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Since opening up the Splendid Bankrupt Stock belonging to G, A, 'Powell we have hadan uninter-
rupted Rush of Customers, who have in every instance gone away more than satisfied with the Genuine
Bargains we are giving. This is no blow but a positive fact that can be borne out by everybody dealing
with us. We have completed the task of removing the stock of goods in our old stand to the Garfield
House and our Combined Stocks place over 520,000 worth of Goods before our Customers, The public
will see the advantage of trading with us, more particularly when they ascertain our Low Prices.
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The Garfield House has always lead the Millinery Trade of Brussels and the surrounding country and
our MISS SMITH, Df Toronto, is now prepared to wait on the Ladies and show them our Large, Hand-
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Thos. Lavelle has sold his young Clear
Grit stallion to Mesars.Martiu and Mil-
lar, of (oilerieh, for 6400.
A mooting of the town council was
held hi=t wook. The principal Misittuas
transacted was tho consideration of the
proposition submitted by Broadfoot tC
Box. This firm ask from the town a
loam of 510,000 for ten years free from
interest. At the expiration of the first
three years they pay back 51,000, and
i,000 each year thereafter. To secure
this loan to the town they will give a
mortgage on property to tho value of
1110,000, and in return for the loan they
will emet and equip with the necessary
machinery a solid briok building the size
of the one erected by them last fall, and
will regularly employ on an muni aver.
age of from 00 to 100 workmen. The
council aeocptod this proposition as satis-
faotory and adopted a by-law to be sub.
'flitted for the approval of the ratepayers.
This bylaw will bo voted on on the Kith
of msz,,, It will require the consent of
two-fifths of till the ratepayers as woll as
a majority of the votes cast to carry tho
by.law,
11. J. 1tcGill, merchant, has assigned.
C. B. Armstrong, Trustee, of London,
has charge of rho stook.
An advkrticement nppoared in the daily
papery this week Itching for some news-
paper man. to locate ]tern.
In the recent examinations at thePres-
byterisn College, Montreal, R. Mender.
son, for some years the popular principal
of 1110 Blyth Public School, succeeded in
carryin6 off tho 13ulfbur Scholarship of
650 an tho pass work of tuo second year.
SoaxT AuT Ttunns.—Quito au interest-
ing Scutt Act ease was tried at Blyth on
Friday last before Magistrates Young, of
Blytb, shad McIitty, of Winghain. Mr.
Campion, of Godelch, a1p1eared for rho
defence, and objected to the juriodiotion
of the court. However, the unsos were
called. Tho first was against Robb. 13.
Duration, who on being asked to give evi-
dence refused, on. the ground that the
(Curt hail no jurisdiction and he could
not give evidettoe either for or against
himuelf. Richard Durnion, J. Enoigh
and A. Cunningham also refused to give
°victonae A groat number of witnesses
wcro called on all rho cases, but nothing
of any account was .got out of then as
thoy all swore they got nothing bat
"short," "long," "white, soft," "hard,
&c., ea:. Mr, Soott,•of Clinton, for the
prosecution, labored hard to make the
witnesses tall the ingrodients of the sov-
oral kind of drinks. O1re witnoss, on bo-
ing asked if what ho got was strong, said
ho did not think thorn was dynamite in
it, hot that it mado quito a report when
the wok was drawn, and he managed to
worry it down. But after working from
i) o'ojock a.m. till4 pm. they managed
to get one of the witnosses against R. 13.
Durnion to say he felt a little funny altos
lie got his drinks, felt about like he slid
after he took his first smoke, and 00 this
evidence fined him 550 and costs, and
committed the other three defendants for
oontotupt of Court. They received the
sentence cooly and have gone to gaol for
ten days, but it is thought this is not the
end of the sport, as the defendants in-
tend taking action against the Magistrate
for seting without jurisdiction and false
imprisoumeu0. Great oxcitomont pre-
vails, anti all are looking for a test case.
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A young, football Mob to be known as Moses ?iioPsd<len, lawyer, of Exotor' will Stimulate the poultry to excel all White Ada, the youngest daughter of
the "Listowel Young Lions" has boon son of Uriah McFadden, of this town- I past records m the egg business us it ill t Jas. A. Cline, Vias seated near the stove,
organized with the following Clefs :-- ship, has removed to Sault Ste. Marie, , abant Ms profitable an industry as we ! in some unacconntible way the coffee
Alf. Bamford, President ;Dave Galloway, whore ho will practise bis profession. j lava --A joint stook grist mill in talkcl of pot, which was tilled with boiling coffee
Vico-President ; Russ Bolls, Treasurer ; Seeding fa progroosing nicely, there he- 1 for Dlolusworth. I an n Lite stove, fell
her s ball from rho 1es on , ac ldin
Dau. Porteous, Secretary ; Loo. Taylor, ing nothing to break the monotony but • A. doctor was at once romd and knee
Captain. the rattle Of the egg wagon and the high 1l7the./.
The Spring Show, held on Thursday of sounding reasoning of the implement tot o 1
last week, was a very successful one there agents.
being 211 entries for the various prizes. We are informed that Minn l nphen
McDougall, eldest ihtughtee of he list•
Duncan McDougall, 7th con., has taken
ltor departure for Minnesota,. She goes
directly to Mount Pleasant, Michigan,
whore sLe is to bo marriod to James
Greenway, Lumbarmau of lower Minae-.
sots. She left on Monday, laden down,
with many valuable and useful presents
and the best wishes of many friends.
NOT1as 0110X Tim Noit'r BasT.—Conn-
cillor Brown is preparing to betide large
bank barn. Wm. Smith, Thomas Mat-
thews, Robert Smith, Richard Johnston
and John \Vhitmor will also build oither
houses or barns this summer. so that our
masons and carpenters will be kept
pretty busy.--Soino folks hint that
Robert Perry will shortly occupy his new
house and it is void he won't live alone
either.—Duuoan Mehlwan, of Stratford,
las sold hie farm, lot 81, con. 3, to Robert
Oliver. The latter is moving on and will
likely build a new house this Spring.—
Robert Voddon has boon doing to rushing
business at chopping at his mill.—We
are sorry to state that -we are losing 11
number of our young mein from this lo-
cality. 'lheyhave the Oregon form.. --
A. Dultohas rented his farm to Rory Mc•
Lood and the former will remove to Godo -
rich township. --A Largo number Of itn-
provemont are being made in ibis seuti,vt
andolearanoos made iu ovary dlreotip r.
Thos. Baylis has chopped 10 acres of in
bush during last winter and he now heti 1
GO acres cleared, tall clone in ti years,and
a fine brick house and a largo driving
syrt'e'. house and stable. This was a [wild bu:it
lot when he purohnsod it, and shows what ,
push and grit can do.—W. Dunn, o''
Newry, had a number of Mains engaged
all winter taping out logs, etc, from lot:
26, con. 6.—Under tho N. 1'. fatme's'
produoo sells at such a Iow figure that t.l..
farmer has to push the 50351 post mi.'.
way tie and fonce rail business to mak,
both ends of the year meet. --1 ant son.;
to say that Grey municipal daddies atilt
stink to 0110 old foggy style of ]toldi,,s1
their meetings at the hotels instead of
emoting a proper township hall near the
oontro of the township. This will bu
mado one of the quotations at rho next
municipal election, it is said, if it is not
handled boforo.--Thorn bas been a good
deal of sickness among horses and cattle
in this neighborhood but 3!, W. O'Brian,
V. S., of Brnssole, has boon randerhlg
offoctivo service. I think tho young man'
fools lonesome and I would advise hint to
Couple up, --Spring work is being pushed
along at a livoly sato and a largo crop is
being put in.—lb is oxpootod that tho
townolup council will male some ne0cled
irnprovomGuts in this corner of the town-
ship this year as we levo wafted a long
time for thein. --A mare belonging to ono
of our farmers gave birth to twin foals
this, Spring but they both lied.—Very,
littio maple ougar mado in this motion
this year. --The egg merohattts aro mak.
ing things lively and I hopo the N. 1',
Vor the best heavy draught team T. W
Jackson toolt the prize. T. N. Rolls got
:31. rt•ltra. 1st and Kidd Bros. 2nd for best single
Miss Annie Gibson, of Chicago, is vita. , drivers. Much of the success is due to
the energetic otiorte of Soo.-Treas., Sas.
Mennen. He'e 14 worker every time.
iting friends in this locality,
The Sunshine poetotlico has been re-
moved to the general storo of A. R,
Smith.
Lino 1 has attonier slaughter, This
time it was Mr. Fraser who was present-
ed with a little baby girl.
L.Itogerson, of Sunshine, goes on a
business trip to Manitoba this week and
will be away for a few weeks. As his
health has been poor this spring it is to
be hoped the fresh air of the west will do
him good.
\ire. A. Taylor, Belgrave, died in Ha.
milton on the 13th inst., with consump-
tion, sbo having boon there all winter
under mecdioal treatment. Mr. 'Taylor
has the sympathy of the entire neigh.
borbood in his sad bereavement.
J. H. McCasey returned from Toronto
on Thursday last. where he has just grad.
Hated M. D. C.M. L'. T. S. M., having
taken first oiass honors in 11110110 snbjocte.
He also took the final at the Ontario
Medical Council, the result of which will
be known otu the 6th of May. Dr. Me.
Casey will visit his friends of 13clrraavo,
Morris, etc., for a time before going to
Concordia, Kansas, whore he intends to
prsctico his profession. Dr. McCasoy
is to bo congratulated on receiving ecru•
ficates of first class honors at each of the
menial examinations.
X.,Letowel.
Tho carpenters of Listowel purpose
asking for a raise of wages, to talo effect
on May'Iud.
Tho opining cheese fair of i:hoListowel
Dairymen's Association will be held on
Thursday, May 5th.
Sneak tltievoe have boon gritting in their
work in this locality and have been "col-
laring" harness, whiliiotrees; oats, fowl,
flour, sac,
Tho bnsinoso mon have agroocl to close
their respootivo places of business ab 6:30
v,m. (ivory evening,exoept Saturday dur-
ing the minims months.
Tho following officers wore appointed
in commotion with tho Queen's birthday
oelobration t ---Wit, Mess, President ; D.
D. Campbell and T. E, Hay, Viae-Proei-
donts ; 3, A. hacking, Treasurer ; F. E.
Ifilvert, Socrotary.
Tho annual meeting of the Listowel
Lacrosse club was hold in Royal hotel
when the following officers wore ()looted
for tho, coining season s—Hou. 1 tosideut,
Wm. floss ; President, P. Lillieo; Vine.
President, J. J. l'ostor, L. D. S. ; Soo,.
Talon., R. L. Lillieo ; Captain, It. Rob.
ortson ; Match Committee, Messrs. Ed.
Pool, R. Gilmour and 11, L. Lillian • Man-
aging COnmttit0ao, 3. ,7', rotator, L, D. S.,
Ii. L. Lillieo and a's. Jamieson,
Tho Assessor, Win. Mitchell, has com-
pleted his asacesntent duties, and from
his roll, wo find the following statistics:—
The total value of Real Estate is 3692,-
060, or an increase over last year of 22,-
030. Personal property is estimated at
365,160, or an increase over last year of
34,650. Taxable income is given at 310,-
600, being an increase of 01,800. Tho
total value of Item Estate, Pe; St/1101 Prop-
erty and Taxable Income is therefore
t}778,110, being an incroaso over last year
of 3110,300. The male population between
the ages of 22l and G0 is 360, or a decrease
since last year of 210. The population of
all ages and sox, 9,103, or an increase of
215 since last year, which shows that if
it hut not been. for the loes in the mato
population between 01 and 0,o, we should
ltavo had it gain in ono year of noarly
501, The column under the head of re-
ligion in a blank, which of aonrse shows 0,
very bacl state of affairs. The number of
births is 15, •uutl rho number of deaths 10.
'l'hn number of children between 5 and
111, is (138 ; between 7 and 11, is 441, and
botweon 10 and 21, 1.11. The number of
norm within the Corporation, is given tit
1,1310.
llioD mulct C Sletummn's horse, "Blank
Champion," took 2nd prize at the Listo.
wet Spring Show last weak.
Joins Mitchell ohot an angle this woelt
that measured 5 feet, 1 inches from tip
to tip. A . Mitchell is gotting it stuffed.
Miss Attu .MeDoualil, who diol - on
Tuesday after n lingering illnose, was
buried on Wuduoeday fit the Brussels
cemetery.
Capt. Spackman, of the Wingham
corps of the Salvation Army, is endeavor-
ing to rooupotate at tura residence of
Marsden Smith.
David Clark, 14th eon., recently sold
two fat cattle 00 T'hoe. Govenlook whioh
Weighed 3,050 pounds. The priori was
four opts per lb.
A phrenologist drew large audionoes for
several ovenings last wook in No, 1 school
house. A groat many got their' upper
stories looped into.
Our builders and 01000115 have com-
menced work. There will be a good deal
done in the way,, of building throughout
thotownshipthis'mason- t
horse,Challeu or;"
L. injured.
s his
i a
was iujnr0d by his foot gtn;, through
bridgo while being talion to the Listowol
Springy Show last wook. Ho is getting
over hie lameness, howevor, and Will
start 01141i0 regular ratite on Monday of
next welt. t'C1lahenger" was not ox
hibited at Listowel owing to the accident.
Beef and broad have risen.
Big talk of games on the 21th of :lay.
Mrs. A. T. Anuis 1:; recovering slowly.
One of our Citizens, M. Riehardoon, is
moving to Oraubrock.
.3. A. Young, our teacher, lost Ilia
youngest child this week. It was buried
on Monday.
The list of subscribers to TIM POST is
increasing considerably in Ethel and
neighborhood.
Mr. Idansuld has started the foundation
for his 115w store and has in a complete
stook of hardware in D. Dnnbar's shop.
Walton.
0. P. R.—At a meeting of the inhabit -
Ants of Walton and surrounding country,
held fu tie house of Obits. Sage. for the
11 ittle sufferer,
W. Chapman has been constructing a
nice fish pond 0:1 his property on tee
bank of the river on Victoria street. It
is fed by a powerful spring of clear cold
water. As neon as ho has the property
fenced in ire intends to stook it with spec-
kled trout, which no doubt nvi11 thrive
well, as the water and surronntlings are
just what trout delight in.
Cxo tt evrt. I ., a avxa.
A St. Paul physicirn thinks that pop.
pies could be raised to Florida at a profit
of 01,000 per acre.
Krupp 1s now making what will be the
largest gun in the world. It will be 16
meters in length and will weigh 143 toes.
Thera is a dentist in a Michigan town
pm'poso of forming a committee to con. the sign over whose door reads: "Teeth
for with the authorities of the Cauada Extracted Without Bony Pane. Laffin
Pacitlu Railway in regard to rho enpposod (let, 110) Coots a Ha, Iia 1"
line of railway from Guelph to Goderieb, A taitlnp is travelling through Michi-
Johu Hewitt was appointed chairman gall, begging Iwo emits from every person
and 3I. Morrison secretary, Moved and he meets in order, as he says, to buy.e.
resolved that the following be to ciilnnlit- postage stamp to gaud a letter to his
tooto confer with the C.P.R. authorities : wife,
:Tiffin Ilewitt, L. McDonald, \Vin. Neal, A small bay in (111 City, Pa., is ezudit
Wm. M. Smith, 3I. Morrison, Chas. ed with having trained a .pair of his
Myatt and Chas. Sago, with power to add Cochin China roosters to drive double int
1.0 their number. Tho following wtre harness, He hitches them to. a little
sailed: It. H. Ferguson, A. 'Morrison, wagon, and it is said. that they claw it
1':iteick Ryan, Joseph Gibbons, Wm. 11. end!). ;mil willingly.
I,.amphries, (.;Inns. Mellon:GI, 8tej,hen Mande., lie' it terrific cyulouertiosod
trtb, Wm. M,Cobbin, C. W. .'f drag. over .biansas, Nebraska, and portions of
moil Jas. Murray. Moved luta in- , the adjoining 0 ,,. Hail stones 1111 111
solved that tiro Secretary repast this
meeting to the local papers, namely 1-
1.- pt 051011 Signal, Ihicsom,s i3,t r and
Huron Pxpositot'. Moved and wilolval
that this mooting do now adjourn tt' inset
again on Tuesday, 3rd of May, at the 1 tion in Now 7ea.'sey was tiro voting of a
inches in ai,tinaforonco, Iluudrede of
thousands of dollars in property destroy-
ed and probably fifty lives lost besides'
many persons Milled.
Oue of tho incidents of the recent oleo -
r. eideu0e of Mr, Sago. Chinaman, Ise went to Oho polls }with
his naturalization papors tioatly framed
in a little box with a glass cover. A po.
Wing01201,102. Ironman e wlted hint to the place where
iV. Inglis was electod Mayo; on Mon. ' tho Sabots aura handed in. Tho Clriva:
l.ay. man seemed itroud and happy.
11.111. Elliott, merchant, ie beho\e1 a : The 1'hiladolphia Inquirer thinks that
have loft tlw country. A bailiff has iu ;- "those narbl• carriage stones along the
.:alien of iia store. side-wta1La, relies o the time when oarri.
Bishop Baldwin administorod the right ages were hung high in air and t ho oeeu-
of Confirmation in St. Paul's church in pants uccdod a atop -ladder to gut jute
this town ou Thursday. them, should go. They aro moro of a
II. W, C. Moyer loft on Thursday for nnisanco than dry good -boxes ton times
Germany, where ho intends aponding the their Moe. There is no danger of falling
over a big
uc.:t two or tiv eo ninths, tiro good -box, but he may
Thefallowing officers wore appointed easily break his lag or his i,ock over
10. connection with rise base. ball club ;-- carriage stone.
Dr. Goan, lion. Pres, ; Dr. Young, Iiia, At a Caledonian gathering.held lately
`ict,oPron. ; !Phos. 13011, jr., Pros; Wm. in Australia, Douala Dinnio was the
Vouill, See.- Troas. ; Goo. Found, Grip. great attraction. Ho nude the following
Iain. records. Tho moonds ate givon by way
13, W. Hanson's name is appended to of cwnparisen. Putting heavy stone, let
the following challenge :—Any time be- Diunie, 83 foot 1 inch ; End, M. Machin-
fore the 24O1i of May, the hoof eaters of non, 20 feet 3 inches. Punting light
the Queen's will play a friendly game of stone, 1st, Diunie, '12 feet l9 inches ; 2iid,
football with a team selected from the 11. M, 1:l wens, 88 feet 1 Mhos. Throwing
boarclors of any, or all the other hotels in Hoary hammer, 1st, D.innio, 85 feet ; 2nd,
the town. The dudes of tiro Brunswick Pattullo, 13 feet dl Mellott. .Phcowing
And the mutton Choppers of the Dinsley light hammer, 1st, Dhtnio, 00 feet 8 in-
110use included, The losing tom to pay clues , line!, I?attulle, G8 . foot 0 incites,
far a barrel of flour to bo given to the -Dhotis tossed a caber 17 foot long anti
poor of rho town, weighing 2i owls.