.' .°nor left the cab at .the gamma Kilda road an At last, the day of the lung. ex- •school in the St. K 1 , '• on the arrival of the cab at. th they woolsl ni l-„ ; 9.;.rl"•:, anc t,t:u,el • plebeian name ofRaw- lins, the papers being full of notices cllltring rewards, and handbill's of staring red letter's were posted up in all railway stations. Notwitbstand- expect, answered Kildip, �:ryly, "The straying lamb did 11•.,1 caro about being hunted hack to the fold." .• "And when slits she: join the artily`[" • "Tlie very day after tic: nlni,lt•1'." "Rather sudden conversion:''. sy$38,,but she said: the dnili,L o(' me know the , cs•1:t. "Ah! she has. her name," said t.':lll••t1. thought, iully;strolcieg 1 :' chili. "1 ••: r,,i.0 what Tot i" "Wanted to net ri:1 of ti,' and looked keenly at him from the woman on 'luusd,iy night hail ander her bushy eyebrows., se. tstat?tled her that sie. went "Who was that woman Who died 'strai ht off'to the army to �rt•t her here three or four weeks ago?" a>9ked' relig on properly fixed n'•." Kiisip, sharply. "The Affects of fright, Lk, , uni.,t, ' "'Ow should I know?" ;retorted Need Calton dryly. I've nlet t( I ' e sullenly. 1VLother Guttersnlp ,' - didn't kill 'erdid I1 It were the go versioy example; of 111153 sudden brandyshe drank; alis whs. allays conversions, but they t,,. vett last pected trial carne, and as Calton sat long as a rule -it's a case (e if the in his office looking over hill brief, junction he disclSvered the decease drinkl'." devil . was sick the; devil a rucl,k "Do you ►eurember the night she would be, more than :,myti,i,,7 c;s , a clerk entered and told him Mr had been murdered. The cabma' died`!" Good looking?„ Ftetlby and his daughter walled to Rankin would prove that he d:ov "No, I don't," answered the bel- „c„ - - see him. When they came in the the prisoner from the St. Kild dame, frankly. "I were drunk- SOt I l,rlit � r,' wee, n I i. i, ' I' I aerate[• S`1w the r;.lillionaire'looked road to Powlett street in East Me'. blind, bloomin', blazin' drunk," "You're always drunk," said .Killip. "What if I arnl" snarled the wo- man, seizing her bottle. "You don't pay fur it. Yes, l'm drunk. I'm allays drunk." T1iA detective shrugged ,his shoulders. "More fool you," he said, briefly. "Come now,on the night the 'Queen,' as you call her, died, there was a gentleman came to see hers" "So she said," retorted Mother Guttersnipe; "but lot', I define any- thin', I were drunk." "Who said—the 'Queen?' " "No, my gran'7arter Sal. The '(queen' kent'er to fetch the toff to see 'er cut 'or lucky. Wanted 'im to look at 'is work, I s'pose, cuss 'im; and Sal prigged some paper from my box," she shrieked, indig- nantly: "rigged it w'etl I were too drank to stop 'or." The detective glanced at Calton, who nodded to him with a gratified expression on his face.' "They were right as to the paper having been stolen from the villa at Toarak. "You did not see the gentleman who camel" said Eillip, turning again to the old bag. "Not I, cuss you," she retorted, politely. "'E came about 'arf past 1 in the morning, an' you don't ex- pects we can stop up all night, blast • ye." shrugging his shonl,i,•r� "QT''''Y haggard and ill, and then: was a bourne, where he got out, and li ignorant- could neitL,'r I t ,t,l ;v,r look of worry on his face. would call the prisoner's landlad wri`That accounts fur her ,1,;; iol `''there is my daughter, C'alton," to prove that the prisoner reside Fitzgerald when she called the Ile said, after hurried greetings had been exchanned "She wants to be in Powlett street, and that on th night , of the murder he -had n whom club—she she hadr�l e del c, t lair �, I t present in court during 1''itzgerald'a reached home till shortly after trial, and nothing I can say will dis- o'clock. He would also call the d will resolve itself into n rl',eotlull ui suede her." teetive who had charge of the cas identification, I expect.. however, Calton turned and looked at the to prove the finding of a glove b if the police can't find her, wo will nirl in some surprise. longing to the deceased in the pool put an advertisement re the paper offeringa reward,and send out hand- bills to the same effect. She must be found. Urian Fitzgerald's life hangs on a thread, and that t•l ead is Sal Rawlins." "Yes!" assented Kllsip, rubbing his hands together. "Even if Mr Fitzgerald acknowledges that be was at Mother Guttersnipe's on the night in question, sho will have to prove that Its WAS there, as no One else RHw hint. "Aro you sate of that?" "Pl9 mire R9 any one can be in su'elt a case. It was-- a late hour when he came, and every one seems to,pave been asleep except (bodying woman and Sal; and as ono is dead, the other is the only person that can prove that ho was there at the time when the mu: der was committed in the hansom. •- "And Mother Guttersnipe?" "Was drunk,as she acknowledged last night. She thought that if a gentleman did call it must have been the other one," "Yea!" elle answered, meeting his et' of the coat which the prison look steadily, though her face was wore on the night of the murdo very pale; " I must be there. 1 and the doctor who had exanrin shall go mad with anxiety unless I the body of the deceased would gi know h goes. w ow the trial ons. "But think of the disagreeable amount of attention you will at. evidence that the death was cans by inhalation of chloroform. 2 he had now fully shown the cha of evidence which he proposed tract," urged the lawyer. "No one will recognize me," elle prove, he would call the first w (aid • calmly: "I am very plainly ness, Malcolm Royston. dressed, and I will wear this veil;" and, drawing one front her pocket, sire went over to a shall looking glass which was hanging on the wall, and tied it on her face. Calton looked in a perplexed menet at Mr Frettlby. "I'ui afraid you must consent," he said. "Very ' well" replied the other, almost sternly, while a look of an, Royston, on being sworn, the same evidence as he had giv at the inquest, from the time tl the cab was hailed ep to his seri at the St. Kilda police station wi the dead body of 'Whyte. In cross examination, Calton ask him if he was prepared to aw that the man who hailed the c and tho man who got in with deceased, were one and the sa noyance passed over his face. "1 person, will leave her in your charge'" Witness -1 ani. "And yon?" Calton—Yon aro quite certain "Cm not coming,';answered • Witness—Yes; quite certain. 1• rettlhy, putting on his hat. "1 T lton —' Do yocl then recogn Children Cry for ; Pitcher's Castoria the prlsonei;f $s t wan + by the.teab, ' 'i j d 1 Wates (hesttl ingly)- a eer t9 [bat. Tks gelttle ltniletV tint cab . bed 111 - e : dBLOCK,CllntOn•..._ e d d e e 1 Ot er ed lit val the car tm'0 down over ble py01, t• 4 iigh not see his facq; but the' baigbt and" geperal appearance of the prisoner' . : aro the name, Calton --Then it is .only- because, the man who got into the cab was dred like tbe prisoner on that drama night tbst you thought they were L . botbsthesonte.1. .�. Witness—It never 'truck me for a minute that ''they were not the same; besides, be spoke as if he had been tilers before. 1 slid—"Ob, you've come back," an.d he eaid— going to take him hose," "Y''s; I'lines: and got into my cab. Calton. --•Did you notice any ditel. ferenoei io his voice, [ Witness—No; except that the first time I saw him ke epeke iia a loud voice and the second time he came back, very low. Calton—You were sober, I sup- pose? Witness (indignantly)—Yee;mints i I sober. TO BE CONTINUED. " WHEN I WAS A BOY I" is an expression almost every lad has heard his father use as *basis for bom- bastic) self' -adulation. But the boy of the Iasi quarter of the nineteenth nen- . tory may retort, "when you were a boy, land had;an attack of green•apple ate - 'mach 'Ache, you had to take calomel acid jalap,but I am treated to ler Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets, sugar coat- ed, and josses[ nice as chocolate cara- ara-mels; no blue mass and castor oil for mels; me—I'd rather fight it out with the pain I" For 25 cents cash we will send th e New Ent to new subscribers until" the 1st of January, 1889. frofaetllonitltrlltl other tar dle • ,t3'" SCOTT, IMANNING Barri$er , Solicitors,, i - 0ONVEYAN"IERe, &C. 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Stu ithatBloc HURON AND BRUCE th ed bOall & Investmel1t Co', 7'hiq Company is Loaning .Money , Farm • Semo•ity at Lowest Rates of db, Interest. it - PURCHASE SAVINGS BANK BRANCH 8, 4 and 5 per Cent. interest Allow 1 on Deposits,aCfo•tli»g loamorlltt and time krt. ire OFFICE --Corner o f MarketSo. Ii E inereaniiONTONd No, rth M No. (inderieb, Utttust At 1+81 ttlllti._. Ptile wellber OVA ?A'e17L1'7l 1, O''seu ST 7 IN. e INCRE SEATING slfaetbp IN RE modaie 160 students, WESTERVELT & YORK, Melee tteniberehip tiblfet fl per annum.' Open from 9 to e p 10,., and Irons 7 to1. m. ApPlieatione for u►ombersbip remittal' try the Librarian iu the room. EWCOMBE LINURSERY 111 PU. PIANOFORTES ! EiIMnnt in Win. Solid In Constrpotlon. Excellent In Tone. Pronounced by Artiste to be the Finast slide in Canada. and equal to the boot United States .In,trumonte, at (when duty end freight le old) [[ 25Per et. less Expense Beforep urohasing communicate with the Manufacturers OCTAYIUS NEWCOMBE & CO. 107-109 Church Street, Toronto. FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREE: NORWAY SPRUCE, SCOTCH AND ASTRACHAN FINE, 4 TIM LAME Or WWII wa MAAS A ePielALTr. LARGE STOCK ON NAND The aboye ornamoetal trees and shrubberywi be sold at very low priced, and those weans anything in this connection will sans mono' purchasing here. BIBLES & TESTAMENTS COST The Clinton Branch Bible Society nave for sale at DR WORTHINGTON'S DRUG STORE. Albert Street. a tine assortment of Bibles and Testaments. TESTAMENTS SROM Bete. UPWARDS BIBLES SROM Mete UPWARD*. cora *Nu SEE. 1)R WORTHINGTON, De- poaltory. J. T. tVILK1E, SURGEON, DENTIST --- Freida the exclusive right for the county for the Hurd pewees of administering shewt- sastabtastono=ids, rthe • fend Nitrogen discovered for the painless extraction of teeth. Charges moderate satisfaction guaranteed. Office, ELLIOTT'S BLOCK, oyer Rance'a Tailor Shop, Huron Street 'rl[nton. e • EXHAUSTED - VITALITY. 'IIHE SCIENCE of Life L tho great Medical Work of the age on Man- hood Nervous and Physi- cal Debility, Premature Decline, Errors of Youth end the untold miseries consequent thereon, 300 pages B vol., 125 prescrip- tions for all diseases.— Cloth, full gilt, only 51, by mail, sealed. 0- 11314 ted sample free to all young and mid- dle aged men. Send now. The Gold and Jewelled Medal awarded to the author by the National Medical Association. Address P. O. ox 1895,Boston" es, or Dr. W.IL $, Mena, PARKER, grauate of Harvard Medical ol- lege, 25 years practice in Boston, who may be consulted confidentiallyy. Specialty, Dis- ease of Man. Office, No. 411ulflnah St, . The Molson Bank. Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855. CAPITAL, - 82,000,000. HEAD OFFICE, MONTREAL. THOMAS WORKMAN„ President. J. H. R. MOLSON' .,,Vice -Pres, F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, Geaeral Manager Notes discounted, Collections made, Drafs issued, Sterling and American er- cts4ge bought and sold at Coyest current rates. Interest at 4 per cent allowed' on deposits. 10 A. BMErtta.. Money advanced to fanners on their own notes with one or more endorsers, No mor••:;ave re- quired as surity. H. C. BRE°EIR, Manager, January 1887. Clinton Clinton Post Office Time Table Mails are duo for delivery and close for deapatch at the Clinton Post (Htiee as fellows:— ---- -- I uLeslt j nits Hamilton, Toronto, Strat- ford, Seaforth, Grand Trunk east and interme- diate offices Toronto, Stratford, Bea- ten!), T. and 8. east Goderich Halmesville and Grand Trunk west Goderich, 6.30 a.m. 1.35 p.m. 1.5011. m 8•son 1 p.m. 8 a.m 8,45 p.m. 2.40'p.m Hamilton 'reroute, ..... 4.15 p.m. 10.10 atm London, L., II. & B. Rooth a,nt. p.m. a.m. p.m and intermediate offices 7.35 4.15 10.10 7.00 Blyth, Winghatn, Kincar- dine, Lucknow, L ,H,5,13. north and intermediate a m. p m. a,m. p m ollcoa ....... ....... 9.20 6.15 825505 Summerhill, Tuesday and Friday, 5.30 p.m. 5.30 p,nr British malls, Monday,tred- nesday, Thursday . Money Orders issued and Dep6o30sitaar.ece.m.ived.from ono dollar upwards. Office hours from, 8 a.m, to 7 p.m. Saxinga Bank and Money Order Office dose Clinton, at 6,80 p.m, THOMIAS FAIR, Postmaster. Aug. 1887. ROBERT DOWNS, CLIYTON, Manufacturer and Proprietor for tho best Saw Hill Dog in tufo. Agent for the sale and application of the sarnsinm Perim AcmK•Arle &nt.RR CtaASSR. STEAM FITTINGS furnished and applied on short notice. Hollers. Engines, Ned all kinds of 115aebinery repotted eapedieloasly and in a aallefwetory moaner. ?farm implements manufactured and repaired. Steam and Water Pipes furnished and put in position. Dry Kilns fitted up on application. Charges Moderate. $50,000 to Loan at 6 per cent. Why pay others 7, 8, 9 and 10 per cent, when you can get money from us at 6 per c. First•olaes loans 5i per cont. large loans 5 per cont. TERMS made to suit borrower, re- garding payment and period of loan. Apply to FARRAN & TIS'DALL, BANKERS, CLINTON.. Orders by Mail will be promptly attend ed to. Address, JOHN STEWART, Benmiller. ' Graham's Hair Remover k y ed 1IeKillop Motoal Insorence Co. T; NEIL ANS, H.,A R LOCK GENERAL *GENT. Isolated town and village property, as well as form buildings and stock, inbured. Iueur • ancee effected against stock that may ke killed' by lightning, If you want ineuranuo drop a pard to the above address. Is painless, inetantanenus and the only tie• platory in the world which does not injure the akin. Price 50 per bottle. E. G. L 1M- AL'rRE, 0.56 Queen St. West, Toronto, Do- minion Agent. J. BIDDLE•OOMBE. Watch & Clock Maker JEWELLER, &c., OPPOSITE THE MARKET SQUARE, Clinton. Where be keeps a select assortment of Watches Clocks, Jeweller;; Silverware. Which wo will sell at reasonahie rates. PAINTING. PAINTING. 4 The undersigned desires to intimate to ties people of Clinton and vicinity that he bag returned to town, and intends to romans here pe manently, and is better prepared than ever to do anything whatever in tho painting or paper hanging lino. All orders entrusted to him will receive prompt sad careful attentiou. GEORGE POTTS, Kirk St., Cliff tea . J. C. SFEVENSON,, ---THE LEADING --- UNDERTAKER —AND— EMBALMER. A FULL LINE til' COFFINS, CASKETS S, FUNERALS f'o the til r' reasosel•1 r Hof After beingt`t.n•ru,t with NEw to fifth:: , kinds, thesemill+ ..•: order, and wili the work done, u• 5 Repairing of every dt'ac•ription promptly *Vented to, and all work warranted. , I «J. 131DDIECO11BF.. , Clintnn,Nov.8(82. Special Atteniilill �iil'ii CHOPPING 1305;•:!:`\ Satisfactirat guuran+,,.' 1',,r,;,. ,, ,',, . 1l1iagwhate.o--r in tilt lit., "; ..., , ,. • intsr,,t t•u ;;it a ,. . E. kW I.:t.l:, 1 :, RICHLY Rewarded 1» tOe ,, Rhe r:•.� thi3 outs thou stet; lu(; ; 1111 honorable employment that it it; not tui..' them from their homes and families. Ti. profits aro large and sure for every indestri ons person, many have rmadu :Lt.(' are Low making several hundred dolls rsa nn,nith 1t. 1s easy for any person to tttako per ,1n . and upwards, who is willing to war;:, IsitL, , sex,young or old; capital not mc, t1; .1.w•e,t,t: you. Everything now. N,, spr•:ial aiiliv, required; you, reader.ean do it a; well as an one. Write to us atorn:u for full particular, *Welt we mail free, Address Stinson A Cc.. ortland, Maine, 12 W ') ZZ i... NMI a (La i� Z :.. i +,+a w ca "14 ca Zara LYJI i— ' Fire Xxa,au rAnc.o, All kinds. of property insured ut !:•t, .•.t t,. rates. property coml,auiv-, r WHETS ViA N. W. T. CO. 1,1N E BOAT., I. TO WINNIPEG AND ALL LAR,: PttON•I ALSO by all rail linos over the GRAND lite:, I, and CANADA PACIFIC to any point nn tiMt line, Winnipeg, Brandon, kc. Dakota, Kan,,, or any point reached by roil, Went or foreign. Comae and see rue before you buy tickets an;: where. J. 1-IO11t'SON, i'lihtoll. CJL,fN''r0N Planing Mill —.‘NB— DRY KILN" MBE SUBSCRIBER LHAViNG JUST CO)i, 1 rtarrn end turniabed his new Pianlng aft'l with machinery of rho latest improved pattern. is now prepared to attend to alt order, In hie Ilne in the .neat prompt and satisfactory moots[ and at real mablo rotes. lie rr'ouid Clan rnturn thanks to alt iedo out, and udthe old m borer. they were burned nut, and nna• bcinp in a bet• ter position to execute order, expeditiously feels confident he can giv sattsfnctiota to all. FACTORY—Near'the Grand Trunk Railway. Clinton 7110MAP M FENZIE