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Commencing at Once we will offer Suits by the Hundred Cheaper than the Cheapest, Mezes Suits for $5, $6
azaa $7, worth $7.50, $8 and $10. -
Young Man, while the money you save over that asked by the imitators for the same quality will buy
you a Hat, Furnishings and leave you some Change in you pocket besides. It is an nnevatiou—this selling Spring Snits right at the commencement of the season—that only the
store doing the Largest Ready-made Clothing Trade in the County would make.
The old saying, "There is time and place for every thing." 4. R. $,.11.1171'S Store, is the Place, and .APC) TY is your Time to buy.
We will also offer Dozens of Puts, all wool, worth $3.50, for $2.25. Also
MEN'S FELT HATS ex,OAPS FOR 250. AND UPWARDS,
Pay us a visit and see what we can do for you.
Dir,tritt
Ce, tele inChtenceterf
R. F. Cameron is home ior it few daya
from Clinton Collegiate Institute. Ile
likes the school well.
Bible Ono and Sunday xchool will be
dispensed with an eabbath next on
account of Facramont.
A. C. Dames, the veteran cattle buyer,
is on his rounds again. He is . good
buyer and does a largo business.
The seventieth anniversary of our
Queen will not bo celebrated here this
year. A. number will take a trip.
Bean Beeve—There are 0 number of
first-elays players in the village and
surrounding neighborhood. Could uot
a club be organized, boys ?
Y. le C. A.—The rain prevented many
front attending the youug peoples' not.
in on Monday evening last. A number
of limo and psalms wore well sung by
members of the choir.
treth
A brio ball olab has been organized
here fuel the outside base baniste better
keep their oyes open.
Mrs. Totnpkins is quite poorly this
week. The old lady in failing quite rot.
She ia over 80 years of age.
Rev. Mr. Thompson and wife, of Van-
couver, are expected hero next week.
1 They have been in the wont for onto
yeare.
Last Sabbath evening the funeral ser-
mon of the late Mrs, Ferguson was
preached by Rev. Mr. Legear. It was an
=Oka discourse.
On Wednesday J. A. Young went to
Waimea./ to attend the annual meeting
of the Ontario Mutual Life Assurauce
Co. of which he is an agent.
Mrs. Fisher and daughter, of God°.
rich, were visiting at the Parsonage this
week. hire. Legoar and son purpose re.
turning with them to the County town.
The service in the Presbyterian ohnrch
hero next Sabbath will commence at 3
o'Mouk p. m. instead of 2:30 owing to the
sacrament being administered at Gran -
brook in the morning.
/Seal ore. h.
.A. large crowd is expected in town on
Friday.
The 8eaforth football club went to Galt
on Saturday last but were defeated.
Rev. T. Glover was iu town this week
iu the interests of the Nowoombo Piano
Co.
Tbo electric light by.law wan carried
on Monday by a majority of 51. The
voting wan very quiet.
Dr. Makid loaves for Banff, his new
field of practice, on Monday. Dr.Bethnno
has boon in attendance the past week.
F. G. Sperling and Miss Louie Sper-
ling were in town last week. They are
looking web and like living 50 Wingbam.
Jos. Leatherlancl left on Tuesday night
for Manitoba, where he has gone to build
a house and other buildings for Wm.
Logan, who removed there reeently.
W. M. Gray and G. L. Ball Were ap.
pointed by the Sabbath School Board of
the Methodist church to soled another
$60.00 wheel library at the Book Room
in Toronto this week.
Many of the °Weans ere interested in
the controverey <tarried on in the Cana-
dian Advance between Dr. Campbell, of
Seaforth, and T. of Dawn Mills, on
Robbie Barns' life and character.
J. 13, Watson delivered his renowned
looturo on the.3 Po on Friday night to a
very appreciative audieeoe. Mr. Watson's
health, spiritual and pliiysioal, is greatly
improved and by the aesisteuee of the
Divine helper ho hopes to bo of some
service to weak •Immauity.
liVianeyeliature.
A. new gas pipe fence is to be put around
the park.
H. W. C. Meyer generously donated
$5 to the boys at the school to equip th
cricket club.
The District meeting of the Methodist
°Introit was hold in town on Tuesday end
Wednesdny of this week.
C. D. Williams, of Wingham, bas boon
chosen captain of Company No. 2, of the
313rd Battalion, instead of Wzm
removed front Wingham and resiglled.
While some boys wore bathing in the
river on Bellamy morning, ono of thorn,
Arthur Long, a tinsmith, aged 10, took a
cramp and wee downed hofora assistrutoo
cold he 'whiled. Ho was got out Jive
minutes after, bet it was too late ; the
boy was doal,r
The ,,Unions" of Wroxoter and Gerrie
played a game of base ball with the town
olub on Thersday afternoon of last week.
The visitoro took a big load on our lads
at the dint but at the dorm they wore
only 8 ahead, tho score being 18 to 21.
W. Grower, paella of the farnesols slob,
umpired the game. Mogrove, Mooney
atallolIardy triel their hand behind
the bat for Wit/glum while Duffield and
Mellarcly alteveatod in the piteherei box,
We will give Brussels 1, hack sorno ni
these bye,
The Scripture selentions havo been dig'
oarded by tho Pablio School Board of
nie town. Wo have a very religions pot
of Trustees in Whigham.
A-Isesser Foster luta returned hiernlI
to the clerk. Wingliam's total aseep,3•
ment this year is to follows ; Beal estate,
$4.39,696 ; personal property, $34,685 ;
income, 018,300; total $517,713, Last
year's revised assessment was $500,-
855.
J.. J. Anderson, of Wingham, lumber
and stave manufacturer, has, after look-
ing over the Province of Manitoba ao.
companied by N. Attwooe, of the C. P.
R., purchased four entente of lend from
the C.P.R. in tp. 1, re,. 27, at $4.87 per
acre, near Melita, Tile Winnipeg Free
Press says :—Ile is returning to Ontario
to close out there, and will come out at
ono with his whole family, luoluding
several grown-up sons.
/31e th.
W. Montry has got his brick yard rue -
nine now in full blast
Court of Revision is to be held on
Monday next in Industry hall at 10
a. In.
Mores. McKinnon and Powell shipped
seven oar loads of barley front this station
to Buffalo this week.
Rov. H. A. Thomas officiates for the
last timo 05 pastor of Trinity church con-
gregation on Sunday morning next.
Queon'a Birthday on Friday is to be
observed here as e generel holiday the
principal attraction is the ceremony of
laying theicorner stone of the now Meth°.
diet church.
Ou Saturday afternoon the youngest
child of Michael Boyd got one of its
bandit severely lacerated with itt saw
while its brother was sawing wood. Five
stitches had to be put in its little heed
by the physician.
On Saturday evening Amon Davies
met with a rather serious accident,
which will no doubt lay hint up for some
time, throuch the 'caving in of the hole
for the teak on Morris St. Tbo men
were working tato for the purpose of
getting the tank in before lenvine it theta
being a considerable amount of quick-
sand. This cued in covering ono of Mr.
Davies legs so that it was impossible for
him to extricate himself. He was, how-
ever, dug out by his follow workmen
when it was found that the limb was
seriously injured. He was taken home
anti medicine aid called in when it was
found that his knee was out of joint.
4G -re.
The potato patch is the centre of at-
traotion these days.
The milk wagons are now going their
rounds for the different cheese factories,
Township Council aud Court of Re-
vision at Tuck's Hotel on Monday of
next week, 9711 inet.
The fruit crop will be small in com-
parison with last year. The early var.
iety dapples promises a fair yield, but
winter apples will be a light orop.
R. Bennett, Lot 31, Con. 0, had e
olony of bees swarm on Sundity, 12th
nat. This is very early in tho season
'and is, possibly, another proof of the
fast age in which we live.
The high price of binding twine ie the
comae of muoh comment in this section.
The geueral impression seems to be that
there is a oombine somewhere. If some
of our farmers had the oornbinaters in
their ship yards they would either have
to buret the combine or die in the fray.
All power to the mall who is inventing
the machine to bind with straw.
FATAL AOMMINT.—Last Wednesday
mornieg, shortly after 8 o'olook, Alex.,
the 18 year old eon bi John Moffinnote
living on the eido road just eaet of Ge0.
Crook's (801 oon.) farm, met with an ao.
ceded that resulted in his almost instant
death. A yearling colt had been sold to
Mr. Ryan, near Walton, and the boy was
taking it to Brussels. He bad oonte out
the side line to the Oth eon., and about 0
o'olook his body wee found lying on the
road about 50 yards east of the side road
by James hlonzieo and Henry Taylor.
It is supposed that tho youth had the
halter strap wound around his hand or
arm and was either kicked by the colt
or the lad stumbled and fell and was un-
unableto get on his feet. The boy's
mitts and hoe were found west of the
Bide road and merits on the vend showed
where the animal had twined and dragged
the boy east about 40 rode, Here the
colt ovidettly stood for n hitblo time as
there was a pool of blood. The body was
than dragged back to whore is was fond.
The boys 1a00 and hod were very badly
bruised and ant, no doubt by the colt'
hied feet, as the animals logo wore
smeared with blood, and dragging on tbo
rough road.. Life was extinct when the
body Wan Loutil, The colt went home
and was the first notification to the role -
Lives Of something being wrong. The
funeral took place on Thursday morning,
the interment being made at Irisittown,
east of Seteforth. The relatives and
friends have the sympathy tit the entiro
oommenity in their allbotioit. AUX. was
the oldest eon in the family and we 9111(1
to bo a clover boy,
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1 Spring crepe and hay Ptro growing rap-
idly. The proepects are better now then
hay been for the past two years.
4Mrs. Iingh Mel/Quaid and family have
, gone to Melbonrne, elan„ where they
'will join Mr. McDonald who wont wept
some little time ago.
John Robertson, leth con. received
word a few dap; ago from Sootland in-
forming him of the death of the last of
his brothers. The deceased was pos-
sessed of o. strong and vigorous consti-
tution, characteristio of the family, bay-
ing attained the age of nearly 80 years.
He resided in Edinburgh whore he had
been in business for many years.
Robe Scott came very nearly losing
one of his beet cows one day last week.
She got into the large open ditch bythe
=deifies on the 1401 eon., and got mired.
The ground is very soft there and the
ditch is a regular oattle-trap. It should
be covered in some way or fenced in, or
the Connell should be made to pay
damages in owe/ any cattle lose their
live, there. Mr. Scott's cow in trying
to get out got under the new culvert
somehow and was there a day and a
night before found. She was very weak
and had to be hauled out by a team of
horses, but she has a good appetite and
will likely be on her feet again in a few
clays.
leitetoerw
A meeting of the Listowel Boo -keepers'
Aesoointiou will be held at the Royal
Hotel on Saturday, May 25th, commenc-
ing at 2 o'clock p. m.
Cy. Hacking, for many years connoted
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with (wicket n this town, left Monday
to take up his permanent residence in
Chicago. Before going his followmom
bars of the drioket club presented Mr.
Hacking with a magnifieent . bat. Lis-
towel'a great loss will be Chiea go's great
gain.
The Banner says :—On eloudey last
week sixty-seven broocl mares wore ship-
ped from Listowel for western ranches.
They were purohased by James Lowry
and Wm. Riddle and were sent to the
ranches of Wilson Bros„ Roulston Broe.
and Sir John Lester Kaye at Clalgary and
the Northwest. They were u fine lot of
animals.
At the Quarterly Bleating of the official
board of the Methodist church here, after
the uenal routine business, the platform
of the Laymen's Convention at Woodstock
was discussed and adopted. The chief
points in this platform aro the appoint-
ment of an equal number of laymen with
the elerioal members on the Stationing
°emulate°, the reoeptiou of delegates
from interested churches before the Com-
mittee, and the holding of thumb proper-
ties in trust for the Circuit instead of
the Conference.
The annual meeting of the Listowel
Rink and Park Company was hold in the
Queen's Hotel, when the following wore,
on ballot, elected directors for 1889 :—J.
W. Scott, J. A. Hacking, J. 0. Hay, H.
H. O'Reilly, B. F. Brook, D. D. Camp-
bell, P. Lillie°, John Nichol and Wni.
Ohmic). A by-law was passed authorizing
the directors to behove $2,800 on mort-
gage on the real estate of the Company
to pay off the existing mortgage and
present floating debt. A. meeting of tbo
direotors elected was then held, when
John Nichol, M. D., was Mooted Presi-
dent, and 0. Y. Donaldson Seoretary,
and J. A. Hacking, 13. F. Brook and Wm.
Olimie were appointed a committee of
management,
Tho annual meeting of the Listowel
Deirynien's Board of Trade was held in
the Greed Central on May 001 and was
very.well attended. Tho minuto of the
previous meetings were confirmed and the
report of the Auditors for 1888 was read
and adopted. This report showed receipts
of $126, all of which was expended. John
Menelee, of Gerrie faotory, was then
elected President for 5880, and a cordial
vote of thanks was carried for the retiring
President, John Frain, of Harriston.
Wm. Climie was re.oleoted Sem:stay-
Treasurer. John Riggs and M. IffoGilvary
were appointed auditors Inc 1889. It was
arranged to hold fain fortnightly, tho
next to bo on tbo 28rd of May. The
meeting then adjoarned.
The bay crop of the Kingston district
promisee to be most abtmdant. Old.orop
hay has already dropped $2 per ton,
The phosphate mines in the Ottawa
district are being worked briskly, and h
good doal of ore has been shipped to
Jil u rope.
The by-law for enabling Toronto to
give Another $600,000 for tho now Court
Homo and mtudoipal buhlrlitsge was oar
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tied Saturday by a majority of 1,258.
The ehectmor Cynthia, of the Donald.
non Line, Was sunk in the St, Leevrenee
a short distanee below Montreal Wod,
nodal by collision with the Polyneeitut.
Seven Of her crew and itt stowaway woo
drowned.
Word has boon received at Winnipeg
of e ferocious fight which took place neer
Fort MeLood last week, batmen a baud
of Mood Incliene on otto side and it force
composed of eoldiere, cowboys and fires
Ventre:3 on the othoe. Tho 13loode have
lately been }dealing horst from the Gros
' Yontrect, anl the latter, imitated by sold.
lore and cowboys, made tie effort to re-
cover the stolen aniniale. As !anal, the
stories to the number of killed aro con -
fleeting, but it in certain that a largo num•
bor were elate. Most of the bedice, were
carried away by friends of the fallen, but
three or four were discovered on the field,
minus scalps. The Bloods appear to
havo gotten the woist of the eueounter.
They got away with mot oE Ole stolen
horses, and are now being closely followed
by Mouuted Polka. Auother encounter
is likely to take place when the pollee
come upon thorn, and serious trouble is
leered. It ie alleged tbatAnhorioan Indians
in Montana are going to the Woods as-
sistance.
TIlk FAVORITE
ALLAN LINE
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make the fastest time on record.
For Rates, Sailinge mut all Inferno,
tion apply to
Ile II. IVBRI?, Agent,
Pen Pah. House, Brussels.
Agent for the 'White Star and
Inman Zino, stating from hew Torn.
Bir Ciarriazos
Bodb,y Ciargigeol,
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Handsome Display
of Baby Carriagesin all the
LA TEST STYLES,
and sold at
,FM.160.11/AtS 9itiCARS.
Call in and Sao our Stock
before you order elsewhere.
Buggy Rugs, Duster,
Fly Nets, Whips, de.,
always on hand.
Splendid Assortment cf Trunks,
Valises and Satchels in Stock.
H. Dennis,
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As in past years, 1 tun pre-
pared to buy any quantity
of Goon FLEECE WOOL, at the
very
Highest Market Priee in UM 1
Also Grain of all kinds.
Fanners will find it to their
advantage to market their
Wool .and surplus Grain in
Brussels. I also take this
opportunity to inform my
Friends that during the com-
ing Season I will be found at
the
AMERICAN HOTEL, BRUSSELS
every day (where my office
now is) ready and willing to
buy what Produce you may
have to offer,
Robt. Graham,
May 13th, 1889.
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vemaramersaromaremmr.onort.proz.
Wanted, T.
For Season of 1889.
CASH • PAID,
am prepared to pay the high-
est Cash Prices for good fleece
Wool delivered at the
Listowel Woolen. Mills,
Having been 15 years in business
hero, it has always been my en-
deavor to pay higher prices than
tho market allows, and in the
past years have paid city market
prices. Wool being so low in
price,"it will afford me pleasure
to pay the highest price going.
In exchanging wool for goods will
allow a few cents more. Will
also guarantee to sell my goods
at cash prices. I don't have two
pricos—cash and trado—my rule
is ono Nice only. Bunning the
year round enables me to carry
a largo stock. This year having
a larger stock than usual, will
offer you
The hest Stock of Tweeds In Inc lhomtn.
ion to Cheese from.
Doubleot11 aiit Twisted t11 loth
VILANWELS. BLANKETS,
Oslo (a the Neirest Patterns and
Ifintegt upshots.
Como early with your Wool and
you will foul us ready and will-
ing 1;0 give you our best atten-
tion. Wo will bv happy for you
to Inspect Goods and. Prices be-
fore disposing of your wool. 1
remain,
Vonrs llespovtfully,
itittoolti,
1,0yroWEL,
TEE CITY DRY GOODS' BTORE
--is offering special bargains in
SILKS, DRESS GOODS, CASH-
MERES, PRINTS, G -ERM -
AN FLANNELS, SHAK-
ER FLANNELS, Scc.
TRIMMING -S TO MATCH ALL
OUR DRESS GOODS.
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Gent's e,nd '''`oys' Cricket Mirth, Wilt
$hirts, and, a Sull nange of Neck-
ties, Collars, Ivas, ac.
Spada' Bargains , For This Week Only
1,000 yards Navy and White Print at 90 worth 121.
5,000 yards Scotch Zephyrs at 100 worth 20c.
2,000 yards plaid Gingham at Oc worth 10e.
500 yards French Challio, lovely patterns, at 10e worth 15e.
5 pieces of Huck Towelling, at 5c worth 0e.
500 yards Fancy Dress Goods at lac worth 12ic.
10 pieces Colored Cashmere, 42 inches wide, at 25c worth 35.
10 pieces Henrietta Cloth, good shades, 17 inches, at 30c cheap
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10 dozolt 5)°aier's Ladies' Corsets at 25c per pair worth 40v.
50 dozen Ladies' Black Hose al 10e.
And hundreds of bargains too numerous to tillotte so pet must
00111e 0,11,(1 See for Setitreelves.
FERGUSON & HA I DA Y,
AL lava GERS.
'Remember the Stand Posrovrien
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