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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1895-04-10, Page 1IITTRON ,!>ts IKAlt3+ .$1.A6 per Annum, 1.00 la Advance. XVII ERE DO YOU BUY ? -•..rafIliOtiomsse- 'Probably in some nsigbbor- ing town. You should ask yourself "why ?" We buy all •.our goods direct and sell at a Small marlin. We ;uaran• tee satisfacc "ion. Give us a trial !or your next order. No matter whether it is large or small. J. W. RITER, THE CLINTON LIQUOR STORE. Town Topics. THE S. A.—Mrs. Adjutant Taylor, of Seaforth, will conduct a special ser- vic i•n the Salvation Army barracks on Thursday night, April lith.—Capt. and Mrs. McLeod, late of St. 'Phomas, have been appointed to the command of the local corps of the S. A. "CAPT." Daiscor L DEAD.—The firm.: iliar figure of Dennis Driscoll on the streets of Clinton will be seen no more. "He Wad for some days been ill with a severe cold. Living all alone, no one was aware of his exact state. He was the caretaker of St. Joseph's church and Mr. Flynn called on him Saturday evening to see that all would be well for Suhday service ; he was not com- plaining • much, On Sunday. rnorning r. Flynn again called and found. Mr. Driscoll cold in death in bed. An inquest was not considered necessary. The deceased was horn in Cork„ Ire- land, and carne to this country in 843, his present age being 76. Mrs. Driscoll died several years since ; three sons and three daughters survive in Bay City, Cleveland, and the Canadian North- west. The funeral takes place to -day at 9.30 *he R. C. cemetery. THE BBAPTIST CHURCH.—This is the last week of Evangelist Palmer's stay in Clinton. On Thursday night he preaches his last sermon here. During his stay among the people of Clinton much good bas been done. Many have been led into thb light of life and are rejoicing in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made them free. Several candidates will be baptized on Thurs- day night, prior to Mr. Palmer's taking leave of the people among whom he has for pearly tbree weeks so faithfully laboree . 3rP,tI.17L.'ft„.003i ace. I acti9.'RB SER. vice.—The musical service in St. Paul's church will be of a higher order than any Easter Service held in this church for a number of years. The church will be decorated for the occassion. Below is the programme for both services b(ATJNtl. Hymn No. 179 Vaults To Denm Bonedictne Hymn lira Hymn 88 Kyrie (3toria Tibi .... ...Tours J "Christian the Morn Breaks i shells Anthem.•.. t Sweetly o'er thee" s y rtvsxsONG. Havorgal Tarle Sehnecker Beethoven Carey Dykes Gilbert Hymn 189.. Gloria Magnifloat Nnno Dimitue Hymn 188 Hymn 185 Tours Barnet Blackburn Smart Anthem Hymn 18.. Ganntlett "Whv Seek ye the living 1 ,simper among the dead" 1 - Dykes PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.—Regular Monthly .meeting on Monday night, the chairman and trustees Irwin, Steve_ i n, Stevens and Jackson being ret;er� Principal Lough's report forMarch, which was adopted, showed 257 boys enrolled and 213 girls, an average of 413. Miss Taylor's room has 78 on the roll now, and with the same number of new scholars as last year this will be increased to 126, so that some change will likely have to be made. Arbor day will be May 3rd, hut not a school holiday. All pupils entering the primary depart- ment must present themselves at the school on Monday, the 22nd inst. The property committee was empowered to kalsomine the rooms in the small school house if thought advisable. The account of J. Harvey, $36.30 for wood, was ordered to be paid. The committee reported that, three coal furnaces and ventilating apparatus would he required and recommended that the Board proceed with the woi k —report adopted. The Board then adjourned to meet at the call of the chair S4tEC INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS—NEUTRAL IN NOTHING CLINTON-. HURON COUNTY, ONT. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1895 Town Topics. ORANGE DOINGS.—At the regular meeting of L. O. L. 710 on Monday eve- ning it was decided to have a special sermon preached here on Sunday, July 7th, and the Rev. Bro. Stout, provin- cial deputy grand chaplain, who was present, consented to deliver the Blame. All neighboring lodges will be invited and a large turnout is anticipated.— A number of the brethren will pay a fraternal visitto Summerhill on the evening of May 6th.—The matter of music and uniform regalia was discuss- ed and committees appointed to secure all required particulars.—A lodge of instruction will be held in the hall on Monday evening, April 22nd, and every member is expected to be pres- ent. BREAKERS AHEAD.—A new organ- ization has been formed for the pur- pose of despatching useless characters. Unlike sectarianism, the custom, laws and usages of the new order will not confine its operations to any class or creed. All violators of, its principles and teachings roust be "removed" with the "improved moral radcliffe drop." No less than one hundred and eighty- eight transgressors are "on the list" and "trials of speed" were made on Monday evening "with fair starting re- sults." When the new machinery and "improved moral radcliffe" is once in thorough working order a decrease of the "dog creation" may be looked for—and then there will be genuine "breakers ahead." Wno is Ma. HAYCOCK ?—There was a pleasant reunion of five gentlemen the other evening. Two of thein were visitors and three of them local enter- tainers. One of the party had'been re- peatedly addressed as "Mr. Patron," until finally one of the visitors lost the thread of names as the game of euchre progressed in interest. "What do you make it, Mr. Haycock ? " queried one of the visitors, and this created the greatest possible laughter on the part of the horse men, finally participated in by the whole party. The following morning every telephonein town was ringing up, "Have you seen Mr. Hay- cock,the candidate for parliamentary honors?" The conclusion seems to be generally that leader Haycock has his eagle eye on West Huron and that the Patrons are thinking of tendering hire the nomination for this Riding. Who is Mr. Haycock, anyhow ? LOCAL UNION. --Quite a nice gather- ing of people assembled in the Presby- terian Church last Friday night to listen to the interesting prngramtne furnished by the societies of Clinton Local Union. Mr. Murch occupied the chair; after the meeting had been duly opened Holmesville Societywas called upon to give the first adress, "The Rndeavorer out of the Society." Mr. Fred Elford, who took up this engag- ' ing subject, handled it well and did credit to himself in his pertinent re- marks. A lively and profitable discus- sion followed, when valuable sugges- tiqq, s on this topic were given. After trifiging, thenext topic, "Syst.enratic Beneficence,�� was introduced by Miss Townsend of Turner's Society. Her address was worthy of praise. In a fair and impartial and Scriptural man- . ner she dealt with the delicate subject, of giving. A splendiddiscussion follow- ed in which many took part. The re- maining address allotted to Londes- boro was not given on account of the unavoidable absence of Mrs. Ashly, Who was to have spoken nn it. Con- sidering the other conflicting meetings in town, and the almost impassible state,of the roads, this second meeting of the Local Union was decidedly a sac - (less. The next meeting will be in July. County Currency. A number of clogs have been poison- ed in Blyth recently. The railways are announcing round trip tickets at single fare for Easter. 14trs, Henj. Evans, of Blyth, slipped on the ice on Monday of last week breaking her right arm. A woman never 'makes up her mind to do a thing ; she does it and makes up her mind afterwards. From present indications it would appear that a new Methodist church will be built in Exeter this year. A deputation from Wingham were at Listowel interviewing the Messrs. Livingston in reference to establishing a flax mill in Wingham. Not before the trogs begin their spring cantatas and have caught and got rid of their hard colds, will spring open in earnest. Now April, stop this fooling and don't be acting as if you didn't know whether you were yourself or windy March. The Waterloo House of Refuge is crowded at present and enlargement at an 'early date becomes an absolute necessity. The Walton Presbyterian church, having decided to put in an organ, have given an order to. Messrs. Scott Brothers, of Seaforth. A. Hales, butcher in the Guelph market, has the finest spring lamb yet brought to that city t his season. l t was purchased from Mr. Bowman, Guelph township, and weighs 50 pounds. Mr. R. Medd, of West Wawainosh, delivered two fine three-year-old heifers to Messrs. Watson & Emigh of Blyth. recently that tipped the scales at 2761.5 pounds. They were beauties. The young lads Unity and Melvin, who were arrested and sent to Goderich frotn Wingham recently were sentenc- ed by Judge Torus to three months in jail at hard labor. The following from Huron county passed in all subjects at, the Ontario Agricultural College Dairy School, which closed on the 14th of March G. W. Hill, Summerhill, and W. G. Medd, Constance. . Couuty Currency. Mrs. Duncan McLaren, of Hibbert, mother of Mi. J. P. McLaren, of Sea - forth, died on Sunday • week, of pneumonia, following la grippe. She was a most estimable woman, and respected by all who knew her. A Leicester ewe belonging to Mr. Robert Leatherland, of the Kipper' road, south of Egmondville, the other day gave birth to five laughs. All the lambs and the ewe are alive and likely to live. The old log school -house, which a generation ago was such a familiar sight in almost every section of On- tario, is now alunlst a thing of the past. There are to -day only 488 of these left. Of the other 4,834 school buildings in existance 2,448 are brick or stone and 2,386 frame. Don't break up your glass fruit jars vet. Those prophets of disaster to the fruit crop croak every spring a little earlier than the frogs. Wait a while. The severe winter may have ruined the fruit, buds, but as yet no human being can tell. A Galt cigar vendor has considerable humor in advertising his smoking goods. Lately a placard on top of a lot of boxes of a tempting brand read, "This celebrated brand of 5 cent cigars is as smoked by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the Crowned Heads of Puslinch." The township of Logan has put in a claim of $460 against the town of Mit- chell for allowing the smallpox patient, Seebach, pass through there after his candition had been discovered. The town will no doubt have to pay the claim. While feeding mule cattle ou Thurs- day week, Mr. W. Charters, of the Mill Road, Tuckersmith, inet with a painful accident. He was coming down out of the mow with a fork in his hand, when the fork slipped and fell on his left foot. one prong going through the hall of his left foot. "Boys,"s said a teacher in a Sunday school at Bayfleid, "can you quote a verse from Scripture to prove that it is wrong for a man to have two wives ?" He paused, and after a moment or two a bright boy raised his band. "Well, Thomas," said the teacher, encourag- ingly. Thomas stood up and said : "No roan can serve two tnastets." The question ended there. To those having orchards the pro- cess of spraying is now looked on as a necessity. Several pre- patations are used but the one that has given the best satisfaction is what is known as the Bordeaux mixture. The ingredients and pro- portions in this are as follo*s :-4 '1ih lime, 4 Ib copper sulphate, dissolved in one barrel of water. We are pleased to learn that the pension of 'Mr. Wm. Brodhagen, of McKillop, has been increased from 92 a Month to $6 a metal', and he will receive the latter figure in future, Mr. Brodhagen was a member of a brass hand which accompanied a Michigan regiment during the civil war. The American Government have generous- ly forward him the intelligence as above stated. in the report of the recent examin- ations at the Ontario Veterinary Col- lege, we notice the names of the fol lowing 1F ronites who have successful- ly and creditably passed their final ex- amination, and are now duly qualified to cure our cows and horses : A. J. Gibbons, Wingham ; W. H. Farrow, Auburn ; Albert W. Perdue, Wing - ham ; Allan S. White, Glenallan ; Thomas G. Waghorn, Kirkton. John Kidd. the Mono Mills cen- tenarian, died on Wednesday. Last August John married a sixteen year old bride. The bride has not been liv• ing with her lord and master for quite' a while. It, is rumored that the old man made his will a short time ago and that he cut her off with a shilling Old mean Kidd kept his coffin in hi. house for sevt-rnl years past, and hs took ranch pride in displaying the receptacle for his ashes to strangee who wonld call to see this very peculiar old man. Sonie years ago he built an immense vault and had the bodies of several members of his family placed in it. Old John is said to have been worth nearly $100,000. it is expected there will be litiga_inn over the will. At the Britce Assizes the charge of [manslaughter against Alex. Fraser in connection with the death of Mrs. El- der was not established, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty by di- rection of the Judge. Mr. East of Toronto has written a letter to a Montreal newspaper contend- ing that Chattelle, the Listowel mur- derer, is insane. The gaol physician at Stratford, who sees the prisoner every day, is positive that he is not tnnane. The position of the new moon dis- posed the weat•her•wise to prognosticate a cold, dry sprin r. The coldness they figure out from the fact that said moon is pretty far north and the dryness from the fact that it doesn't look like spilling. These old beliefs die hard. The Devil's Dozen.—The number 13 plays an important part at the Court House this week. There are 13 grand jurymen, 13 criminal indictments to some before there, and 13 Indians in the ail.--Walkert(m Herald. William James Leatherland, eldest son of Mr. Robert Leatherland, of the Kippen road, south of Egmondville, died on Tuesday of last week, aged 43 Years. Mr. Loatherlend had been in poor health for a long time, hut, was generally able to he around. The fun- eral took place to the Mailand bank cemetery Friday afternoon. A terribly sudden death took place on Tuesday morning of last week when Mrs. John Foote, of the Bayflrld r oad south, departed this life. Mrs. Foote had always been in good health until a little over a week ago, when she was suddenly -taken sick and fell on the floor. The doctor was unable to say what was her trouble, but it was not so serious as to confine her to bed. At the time of her death she was sitting on a chair and without any warning, fell over, dead. I)ec•eased was the eldest daughter of Mr. John Reid, Parr line, and was in her 43rd year. She was a most estimable and highly esteemed lady, and will be much missed in the neighborhood. She leaves a husband and six children t(1 mourn the loss of n kind and loving wife and mother. The funeral took plisse to Baird's cemetery on Thursday. county Currency. Goderich. Mtwy of our readers will learn with Subsoribere indebted to Tes Ncws-RcooED can ie ret of the sudden death of Mrs. W. Pay their subeorlptione to lin. H. W. BALL, who is qq authorized to reoetve.the same and grant receipts. W. Gray, sister of D. Wilson, late of I Mr. F. J. Pridhatn is Making a bust - Maple Grove, Stanley, and(ldestdaugh- tress •visit to the Forest City. ter of thebanes Wilson, Esq., who Mr. R. Vanstune, of Wingham, was the was one of the first settlers of that town- ship. Mrs. Gray was well and favor- ably known, her invariably bright and cheerful manner winning her many friends. She died, after six days' ill- ness, at the residence of her brother, Andrew Wilson, in Pickford, Michi- gan, where her loss will be much felt. The death of Mrs. Alexander Mur- ray, at the age of 64 years and ten months, reproves another of the early settlers of Lucknow. Deceased was horn in Inverness, Scotland, in 1830. In 1865 she came to Lucknow, and con- tinunusiy resided there till her death on Tuesday mornin r. Her husband, Alexander Murray, d1ied in 1873, and a dant hters and one son family of six g survive them. The deceased was high- ly esteemed and her remains were fol- lowed to their last resting place to the Kinloss cemetery on Thursday after- noon, by a large concourse of friends and acquaintances. For some years past, at regular in- ter'vals, an old rascal has visited this focality selling drugs for the manufac- ture of liquors, and, to their discredit, it is said that some hotel -keepers in the neighboring townships have been in the habit of buying and using [.hese vile preparations. He was in town on Tuesday morning and drove out into the country. He offered his drugs for sale in one of the leading hotels in town but got a hot reception for his pains. Ile should he arrested and sent to jail, and every hotel -keeper caught using his drugs should be served like- wise.—Mitchell Advocate. A mail robbery was committed at Brussels on Friday, supposed to be be- tween the town post office and the railway station. The first train ggo�i �g east leaves at 6.56 a. in., an it^`cvais� while being carried by the contractor to this train that the theft crust have occurred. The mail clerk who received the bag reported that there was a slit made in the side of the mail bag about four inches long, large enough to al- low the abstraction of registered letters, of which there was a number missing, but their value is not at present known. The suspected party left Brussels on the next train, and the authorities have been notified at the principal points to he on the lookout. On Saturday evening Frank Sex - smith, a wealthy farmer, living on the 12th con. of Huron township, Bruce county, attempted to take his own life byr rutting his throat with a razor. He had been in Kincardine during the day, ani was under the influence of liquor when he reached home. His wife censured him, after which be quietly went to the side -board, and taking a razor, cut his throat, almost severing his wind -pipe. Sexstnith, realizing that he was rapidly bleeding to death, snatched a towel and ban- daged his neck, at the same time scream- ing for his wife to send for a doctor and try to save his life. Dr. Secord of Kincardine was summoned, and suc- ceeded in stopping the flow of blood, and after great difficulty managed to put several stitches in the wound. He died Wednesday night, leaving a wife and two small children. The Gorrle Vidette says of the late Wm. Dane :--Deceased was horn in Brantford and came to this township with his father when about five years of age. He filled the position of clerk of the township of Howick since the death ofrhis father in 1874, who was the first clerk of the township. He was married in the year 1883 to Miss Lizzie Green, daughter of Mr. Geo. Green, now of Wingham ; their union was blessed by four children, two of whom died in infancy. The funeral which took place on Saturday last was an exceedingly large one and was con- ducted by the Orange Order of which deceased was n member, and a large number of the brethren from all over the district attended to pay their last tribute. In the removal of Mr. Dane the municipality loses a trusted and valuable servant, the community an honorable citizen and the Orange Brotherhood a true and worthy mem- ber. A widow and two children, (George aged 1 and Harrry aged 4 be- sides 1 sister and five brothers, Mrs. Henry Harding of this village, Tho - nuts, John, George, Mathew Dane of this township and James who resides in Manitoba, are left to mourn and have the profound sympathy of the entire community in their bereave- ment. The Lucknow Sentinel says :—The case against Sandy Fraser, which is fresh in the minds of our readers, came up before Justice Meredith at Walker- ton on Wednesday. The Grand Jury found a true hill. The Crown prosecu- tor, Mr. Win. Lount, Q. C., opened the case to the jury in an hour's address, going into all particulars. Evidence for the Crown was then taken, after which Mr. Morrison, Counsel for the defence, urged that there was no case for the jury. To this His Lordship assented and the accused man was acquitted of the serious crime of whit h he had been accused. The grave charge against .Tames Kenny of Holy - rood, of having had "carnal knowledge of an Imbecile," was dismissed. We c•ongratulitte our talented young 1ownsnla.n in these successes in the Superior• Court. Port Albert. John A. Hawkins, John McMillen and Douglas McKenzie returneet horse from the Soo last week. They had the pleasure of meeting our old towns- man, Geo. Erwin, who is making money by the barrel as foreman of the dredges at the American Soo. R. J. H. DeLonjr+ intends retiring from the hotel business on the lst. of May ensuing. Dick, i presume, haus shade his pile of toad skins. Messrs. McPhail & Shrowd, of Tiver- ton, county of Bruce, succeed Platt & McFarlen as lessees of the roller Initis the letter end of May next.. Mr. Beachlor has a gang of men en- gaged sawing at his steam saw mill and expects to get through sawing here in n week or ten days. • in the county town the past week. Mrs. W. T. Hays was the past week visiting in Seeforth. The river was at full flood for several days past, more. water passing down than at any time for several years. The harbor is crowded with herring fry ; millions apparently, so that in a few years this fish will be as plentiful off this port as in the days gone by. Special service this evening at St. George's; regular service at 11 a. m. on Good Friday; at 11 a. m. and 7 p. in. ou Easter Day; also for children at 3 p. m. There will he Holy Communion at close of Sunday morning service, and an early celebration at 8 a. m. Regular meeting of Goderich Coun- cil No. 157, C. O. C. F., to -morrow, Thursday evening. Regular meeting of Huron Chapter No. 28, R. A. M., next Tuesday eve- ing. The Collegiate institute and Public Schools close for the Easter vacation to -morrow afternoon. Miss Bailey is spending a few days in Woodstock. Mr. Mackendrick, of Galt, was in town on Friday adjusting insurance claims for his cpulpany, the Gore Mu- tual. There will be an At -Home at the Collegiate Institute this evening. As this is a new departure and a large number of invitations have been issu- ed, the occasion should be a memor- able one. Mr. James Wilkinson returned from a visit to Gault on Friday. The town treasurer is making a busi- ness visit to London. Mr.- E. L. Dickenson, barrister, of Wingham, was in Goderich last week. Mr. Roht. LeTouzel, of McGill col- lege. Montreal, arrived home for the holidays last week. On young towns- man was very successful at the closing examination, attaining a good position in the honor list. Mr. Jas. A. McKay, of Toronto, was visiting in Goderich the past week. The fact that such enthusiastic curl- ers as Sheriff Gibbons and M. Hutchi- son, Esq., hold the office of Honorary President and President of the new curling and skating company augurs well for its success. On Monday, the 22nd inst., "Our American - Cousin" will he pi oduc ed at McLean'sOpera House for,the benefit of Mr. Harry Hart. As the cast, includ- ing several who will make their first appearance, is said to be an excellent one, and manager Burt having lost every cent he had ingested in the Grand. every lover of the drama and every friend of Mr. Harry Hart should be present. Please remember the date and give Harry a lift. Mrs. W. A. Rhynas leaves to -mor- row on a short visit to relatives in Walkerville and Detroit. Mrs. Stark .has returned from Tor onto. Mr. Phil Horton left for Regina, N. W. T., last Thursday on a lengthy visit to relatives. Mrs. Carpenter returned to Detroit last week, her mother, Mrs. D. Fergu- son, having passed the critical point in her illness. At the meeting of the stockholders recently held the Goderich curling and skating company was fully organized, with the following directory :--Honor- ary President, Sheriff Gibbons; Vice Presidents, J. T. Garrow, M. P. P., and Joseph Williams; President, M. Hutchi- son ;-Vice-President, Jas. Clark ; Secre- tary, C. A. Humber ; Treas., R. S. Wil- liams ; Directors, A. McD. Allan, D. C. Strachan, H. Lockwood, F. Jordan, W. A. Colborne, M. Nicholson, D. Holmes, Robt. McLean, W. H. Mar- ney. The stock has been increased to live thousand dollars. W. Pruudfoot has been instructed to obtain a charter and the Secretary has been sent to sev- eral places in Ontario to report on buildings now used as culling and skating rinks so that the hest attain- able plans inay be used for the Gode- rich structure. It is expected that in at few weeks the contract for the proposed rink will be,let and the work proceeded with. At the meeting of the Town Council on Fridley evening a monthly audit was directed, Mr. R. Radcliffe being appointed to the new office. On Thwsday morning just before 8 the firs aloin called out the brigade to the most serious blaze we have had for some years. The fire started in the store of Armstrong & Co. and is sup- posed to have originated from the fur- nace in the cellar. It appears that two of the clerks, Mr. Guest and n youth named Turner, were making the usual preparations for opening, the furnace having been just started, when smoke and fire were noticed and so rapidly did the fire make headway that in fifteen minutes the whole floor of the opera, house was burning. As soon as the hose cart arrived the men were at work, and in a few minutes four branches were discharging on the building, but such a hold had the fiery element and so difficult was it to reach it that fears were entertained that it could not he confined to the portion then burning, namely, the Opera House, the store occupied by D. A. Calhick and the two occupied by Arm- strong & Co. After about two hours the firemen were haying a great brittle to save the property on West street, the back stairs having caught, but at this time the roof of the opera house fell in, and the three branches then on the roofs of ad- joining buildings had the conunutnd and being well directed soon allayed all fear of further extension. The re - The floods are now raging and suck- er fishing will soon he the order of the day. The iceon the lake is breaking up fast. Navigation on the lake isnot far distant. Farming opperations are backward this spring. There has not, been many "Royal Bengal Tigers" killed in this neighbor- hood of bete, nevertheless a few of the natives feel like tackling half a dozen without the aid of pitchforks. • A. M. TODA, Rtrlt.or end Owner WHOLE NO. 85G A great deal of harm is done, and still 011'0 good 113 left undone, by the gimlet-eyed jeweller and watch- maker, Jack of all trades, good at none, who, in i51to. ranee, er in yet more dangerous half -knowledge, flat gla.see by spacious "advertisement of certain kinds of glasses superior to any whole ;" the mel.who hobbies ahnnt "flints," er tomb, it set of Oa uu n "trial glaea- es" with achromatic ler sere. Be commonly alit "fit" a customer from his trial f,ento with jnet euvugh 50- euntey to give seine aesitealrce In many oasar, and some relief in ethos. But in many stu) oe1 he Will maltreat cases of disease by 'folding in interest- ed Ignorance to the belief of the i'stient that all he reanimate a "pairofoueotacles," atd uta Inrgepropnr- ti. n-exiteeitlly of childr,n and adolescents -be will pass over all the mere subtle defeeta which 1 amen - eptly affect the near and distant Metre of the eye as a life servant. lie ,foes s, -and tLis.isn meter of daily rbservation among practicing opthr: mologlcal aye specialls] s -because the only at inpleto exatnina. tier of the refraction of the eye whit b can 1": 1113-11° with it due appreciation of be pbyslolei-loal meaning. precise character, and the oousegnenee of such de- fects is that made by the study through the nphtbal- noeeepe mirror (no watch -maker has one) of the in - teller structure of the eve, and the calculation by the FF1110 marvelously beautiful and simple instiuteeot tf the refraction of the imperfect eye. PRO, CHAMBERLAIN, "EYE SPECIALIST." ST King Street East, 'Toronto. I always have an eye s0eoialiat in my store and visit Clinton twice each year. 111141.016 til • As we have just crime to the close of our first year in business here wedesire to extend our thanks to all who have favored us with their patronage daring the year. We feel that all who have placed their confidence in us will he pleased tr, know that tt!e year has been a successful one. We recognize the fact that each and everyone who has favored us has been an item in that suc- cess, and recognizing this we extend to each one our sincere thanks. • We have done our best to merit the confidence of the public and to give satisfaction. Our motto has been "good goods, moderate prices, courteous attention and fair treatment to all ;" to the poor as well as 'the rich, to the n$ere child as well as the full grown adult. To this motto we will always stick ail(. the public 00 whorl we depend may rest assured that we will do all we can to retain their confidence. To those who h ave favored us in the past we respect- fully ask for a continuance of their favors ; to those who have notyet honor- ed ns with their patronage we ask for a trial in the toll assurance that we can satisfy. Yours sincerely, ALLEN & WILSON. sult is the almost total destruction of Armstrong's large stock of dry goods, boots and shoes, millinery and cloth- ing and a large loss by fire and remov- al to D. A. C'albick's stock of station- ery. Losses by removal and breakage a were suffered by the following : Jas. Rubinson dry goods, C. Blackstone confectionery and household furniture, Dr. Richardson dentistry fixings and material, Star office printing materials, North Western Telegraph Co., Miss Pitcher millinery, Hairy Hart cigars and tobacco. The owner of the build- ing, Geo. Acheson, will lose consider- able as his insurance will nit nearly cover his loss, mud manager Hart loses all be had invested in the Grand. In addition to the above G. N. Davis and the Sturdy Bros. lost a little by smoke to goods and damage to build- ings, uild ings, the latter being caused by haul- ing the hose over them. All the shove named, with the exception of Mr. Cal - hick, were more or less insured, this gentleman loses n coli i(l(•rable sura and also suffers from a severe injury. As soon as it was seem that the fire could not he confined to Armstrong's. he, with assistan,e. commenced tnoL•- ing his stock, and while at this work he fell into the cellar from which he was with difficulty removed. The re- sult of the fall was two ribs broken,, hands severely injured, and consider ahle fever caused, it is supposed front inhaling the smoke or the filmes of the burning stock. Mr. Calbick is steadily improving, and we hope soon to hear of his entire restoration. SEND TO -DAY. Ladies and0entleracu. ho alive to your own inter eat. There has recently been (Uncovered, and la now for sale by the undersigned, a truly wonderful "Ifair Grower" and"Complerionwbitening.•' This "Flair Grower" will aetsally grow hair on a bald Lents in six weeks. A gentleman wbo has no beard can hove a thrifty growth in six weeks by the use of thio wonderful "Hair Grower." 11 will also prevent the hair from fulling. By the nee of this remedy boys raise an exultant moustache In six weeks. Ladies if yon want a surprising head of hair. Lave it im- mediately by Ow nae of t is "Halt Grower."I also sell a "Complexion Whitening" that will in one months time make you as clear and white as the akin can be m tde. We neverknew n iady orgentlemnnttouse two bottles of tbie Whitening for they all say that be fore they finished the second brittle they were at white as they would wish to be. After the use of this' Whitening, the akin will forever retain its color, 11 Mae removes freckles, eto , ete. The "Hair Grower" is lid cents per bottle, and the "Paco Whitening" 80 ciente per bottle. Either of theca remedies will bo sent by mail, postage paid, to any address on receipt of prioe . Address ail ordors to R. RYAN, 360 GilmourSt., Ottawa, Ont P. 8. -We take P O. Ptampssame as cash, bnt par- ties ordering by mail will cantor a favor by ording 81 worth, as It will require [.hie amount of the solution to accomplish either purpose ; then it will save ns thelrnsh of P. e.atainps. • •