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kRIPAY, FEB. 18, 1887.
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essaaweesseselleamame
I? Axa SoLP.—lktr. E. Chesser las sold
his 40 acre farm in Goderich township,
near this town', to Mr. Thos. -Churchill.
who owns the adjoining property, for the
sum of $3,025. This is a very fair price.
Mr. Chesser, who intends to glove to To-
ronto, will have a sale of his effects some-
time in Mere's,
tEAT1I OF i RED HoLLO V Y.—A, few
days ago the announcement was made
that Master Fred Holloway was suffering
from inflammation of the bowels, but lit-
tle ditl_.we, or any one else at the time,
think that the aanoahcement of his death
would follow so snon,b a having succumbed,
despite all medical aid, at an early hour
on Sunday morning last. Re was just
entering into man's estate, being nearly
19 years of age, and had been employed
' • ROB. W. COATS has filled a p a depart with Mr. M.' Fischer, and' his death is a
want (p his stare exclusively for Spectacles, very sad blow to his parents and friends,
where he will be cible to sitit any sight perfectly. who, however, leave the satisfaction of
knowying that he died trusting in Christ
as his Saviour. Prior tohis illness he had
attended the speciahserviee !Rlnah,nlrl.in
the Methodist ehurch,tantlltis'ttie thee '
before be was taken ill expressed his de-
termination of giving his heart to the
Saviour. His religious eonvictious deep-
ene&with. his illness, and two days after
he was stricken down, lie " found peace
through believing in Christ." He seemed
to be very happy, and the night before
his spirit took its flight, is one that will
never be forgotten by those who were pre-
sent. Gathered around his bedside were
those who had been bis companions in
work and pleasure, and as he sang " Safe
in the arms of Jesus" he pressed the mat.
ter of personal salvation upon all.'"the
divine presence'seemiisg to fill the room
His funeral on Monday was very largely
attended, the greatest sympathy being
manifested for his almost• heart -broken
parente.
LoCAL BIttErS.—Messrs. Staubury, of
the London Road, who evidently know
how to handle cattle to -the very best ad•
vantage, are feeding about seventy head
PRIisessTATION—On Thursday Ci'cnine this winter; they do annually a very large
trade in cattle, and confine it entirely
last, Miss N. Strait's S. S. class, assem to themselves. DI r. John Rapson, of
bled at the residence of. ler father }tad Hullett, intends to build a new house this
presented her, prior to a short trip to Chi—year, slid has let the contract for the same
cago, with a beautiful scent bottle and to Messrs. Cooper & Swaflield. Mr.Ctesar
stand, accompanied by an appropriate Perdue and a couple of his brothers have
address, to which Miss Straith replied in taken the contract of cutting about 300
brief but feeling Cerins• • cords of wood on the farm of Mr. Percy
ATTEMPT TO REPEAL THE SCOTT QCT. Evans, near Holmesville, they get 43 and
'Ti..e hotelkeepe•rs of the county held a 't30e a cord respectively for short and long
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m, ane hereon Tuesday, to take steps to-. wood. Miss FIcnnings, of Goderich, (sis-
weeds securing it repeal of the Scott Act. ter of Mrs. W J Swnheld), and Miss Bed•
x• The first steps will be to secure a petition ford, are visiting friends hero. A quan-
to the Secretary of they State, signed by a 'tity of timier cut at Staplet"on for the
certain proportion of the electors, asking erection of a new building was carried
-'afor the privilege riltaking a,repeal'vote. away by aflood last week. Mr. W. Bro..
,. derick bas taken a situation as traveller
ASSESSMENT. =The assessors,sligee srs• for a novelty and small ware house. Mr.
• Stevens and Menzies,have started on their J' W. Hayward is around again, attend -
work.. The townpeople should help them ing to business, but is still very weak.—
. in every way, to make the assessment as Mr. Robinson, C, E., Cornwall, is here on
correct as possible, for it is to the interest a visit ; dame rumor states that his pres-,
of all that a proper return of all taxable once means the ultimate removal of a most
property be made. These gentleman estimable young lady to Eastern Ontario.
have 'hitherto shown themselves to be 11r. W. H. Cooper has recovered sufficient -
painstaking and efficient assessors, • very ly'fmm his_]ate illness to be able to get
few exceptions being taken. to their work out and around. Mr. Donald Japer, Bay-
• in the past, and these were not the fault field road, has' been suffering from a very
of-the_assessors. severe sore throat. Mr. Kaake, of Wing -
NONE TO BE-HAD,—This week a gen- ham, (son-in-law of Mt.. Henry Young),
tleman in town who had a reasonable of-, has -bought 'Ott. the photograph business
fer for his house and lot, concluded he of Mr. Blackwell, Blyth. -Mr. J: Biggins
would sell if he could find another house has been confined to the house by illness ;
to. move into, and he started; out in search , we hope it is nothing serious antitrust that
of a vacant one. He tells us that he he will very speedily recover. Mr. Geo
the town, and found
walked every street in Diehl, jr., has disposed of his business at
only one vacant house, and this one hard -
/y
taken a position at
rr Oak, Blieli.,
in a habitable condition. This speaks Toronto ; George•likes tho•soil of Canada
well for the town, and the demand for the best.. The Conservative School Board
houses is on the increase. We have heard at Listowel reduced their High Scheel
of several persons who contemplate nicer-
ingTeachers' salaries, to punish them for tak-
ing ,Mere just as soon as houses can be pert in Reform demonstrations,where-
obtained. upon the headmaster and assistant resign-
ed, much to the injury of the school; (the
BACK To IllsFlits-p Lo w -•111-r-. •CCF.-Dy.-atssistantis Mr. John Connolly, formehly
Banton-, formerly --of this --town, and_ivhr of, __Jinten _;) the escholare of the school.,
recently entered the coal 'business with his presented both teacliets tv blare,
a silver sets
brother at Oaklands, Cal., has returned to vice on the occasion o'if'their leaving:—
hisIrst love, having just been appointed -Miss Jessie Oliver is Iain up with an at-
Freight and PassengerAgent of the Allan- tack of quinsy. Miss Simpson, of the
.• tic and Pacific Railroad, with office at .Model School.; has been n "off duty" for
Sacramento, Cal. It is hard for a mttn to a couple of days with a severe colds her
forget the training of a lifetime, particul- place is supplied, by Iiss Cruickshank.
arly when. he. has special fitness in, certain The Street Committee are not, apparently,
directions, and Mr,,Railtori can no more doing much towards cleaning off the side -
rest content out of railway life than a fish• walk leading to the school, and also the
one to the -station: Dr, W. w. Hoare, of
Strathroy, (father of Mrs. J. P. Tisdall)
has received the appointment of G. T. R.
surgeon for the Sarnia branch. The town
council should entertain the idea of put-
ting a gallery of some sort at the end of
the Town'Hall ; the building is much too
small now for the requirements of, this
lace; a gallery to accommodate one or
two hunaredrireople would not cost much,
and would relieve the pressure that often
prevails at.' present. Miss . Trewartha
thinks of leaving town for a few months,
for the 'benefit of her hearth. Miss Flo-
rence Goodrich left townon Tuesday
morning, for Calgary, N. W.T., where she
LOCAL RAILWAY NOTES.—The follow- purposes taking up her residence in future;
ing persons left here this week for distant she will be missed in town, especially
points west, procuring coupon tickets at among the Sabbath School workers, she
the town agency of the G.T.R:—Mrs A having been a faithful teacher of the in -
Frazer, for Portage la Prairie; J Jacobs, fant class in Rattenbury street school for
• for Preston, Man.; Miss Rutledge, who some time: Mr, " Brown," so called for
has been visiting friends.here, returned to convenience, enlivened the proceedings of
her home at Parnell, Ohio. John Been. the Liberal Conservative committee, on
of Bayfield, leaves for Brandon, on Mon- Saturday night ; he's a hustler on the
day. James Fair is Shipping 1000 sacks platform, but is not particular as to his
=of 2ur t0 Glasgow. T McLean shipped statements being facts: he left the riding,
a car of stock to Montreal" This week, Ping -to Toronto; ofisiliredneedity7, -it has
W. Reid, of Stanley, left this week for bean said that a very highly esteemed
Glasgow, going by the •Allan line, for young lady will shortly leave Clinton arid
which A. 0. Pattison is agent. take up her residence near Port Hope, as
the life companion of a well-to-do young
farmer" in that I„cality ; he, has made an
excellent choice. "Caris Sima," who has
been very ill for several weeks, is now, we
are pleased to l,pow, recovering, though
slowly. Remember the auction Bale of
furniture belonging to Mrs. P. Craib,
which takes plsce to -morrow, Saturday;
Mr Cr"aib having accepted a situation in
Chicago, removes there at once, but not
before he plumps for M C Cameron. The
termer* along the gravel road between
-Clinton ane Londesboro/turned out last
Tuesday and filled up the pitch holes, and
now they have one of th . finest roads in
RATTIER TiUNitat.Y.—One night last the county ; farmers in other sections
'week the clock in a certain house oti'Rat- should ger and do likewise. The wife of
tenbury street deliberately stopped, while Mr R Brown, near town, was called to
its owners were calmly slumbering. Soon Ilay, this week, by her mother's illness,—
niter one of the members as oke, and see- It is reported that C J Reeves has left
ing a light in an adjacent house, conclud- town, W. Grant, of the London Road,
ed that it was tie to get up; they did so; sold a load of produce to Jas. Steep, nn
got breakfast ready, and the remainin '1'hursdnv, for which he received the sum
members of the household got up and par of11,330 75; it was cldver seed. Mr Will.
took of the same. The light in the rid- Davis has taken a situation at Woodstock
jacent house having in the meantime des- Sir John Ferri, of the 2nd con. of nutlet t,
appeared, some one, wishing to know the (uncle o1iR Fitzsimons) who is one of the
Cale, bethought themselves of a watch in oldest settlers, is; very ill. 'Ihe Liberals
one of the rooms, and it was found to be will get full returns of the elections, at
only 3 o'clock a. m. Tableau, their committee rootlis,Tuesdny night next
TO' 'I'IJE LADIES.—The absorbing topic
of the dayfor gents is "Politica;" for the ladies,
• "ashere villi 1 flet any dress rng,de? We tender
our advice; as you are all aware we have long
been endeavoring toseceire the servtEcayif i*er-
Son, with whom this has become an accomplish-
ed art, we have at last mastered the position
On securing -3118S C URh''ELL to manage this
department. We ask for a trial. ROBERT-
SON'S GREAT CASH S''PORE
LOVERS OF f.rOOD• BREAD wilt do
well to remember the flour used at Fleischmann
Yeast Cos: free baking schools is made at the
BIG BRICK MILLS, SEAFORTH, ONT.
RATES OF EXCHAAGE-33 lbs. Flour,
.10 lbs. Bran and 3 lbs. Shorts for A • 1
What. Custom Chopping Sc. per 100 lbs.
FOB FARMERS WHO , GET THEIR
SUMMER EXCHANGING DONE IN
THE SPRING,, we shall keep aspecial grade
of dour they may safely rely upon to ensure therm
first-class bread al' stn wan,.. Our EX -
CH ANGE,FAMIL Yand BAAERS FLOUR
are 1V unequalledVaqualityr cheapness.
OWLIM 00., B('J BRICK MILLS
SEAFORTII, T. • •
• it�AlUlt
Zopix.5.
AND CLEARIN6.Go)ALE
F
.0 O 000•0'000 000000
' AT 50 CENTS ON lulu . $.
Thousands
can live out of water,
NOT BECOMING THE SEs.—We are in-
formed that on one or two occasion's re-
cently a young woman has appeared et
the Skating Rink, in male attire,no doubt
thinking that her " make up" was so com-
plete that her'sei would not be revealssd..
Although -nothing has been said to her
personally, it was known at-tats-enie'•v►ho
she was, and for her own sake it is hoped
she will not be injurcious enough to again
don male habilaments. Aside from the
impropriety of such proceedings, she is
liable to appear before the Mayor and be
eisbject to a fine. •
x
of articles must be sold to make room foal spring
stock. Now is the ti , e for
IG in BARGAINS.
1 k) (Cc)mos w. c)(7,413 %V4S-.NT)0D.
tN A VIs1T.- ir. Robt. Pratt, of
Granden, Dakota:, formerly a clerk in
town, is -here on a visit,after an absence of
six years. He says the present winter has
been the most severe one experienced in
the west for many years, blizzards, accom-
panied by intense cold, being the rule not
the exception. He speaks hopefully of
matters out there, although business gen-
erally has been quiet, but he says the
numbers that have gone there from this
neighborhood, and particularly Goderich
township,. all appear to bo satisfied with
their change and prospects.
('urnirat, • , umber.. Montreal,Star' 0e. ll•rt.,
'lass 1µc:, and (J rip IOc,. mot pa•>t paid on ,,
receipt c/ prioc tv any addrr•R,t is ;4 les yew,
Cowie, l'alentincs in great emieiy. CHRIS',
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DICKSON, t'tintan.
CNRIS.' DICKSON, -`CLINTON,
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C. RANCE&;CO
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Are offering GREY COTTONS, WHITE COT-
TONS, SHEETINGS, both in single and double
width, PILLOW COTTONS' and. SHIRTINGS, all
fl new and fresh from the manufacturer'
is
x \Vl•. ALSO IIAVL FINE LINES 1N x----
;MBROID,ERIES & L'':RIN=n $,
A grands,,,Stocle to select'f'roni. (_'orno and get a big bargain in a..
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READY :-:MADE:-; OVERCOAT.
"CINDERCLOrT' TO at all writes.
i)E1A TMENT
Our DRESS
Is large,•and we.will give you a rood selection now,•at at r down prices, in
preference to taking them into stock. We kindly a an
inspection if only' for comparison. , • -
GEO..E. PAY &.CO.
THE E DRY GOODS EMPORIUM PORIUM OF CLINTON.
JAci(ftQ
�TIIIER,
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IT- RI\TIsHS
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ill give a discount of 10
Per
Cent for Cash for
the next sixty days.
C. C. RAN JE & CO
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THE HUB CLOTHIERS, CLINTON,
Three' Doors Wcsl o1' Dickson's Book Store
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WE ARE SHOWING THE • OST EXTENSIVE S'i k OF
BOYS < OEEIILDREN LOTHIN
Ever seen in Clutton. No purchaser of boys clot g should
miss seeing our wonderful assortment, at the- lowes . micas
ever quoted for reliable goods. •
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Our spring stock is cowling rapidly to hand, anti by the 1st of
March we expect to be complete in all departments.
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JACKSON BROS.,,
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