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VOL. X. -NO. 23.
CLINTON, HURON COUNTY, ONT., WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. 1889
WHOLE NO. 549
FOSTER & RiTER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
LIQUOR ;-: MERCHANTS,
n HURON STREET, CLINTON.
'The Best and Largest Stock in the
County.
41.3SP RECEIVED:
LABATT'S Ale and Porter.
ONTARIO BREWING CO'S Ale and Porter.
COSGRAVE'S Mo and Porter'.
COPELAND'S Ale and Porter.
CARLING'S Ale and Porter.
rdr The Finest Old Native Wines, French
Brandies and Holland Gins in the world, at
FOSTER & RITER'S.
Toni 6!orreopondenre
Goderich.
Mrs. Macara is in town having
returned from Winnipeg.
The big 'summer house in the
Park is nearly completed.
Early Co ..munion at St. George's
last Sunday.
Mr. Joseph Beck was away East
for a few days last week.
Mr. David Reed has a potato
patch of many acres.
The Misses Attrill arrived in
town last week.
Mr. J. Elliott, of Exeter, was in
the circular town on Monday.
The usual St. George's Wednes-
day evening service will not be
held this evening.
The P. 0. building, which is still
steadily rising, has itjready a most
imposing appearance.
Though the Signal -Star has
come -it can hardly be calleda-brilli-
ant luminary.
The Misses. Doyle of the Park
House have returned from Sault
Ste Marie.
Mrs. McBride of Blyth who is in
town is the guest of., -;.her relative,
Mrs. Geo. Olds, West s"troet.
Regular meeting of Huron En-
campment No. 28, I. 0. 0. F. next
Monday evening.
Mr. P. I -Holt of Cameron & Holt
was in the Queen city last Wednes-
day.
Mr. D. McDonald, clerk of the
surrogate court, 'was in Toronto
the past week.
Mr. Charles Lee returned home
from Newcastle last week having
fully ' recovered from his recent
attack of diphtheria.
Vegetation in this neighborhood•
is•more• advanced than it has been
at a corresponding date for many
years.
Mr. Joseph Goldthorpe is build-
ing a commodious store in Saltford
on the lot until recently occupied
by the blacksmith shop.
So far this season has been the
best for many years for our masons,
bricklayers, carpenters and paint-
ers.
The regular meeting of Knox
Church Mission Band was held in
the church lecture room on Satur-
day afternoon.
Mrs. F. H. Spence of Niagara
Falls, who is in town on a visit, is
at the residence of her mother, Mrs.
Henry Marlton.
Mr. and Mrs. Shipley and family
of Toronto arrived last week on
their usual summer visit to the
circular town.
Mr. and Mrs. Kiely and family
of the Queen city arrived last week.
It is reported that the family will
make a long stay in the circular
town.
The derrick, in use by the con-
tractor for the .poet office building,
fell last Thursday morning. For-
tunately no personal injury was
caused by the mishap.
McLean's block is rising with
extraordinary speed. The push
and goaheaditivenoss of the owner
is worthy of imitation by other
moneyed men.
Most of the schools will be closed
the balance of the week on account
of the Teachers' Convention to -day
and tq•mor•row at Exeter, and Fri-
day being the Queen's Birthday.
Signor Giovanni gave entertain-
ments in the Grand on Thursday
Friday and Saturday. The program-
me though good -was only fairly pat-
ronized, the hot weather being much
against a crowed house.
The members of the Committee
in this town are working energeti-
cally to maks the meeting of the
Orange Sovereign Grand Lodge
next week a most pleasant one for
the delegates that will be in attend-
ance.
James Hood was brought before
his worship Mayor Butler on Mon-
day afternoon, charged with stealing
a pair of horse boots, the property
of Mr. Jonathan Miller, of the
Albion hotel. After hearing the
evidence the Mayor committed the
prisoner for trial at next court of
competent jurisdiction.
Wool (1orreopoltdenr.
Goderie8.
Mr. E. L. Dickenson, barrister, of
Wingham, was in town this week.
The Provincial Treasurer, Col.
the Hon. A. M. Ross, was in town
this week.
/ The mid-mouthly meeting of the
town council was held on Friday
evening.
Mr. Wm. Naftel, druggist, of
Toronto, was visiting relatives in
town this week.
During the past few days the
Salvation Army has had excellent
cornet playing at its public parades.
Messrs. H. Butler and John L.
McLeod, of Kincardine, were in
the circular town ou Sunday.
The Methodist church at Ben -
miller will be re -opened next S_un•
day, the repairs that have been in
progress some time being now com-
pleted. Sermons will be preached
at 10 a.m. and 7 p.nr. by Miss S. J.
Williams, and at 2 p.m. by the Rev.
T. C. Sanderson, a ono -Lime pastor
of the church.
Mr. E. McCann, of the Goderich
woolen mills, has given possession
of hie premises to Messrs. J. Dickson
& Son, of Port Hope. Mr. McCann,
who while conducting the business,
proved himself an export in woolen
manufactures, assures us that the
members of the new firm. are profi-
cient,in every branch of the woolen
business. Mr. McCann, who will
remain in Goderich for some months,
hopes all his old customers and
many new ones will still 'patronize
the new firm.
The Si(/nal-Slar is now before the
public. As to whether it will have
a Signal effect iu Star-ing the town
the public has yet to find out.
There can be no doubt about the
printing, it is fairly comrnendable;
we wish al.e could say the same of
the cuts that decorate its pages. Not
only are such establishments as the'
Big Mill ignored, but such residen-
ces as those .of J. T. Garrow are
missing, while places of infinitely
loss importance, and oven cuts of
individuals, are prominently dis-
plaryia. That there is considerable
abd yt. the.'towq as 'a summer resort
ansa manufacturing centre is qnite
true, but unfortunately very little
of it is original, and even then its
effect is marred by a profuse display
of individual business puffs. If
the largo number of business notices
had boon omitted and the routes
and distances to Goderich from
American and Canadian cities in-
serted in their place, the illustrated
Signal Star would have been rnuch
improved: As it is, with its large
number of advertisements, it cannot
be fairly called a journal for adver-
tising the town as a summer resort,
or advancing its prospects as a pan•
ufacturing centre.
HARBOR NOTES.
The schooner Ariel, light, sailed
for the north last week.
The fire supply water tank at the
water works is nearly completed;
The schooner Pinafore sailed for
Port Frank last week.
The schooner now building will
soon be ready for her baptism.
The fishing tug Silver Spray with
passengers from Kincardine arrived
in port on Sunday morning.
A new mainmast was placed in
the schooner Ontario last week, and
it is expected that she will be ready
for sailing in a few days.
The new raising and lowering life
boat machinery has boon placed in
position. Mr. D. K. Strachan
manufactured the apparatus.
The schooner Dauntless of Wal-
Iacehurg with a cargo of coal for
Mr. J. S. Platt arrived in harbor on
Saturday afternoon.
Tho dredge Challenge which is
still working between the piers, lost
some time the past week by rough
weather.
Worm gor.regpondenre
Goderich.
Prof. Aarinkson, our well known
musician, will give a concert iu the
Grand next 'Tuesday evening, on
which occasion he will be assisted
by the very best musical talent in
the Dominion.
• Mr. Jno. Craig who had been
suffering from a serious illness for
many weeks, died at the residence
of bis son William on Sunday
evening. The deceased gentleman
was one of our old inhabitants ha
having been a resident of the town
for a period of forty three years.
His death therefore makes another
break in the chain that binds the
present generation to the past one.
The funeral took place yesterday
afternoon froin the Huron Hotel.
The remains were interred in Mait-
land cemetery, a very large number
of relatives,friends and old acquaint-
ances being present. The late Mr.
Jno. Craig will long be remember-
ed for his general affability, his
well known. kindly senile making
him a general favorite with the
people of Goderich.
The steamer Campagna of the
Beatty line made her ueual call on
Saturday and took on passengers
and freight for Thunder Bay.
The steamer Ontario, of the Beat-
» 'line, arrived in port on Monday,
and after discharging cargo and
landing passengers, left for Sarnia.
The Beatty lino steamer United
Empire arrived on her regular trip
last Wednesday morning, and after
taking on passengers and freight
left for Lake Superior.
The fishing boats fishing off this
port are making a much better
catch than many of those that left
this place for the northern fishing
grounds.
The schooner Goldhunter with • a
cargo of lumber arrived in port last
week. After discharging the Gold -
hunter took on a cargo of hay, and
sailed for Serpent river on W,flnes-
d ay.
Varna.
ORANGE.—Several of the brethren
were •advanced to the Royal Scarlet
Order last week. The local lodge,
1035, is pr'osper'ing and increasing
in membership. .The lecture on
" Orangeism " some time ago by
our worthy Bro. Todd opened the
eyes of many who now know the
very liberal principles of our Order.
There is some talk of inviting Bro.
Todd horn swain, and a bumper
house awaits hinr if ho will come
and speak ou Orangeisni.
Poi (n orrastlll<ndanre
'Myth.
Holy Communion iu Trinity
church on Sunday morning next.
Our woollen mill is being fitted
up iu readiness for a big season's
work.
Port Albert.
John McBride has gone to Ish-
penning, Mich. to reside with his
brother Archy.
Thomas Boland died last week
and was buried at Kingbridge. He
was a native of the County Tyrone,
Ireland, and resided in this neigh-
bor•hood during the past forty years.
Tom was a good natured easy, going
sort of, a fellow and it took a pretty
good man to handle him in hi
t.
young days. He was not marrio
George A. Green who put in a
mouth "before the mast," on the
Schooner 'Collage ie home again.
They were caught iu a squall over
near Sand Beach and when Geo.
was aloft taking a double reef in
fore topsails he says the darn things
gave way and he, topsails and the
whole cabbodol,wont into the lake,
while hail stones the size of goose
eggs were coining down to hoot.
Geo. thinks landlubber business is
the safest yet.
I understand Goo. Irwin who
keeps Black's hotel in Dungannon
has rented his blacksmithshop in
this village. Tho stand is a good
one and I have every reason to
believe if Ed. Gaanger who had it
rented last winter had a little more
patience he would have worked
himself into a good business, in
fact if Ned had the pluck his
father has he would be making
money here how, but 'tis not often
we meet with such goahead men as
Wnilliarn Granger of Hullett.
According to latest reports fiom
Helena, Montana, Gabriel Dumont
is over there agitating the half-
breeds to another raid on the
Northwest. Our government made
a big mistake• in pardoning that
notorious rebel and they will have
trouble with him yet. Of the two
Dumont was deeper in the late
rebellion than Itoil and a man
of dangerous character, and he
should be put into limbo the first
move he makes. Canada has not
got another two millions to throw
away on such cusses as those fellows.
String them up, the sooner the
better.
James Mahaffy is back from Port
Arthur. He has a cargo of No. 1
hard Manitoba wheat for his mills
at this place on the way. IIe will
be obliged to gun it to Goderich
and there wheel it up to his mills
by the road. One week's dredging
would put this harbor in a shape
that most any boast could load or
unload and save all this extra
trouble and expense.—I notice
railway agitation is again looming
t Goderich and the circular
Court of Revision is to be held
on Monday next in Industry hall
at 10 a. m.
Messrs McKinnon and Powell
shipped seven car loads of barley
from this station to Buffalo this
week.
Rev. II. A. Thomas officiates for
the last time as pastor of Trinity
church congregation on Sunday
morning next.
Mr. W. Moutry has got his brick
yard running now in full blast.
There being such a large demand
for his excellent make of brick he
intends to do a big season's work.
Success, Will.
Our Fire Company are putting in
extra duties in the shape of testing
the new tanks before they are put
in. It goes a littto tough with them
but they will soon get used to it.
Stick to it, boys, its nice. excercise.
The members of Trinity church
congregation intend spending a
eociable time on Thursday evening
with the Rev. H. A. Thomas and
his lady before allowing them to
take their farewell from amongst
them.
Mr. R. Irwin is having his re-
sidence on Dinsley St. renovated
with a fresh coat of paint this week.
The work being in the hands of our
painter and house . decorator Mr.
John Howard it will no doubt bo
well done.
On Saturday afternoon the young-
est child of Mr. Michael Boyd got
ono of its hands severely lacerated
with a saw while its brother was
sawing wood. Five stitches had to
be put in its little hand by the
physician.
This burr had a busy ap;‘earance
ou Saturday night the people's
attention being drawn to the
window of F. Metcalf's jewellery
store whore the two handsome
silver trowels for laying the corner
stone of the Methodist church were
.on exhibition.
• Queen's Birthday on Friday is to
be observed here as a general holi-
day the principal attraction is the
ceremony of laying the cor•uer stone
of the new Methodist church which
is to be so grand an affair that those
who have never seen the like
should not fail to attend. A supper
has been gotten up by the ladies of
the congregation in connection with
the above which is to be held 'in
Kelly's brick block. In the even-
ing addresses will bo given in
Industry hall by the Rev gentle-
men invited, interspersed with
some choice music by the excellent
choir of tho church. Admission to
both 25 cents. Be sure and go.
PERSONAL.—Mr. James Forsyth
is at present afflicted with a sore
throat.—Mrs Oliver of the Nile was
'visiting her sister Mrs Anuie Col-
ter this week.—: -Mr. G. B. Phillips
leaves hero on Thursday, for Brace -
bridge to fill a situation in the post
office there.—Mr. C. Hamilton spent
Sunday in Teoswater.—Miss Stew-
art of Mitchell is visiting her aunt
Mrs. R. Brownlee, atpresent.—Miss
S. Poulton is on the sick list those
days.—Miss Lizzie Watson is quite
ill at present.—We aro glad to hear
that Mr. Joseph Tamin is on the
mend.—Reeve P. Kelly Esq., was
attending a committee of the county
council in the circular town last
week. ---Mrs. A. Lucas and family
leave here this week to join husband
and father in Calgary, N. W. T.
On Saturday evening Mr. James
Davies mot with rather a serious
accident, which will no doubt lay
slim up for sometime, through the
caving in of the hole for the tank
on Morris St. The mon were
working late for the purpose of
getting the tank in before leaving it
there being a considerable amount
of quicksand. This caved in cover-
ing ono of Mr. Davies lege so that
it was impossible for hila to extri-
cate himself. He was, however,
dug out by his fellow workmen
when it was found that the limb
was seriously injured. He was
taken home and medical aid called
in when' it was found that his knee
was out of joint. We hope SOOn to
hear that Jim will be none the
worse of the accident.
up a ,
town is about to recover their
charter for the Wingham and
Goderich branch.—The Star says
"Goderich must have both of those
roads running into there and then
our future is made." Patience, .lim,
patience ; one at a time. Stir up
your city fathers and open hearted
town speculators and open up a
grain market, foundry and machine
shops, &c., &c., and keep the farm-
ers from running to other towns—
the "Hub" for instance—to find a
market, implements and repairs.
goad eorrasilonduce
Dungannon
Mr. Martin, now of wiughalu,
paid us a welcome visit last week.
Postmaster Mr. McArthur has
received from Benmiller nursery a
very choice lot of flowers.
Summerhill.
There will be a picnic at Mr.
Robt Thonrpson's on the 15th con.
Goderich Tp. on the Queen's Birth-
day. It will be held in the orchard
on the Plummer farm. The orchard
itself will afford abundant shade
and ample room for croquet &c.
There will also bo baseball and
football games in the field adjoin-
ing, and a swing in the barn. Como
one come all and bring your bask-
ets.
Splendid rain last week. Nature
has robed herself in green and every-
thing is blodming.
It is rumored that a Baso Ball
match is to take place here on the
24th inst, between the Cransford
Blazers and the Stars of Dungan-
non.
The meeting for the discussion of
the Jesuits Estates Bill was well
attended but not being present my-
self I cannot give you auy account
of the proceedings.
Mr. Arthur Anderson and Mr
Simon Pentland _Kilo were attend-
ing college have returned home.
Both young .area are looking well
and we wish them a pleasant holi-
day.
Mr. Peter Cook, vet. student,
paid a visit to Goderich Township
last week. Some of the young
ladies down there must have a
hold -worth something on Peter, he
is so fond of going South.
There was quite a trotting match
here last week between Mr. Irwiu's
brown .geldiug by Caledonian Chief
and Mr. Higginbottom's black filly
by Royal Revenge, d.,n Clear Grit.
Mr. Irwin's geldiug won in 3
straight heats, but the judges think
that with a little training, the filly
will come to the front, as she is two
years younger than Chief.
Mr. David McDonald of Ashfield
owns a bovine that gave hits quite
a surprise. Dave had bought the
cow and on getting her borne he
tied her up in a stall. The cow in
some way got tangled in the rope
and when Dave came to look at her
she was to all appearance dead, the
rope having completely shut off her
wind. A team of horses were
brought, a chain fastened to the
cow and she was hauled out to the
bone yard. Imagine Dave's sur-
prise to see his dead cow come
walking into the yard. She caught
her wind again.
Mr. Smith of this village owns a
bay mare that is quite a runner.
On Thursday of last week Mr.
Smith and daughter wore starting
off for a drive and just as bo left
his own, gate some straps became
loose and the gait the mare started
off at it was something grand. On
reaching the corner at Martin's
Hotel she headed northward and
Mr. Smith very cooly kept hor on
the straight road and in a very few
minutes horse and buggy had dis-
appeared over Glen's hill. Down
the hill she wont at a tremendous
pace, skimming along like a bird
and throwing off throe of her shoes
to lighten her flight. After run-
ning a distauce of five miles her
feet became so sore on the hard
gravel that Mr. Smith succeeded in
bringing her to a standstill, a short
distance from Belfast. Tho occu-
pants of the rig wore unhurt but
very much frightened. The mare's
hocks were badly bruised from
coming in contact with the cross
bars of the shafts. Mr. Smith
believes that if his mare had not
thrown her shoes she would not
have stopped this side of Lucknow.
%orltt (5orreopolutente.
Goderich Township
A certain young roan of the front •
road spends a good dielt1 of his
time on the fifth concession, Stan-
ley.
Messrs J. Burton- of Stapleton
and Carroll of Biddulph were last
week thegnests of Mr. T. It. Jowett,
Bayfield.
Mr. James Beacom had a number
of sheep worried by dogs one night
last week and two of them have
since died.
A Mr. Pennington, formerly of
the Huron Road, near Goderich, has
rented Mr. Jowetts farm for a term
of five years. u_
I saw a fly sheet issued in Exeter
containing a bogus Stanley letter
giving a pretended history of THE
NEWS -RECORD and its publishers.
Goderieh township is just the place
for such literature. Most of us
have known the senior . publisher
all our lives and the junior one for
eight or nine year's and can value
sneak writers who slander them at
their true estimate. For mysolf I
have taken THE NEWS -RECORD for 8
or 9 years and hope you will always
give us your views as intelligently,
fearlessly and independently as you
have done. It is the only paper in
the county that I am acquainted
with that has consistently and persist-
ently contended for civil and religi-
ous •
olf.gious' liberty and supported the altar
and the throne as the bulwarks of our
constitution.
Benmiller.
At the quarterly meeting in the
Methodist church at Bethel a large
congregation was present and Rev.
James Kestle was the preacher.
The late Albert Maedel of this
place died suddenly after a slight
illness of about a week. His re-
mains were :interred in Colborne
cemetery when the Rev. James
Kestle performed the burial ser-
vices.
A teameeting will bo given in
connection with the Methodist
church here on the Queen's birth-
day. A good time is expected.
Mise Williams, the evangelist, has
made an appointment to try and be
present, and the Methodist church
choir of Goderich have accepted an
invitation to come.
Below is the standing of the
pupils of S. S. No. 4, Colborne, for
the month of April, based on dili-
gence punctuality and conduct:
Sr. IV—Nelson Malloy, Claud
Mitchell, Jane Blake.
Jr. IV—JennetMillion, Margaret
Malloy.
Sr. III—Emma Holzhousen, Sam-
uel Mitchell, Rebecca McClure.
Jr: III—Margaret A. Good,
Bortie Scharffer.
2nd—Albert Good, Lillie Malloy,
Mary Blake.
II part—Wm. Henry McClure,
Amanda Maedel.
I part—Rachel Million, Minnie
Malloy, Caroline Collison.
Average attendance 32. Number
on roll 46.
Belgrave.
The coneert given in S. S. No. 5,
Morris, was a success.
Mr. W. Clegg shipped several
carloads of grain from this station
last week, why does not some enter-
prising man start a grist mill here?
From the quantities of wheat ship-
ped annually we feel confident it
would boa paying investment.
PERSONALS.—Dr. J. Wilson V.S.,
of Wingham, was in town on Thurs-
day—Mrs. G. Steen was visiting
friends in Wiughain last week—
Mr. J. and Miss E. Bennett spent
Friday in Teeswater=Mr. and .Mrs.
Fenwick of East Wawanosh • are
visiting friends in the vicinity of
Collingwood—Mr. F. Hogg is sell-
ing tinware in this vicinity for D.•
Sutherland, Wiugham; hustle up.
Hingston—Dr. F. Godfrey, son of
Rev. R. Godfrey of this place, has
beefi Spending a short vacation with
his parenta—Mr. Jas. Watson of
this place but lately of Blyth is
about to return hither and com-
mence business again in the boot
and shoo lino—Mr. S. Snyder has
started a butcher shop in the stand
formerly occupied by J. William-
son, he has undoubtedly made a
good move—Miss Day is visiting
her uncle, J. Tovell—Hamilton &
Tovell have another clerk employed,
they are surely doing a good busi-
ness—Mr. Thos. Agnew Sr. and
wife were in town on Sunday—Mr.
Tovell is this week in Walkerton
on a business tour.
Londesboro.
Where are you going on the 24th?
Mts. Robert Cole is improving.
John Braithwaite is on the war
path with his book agency.
Mr. Wm. McCool is enlarging his
outbuildings, W. Riley, contractor.
CHURCH JINOLES.—Rev. D. Ram-
say preached an able, scathing ser-
mon in the Presbyterian church
last Sunday, in the afternoon. Rev.
Mr. Rogers preached educational
sermons at Belgrave, and Rev. Mr.
Gedfrey preached here. Rev. Mr.
Smith, who preached acceptably in
the ball during the winter, on Sun-
day afternoons, has resumed the
services again on the Base Line.
BIRTHS.
Scau•roN.—In Clinton, May 14th, the
wife of Mr. John Seruton, of a daugh-
ter.
MARRIAGES.
MAnnirD.—At the parsonage, Londes-
boro, on the 15th iust, by Rev. D.
Rogers, Mr. John Hawthorn of Hullett,
to Miss Grace McMichael of McKillop.
-4.
—Cedar Rapids, Iowa, May 17.—
A severe bail storm passed over this
city yesterday doing much damage.
—The Michigan Senate voted
down the bill to allow women to
yote at school and mvnicipal elec.
tions.
—Chamberlain, Dakota, May
17.—During a severe storm Wednes-
day night lightening struck the rev
eidence of M. Dorsay, near here,
killing his ten-year-old%on.
—In the House of Commons Mr.
Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland,
stated that ten Irish members of the
House are now in prison for of.
fences under the Crimes Act. Ho
said they are all enjoying good
health.
'K.