The Clinton News-Record, 1899-04-20, Page 1&IMO A YOAR IN.ADVAINICIE.•
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VOL. XXI
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INDEPNNPENT IN AZZ TRINGW-NEIITIZ44 NOVIIINVI
WO J, MITCHELL, UM». and Prop
CLINTON.HITRONTOUNTY OIT., TMIRSDAY, APRIL O, 8994
The LallriOP Government Will Allow No Investigation Into the ilasealitiof its Officials id the Yukon Savo by its Own Officials all Relatives of the Ministers.
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larC.ks0
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Jost received from the factory, now
is "Your chance to get one, arid a
good one at that, for they are
Now Filtwanus • •
Tbe best in the merket, . One is err-
- Jon yvill require and you will find '
• - ittablein your home,. .Yoti •
1 steep More contented when You
a te.ene, and it will earl you as Ai
•, eaely ..ae- you like.- It wakes the • • N •
• bitedenen, the •,servaet,gite; the -
stay.outeate young man and &I
the other sleepy mortals. 'It •Wakes
.• allbutthe dead, .tuid,niE COST is
. ONLY $1.25 .soyou.caneot afford •
.t6 he•withotit'one,. Weare leaders
m our. line, •
yeatacioae9.,e 69EiGebeeepae
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T..Get.
Parlor.
'a Bred 2%0'80
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COMMENCING. ON.. SATUR.
DAY OF THIS WEEK
We will keep a list of all custom- 9
ers from outside of Clinton who Q.,
purchase Wall Paper from ns,
and on the following Saturday 0,
we will ask the person who came
the • longest distance during the 9
week to select from our stock '
enough of bur -
1,5c
(Pair NUDE
1EG 4 Wall Pa er
, just new is staring every woman in the
face. The stern realittes of life'are not
neariy so hard to battle with if you
only know' how to meet them. You
will find that you can do your hmise-
cleaning :with a, great deal more ease
and pleasure if you -use a bar of . Q,
COGP _WS $(2,&P. •
and a, little
te,
Dmiit
TEN:Dwalsseir
36.8,4040,4 011e1)40e 04,
Pfill423 Tint •V
• For washing vouteblankets, flannels,
etc., use WOOL SOAP,,the only soap
warranted to wash woolen goods with.
rieking.. Have you tried pur
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. 8 BARS 'OF SOAP FOR .2.5c.
Buy a good Broorri. It will make your
old carpet lont like rieW.
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ETP -TO -DATE. CASH 'GROCERY.
OGLE COPPEli & CO„ Clinton
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re)
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to paper their parlor OP any
ether room in the house.
Our reputation for handling
the largest and hest Hee of • Wall
',Paper has leak since -been estab-
lished in and. around Clinton
and we also 7ish to induce those
at a, distance to getthe benefit
of.. our money-savingoffees.
Let us hear from You, dis-
tant. readers. Come by eail if
you like, it Will be till the same
to ; wo. expect, however, that
west of you will drive.
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Remember, we will keep an
aceurate . list showing the cos- "'•
tamer's name and address, so
that we can tell who came the
greatest distance during the
'
We ill keep this offer open r,
each week until further notice.
No matter what Week" youcoin e
you have a chance to secure a
bundle of paper free. A bale of c'
six Window Shades will also be
counted.
All Paper Trimmed Free.
Little Locals. . . A Photograph ot the Grind Old Man. , A ffair-Zip Operation.'
Me. J, T, Enonertoti, who is an ex- When in Clinton dueinfethe recent A Mrsjohnetone of Zurich, who i
• pert upooereverel instruments,bas 'see.- PamPaign Sir Charles Tupper promised now a guest at the Waverly House
.eral pupils' to whom he is imparting Iffr. John Ransford that he would send brought her young child to De. Gunn
guitar instruction, --Chief 'Wheatley him his phetee'rePh. as has done se, last week to have it treated for heir -lip
WHOLE NO. 1,062
Why Shield the Guilty Parties ?.
The Population Has Increased,
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s . 'Assessor Cottle has finished his work WeSt fillP01iji
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, and his report is ready for presenta-
ing nature, beth' the population and Bearers Pay $6,318
tion to the council. It is of a gratify -
the assessed value of thetown having
increased, the former by 108. with a For Licenses. To Enforce the Act
still better prospecb forthis year. :
Costs About $800;WM le $2,327,t6
This is well, indicating that the Huh is
Goes into Municipel Treasuries.
on the advance again, •
made the roundslast week pickiup the photograph with the , autograph of of the most pronounced kind. The
subscriptionsng
' to the Horticultural Soc. Sir Charles areivitig on Friday. 11 18 Dr., Huron's most noted surgeon,
iety,—Are you a NEws.Rizootiea good specimen of the photographic operated upon the little one and it is
scriber ?—Shall the town councils:lib; art end faithfully portrays the "War expected it will seen grow out of *hat
a stone crusher this yea,r, or ha it bet- 'Horse Of Cumberland" as he is to -clay, 7ould have been a sad deformity. He
ter WAth 4 while P—Last week Chief the rnost vigorous man of ' his years, was assisted by Dr. Graham, .
Wheatley sent a ten -dollar order for hoth Physically and mentally, in Cana—
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gladiolus bulbs to T, W,`Childs of Floral da"
has three•hundred bulbs and yet does
Park, New York, The Chief already
Thee In Church. - , .
Me. Ransford's drawing -room. They Want the a P. R.
Auburn and Zuriehwilieethushistically
The good people of Dungannon,
.
It ciecupies an honored. •places in ••
Sutleart a.C. P. R. extension such as
St.. Thomas Journal says -.Rev Mrwas outlined in last week's , issue of
Irvine of Grace church, Occupied the Ta14) NEws-ItEconn. These healthy
pulpit of the Central Methodist church, .villages consider their importance,
Sunday morning.. He commended the together with the fertility of the coen-
ection of the pastor of the church,Rev• try About them, would Make it worth
Mr. Crews; in requesting the ladies of the Company's while to construct the
the church wine wore large hats to re- line. Monsieur Contine, the St; Joseph
Move them during the sermon. He nabob, also favors the sehenie, though
said the request was not contrary tb• he would divert the. line to his rising
Scripture, insomuch as women were im e"City" instead of haring' it Pass
a condition of servitude at the time through Zurich,
when Paul wrote, bat they were not
so. now. Ile said hoped the. MBig Advertisers
ove-
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ment would become quite general in The W. Cooper tz Co. are among our
all ehorches. ,• , hest a,dieTtisers and always modern in
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The Cricketer* Re -Organize. their methods, • That is they Write
readable ads, ads which bristle with -
Ab a meeting held in the council
figures and itikerthation. In addition
,chamber on Thursday evening Wit the
to e big three coltiren announcement,
cricketers is organized for the season
which appears on page four, they make
with the following 'officers t-Ifonor.
a novel proposition in their ad on this
a, rY President, William Jackson ; neat.
dent. Alex Armstrong ; • seereteey. page. It is this:: -to the austomer
Who comes the longest distance to shop.
treasurer, F. R. Hodgens ; captain, L.
at their stere
Kennedy, groundsman, A. McGaeva ; .
property nian, Geo. Barge. The late' enough wale paper to cover the wails
rhey will .give.gratis
ter three with the addition of G: R. andceiling ofher perlor. Read what
Russell 'and W. Ross form' the execu- they haye to sof about it.. '
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Booksellers, Stationers and
Cash pa,id for Etutter and Eggs and ft_ Fancy Goods Dealers, :Clinton.
uried Apples. Phone 28. Ztreeee,e0eaotiKeekeeaete,seeeleEPtibi8Q
' THE TVir0
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To see the latest if) Hats
inspect 4. J. Morrish's
• stock. Don't buy till you
do so. All inspection
convince younot only that
he has what you want but
Mt his prices tmit the
times and the good quality
of the goods he sells.
His Ties, Collars, Cuffs,
Shirts, etc., 'are also supe-
rior goods at taking prices.
CLINTON.
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Oe,' business has chiefly been Ordered
Clothing with the exception of Ready.
Made Pants, Overalls and,Ready.Made
Overshirts. We hew) often been asked
for a cheap suit end in order to amain-
inodate our custotners had to put in a
few lines of Reedy-Macles. We do not
perpose making any more profit on
these than will pay the freight, as it is
Ai sideline out of the ordinary run of
first price is $5 for a Man's Suit,
-go rally sold at $7.
The second price is $5 50, This suit
WoUld be cheap enough at $7.50.
The thit d price $7. This suit is made
out of all wool Halifax Tweed and will
give $10 worth of wear.
. .The fourth and last price in the Reedy-
Mades is $8•and it is really a nice snit,
neetly cut and well made, good trial-
minge and got up in the best, style.
Some houses would charge you 312
for it. .
The Ordered Clothing season is in fall
swing. All the Tweeds are in and we
have the best line we have ever had.
CLINTON,
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Our, customers Fits
Ob, do I hear some, 'one say, I
don't, think I shall fp3 Ileftr you, I
don't want fits. Ob, yes you do.
You like your Coat and your Pants
to fit and you like a nice easy fitting
Spring Overcoat. • Your Hat won't
look well if it don't fit. That is tbe
kind of fits we give our customers
110101110614 guarantee gtiod fitS (n:: no sale and you can then give us
the other kind offits. Give us a trial' fr fit you out in a nice
Spring Suit. You will be more than pleased for we make a
specialty of giving better values and better fits than any house
in town. We are practical tailors and can fit & giant or a clvarf
• and best of all our prices will fit your pocket book. In the
ready made department we have ,suir8 F110111,18.50 TO $12.00
the latest styles and patterns,
Gilie Cis A Call and We Will Save Yen" Money,
OLOTtligl/ rat
AND I:LATTER, )140)110)144 104,
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VICTOR/A BLOCK
CLINTON,
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consider that he will be at all over
stocked. He is a, great lover of flowers
and has n merous varieties in his gar?
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den which is a pleasant spot to visit
,during th summer, season.—Clerk
Coats for the•use of the, firemen has
prepared a map of the town showing
the streets, needs and tanks. Of tlae
latter there are twelye.' ' The map is a
good specimen of the clerk's akin as a .
•dia.ughtsinan.=-The : freshet ef teat
week damaged Fair's • mill pond some-
What.--e--The Star Course- Committee
. have a balance on hand Of fourteen :dol-
lars. They cleared themselves on the
Vedettes, though an expensive cone.
pany.-What about a Mity 24th cele-
hration., . Is the energetic comenittee
welch, inadesuch successes Of the dem-
onstrations of therasttheee 'years go-
ing to allow the 21th of '09 to go by de.
fault?The howling weenie being
put into condition •for the seastm.,-L--
Adjetant Hughes of Stratford coudric-
ted a meeting in the . S. A. baineicke
;last night. • The enteetainneent given
by the S. AN .on Thursday, night .of
last,Week was well attended.----.4.'sub• '
scription to Tut NEws•Riceonii is rte.;
ceptable at any .time.•The executive
of the East Huron Teachers', Associa-
tion has secured Mr. Frank Leigh :for
an •i iluetiated talleon Imperial Canada
at the annual meting to be held .6n
.May lind,12ther.--A six ,column
supplement goes with this iietie-eflut
NEWS.-REdottp,-.M.r..' Herry. Carter
has a Ieingshati.hen which laid a dozen
egge in thirteen days.Mr.• Walter
•Ootits' dwelling had a barker'', escape
on SaturdaY, a spark etarting a, blaze
whiela burned 0, hole , in the kitchen
roof.The Dominion • EirPress, Co.,i,
W,Cooper &Co.; Agents, haVing.doub.
led their bueinesseach year they 'have
been represented in Clinton. Mr. Coo-
per fully eXpeots to • issue ()riders for
$1000 this month,—The Oddtellows
willattend divinepervide in the Bap-.
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tistchurch •next•Sunday niarning.,--
Me. A. A. Shrank has swapped .horses
with Mr.Thcis.. Cole of Goderich and is ,
now the • owner of speedy "Maggie
Murray" a speedy etarrdard bred mare'
with a record of 2.21 or thereabouts...7-
Monday's shipments froin'Clintoesta-•
tion included two car leads of hogs to.
Toronto by C.Wallis and one 0.001114 -
Wood by W. • Anderson.Mr; A. T.
Cooper has sold Cleveland wheels to
Vietor Freneh, Walter Iteilen and E.
jaekson..----:-Mr. A. A. Shrenk his been
appointed agent fOr the T. 0. Austin,
Cp., oiliaryey, • 111,; manufacturers of
road -making enachineryee--;-.Ree: Mr,
Millyard gave a grand address to the
young people' otOntario street League
Monday evening, His subject • was
Phil • 21-25, "The attitudfy ef the
Christian towardeife and death." MP,
Millyard's earnest talk cridirecia -desire
for higher living to thrill the beetle of
the many Young people nresent.—*--Mr.
, A. Wilken has moved. into the house
on William street just vacated by Mr.
EL Gould while Mr. Gould has moved
• into the house recently Oeeupled by
. Mr. Frank Clatworthy.—Miss jennie
Jones entertained a number of' her
friends on Tuesday „ evening. The
party was.given inhonoe of Miss Liz-
- zie Aitken who shorty leaves Clinton
to take up her residence in Beeton,--•:-
Mr, Sohn 0. Elliott is having his Vacant
store refitted.—Mt. D. Connell is en.
gaged in remodelling Dr. Gunn's recent
purchase, the Stewart prope4y, on
Victoria street. -,---.11r. B. Kaiser hos'
been-given•the-contract•-ot-"harinii1"-
finishinkthe interior of Memorial Hall.
He does good work'and will he assisted
by "Jack" Kennedy.---j--Mr. D. B, Ken-
nedy has had the Davis & McCool livery
'stable repainted,- . "Jack" Kennedy
wielded the brush at Which he is betom-
ing quite an expert.—Mr. E. Hartt is
having his Cottage an Queen street
raised and a new foundation added, and spoke in highpraise of the manner -
Mr. john Stephenson, assisted by Mr, which the President had taken to keep
li, Ker, Is renovating the place,— - up the interest in curling at home..
Fairs' teraddrew about MOO Pofinds of - All rePlied, save one, Dr. Turnbull
wheriffrom the station in one load on Wile Is now in Germany, hot Mr. Bry-..
Tnesday thotigh the road' Was in poor done acted es. his substitute., , Then
eoridition, T.he horse which Harry Came apresentation, by See!TeeitS. W.
Glazier is now using 'in the dritY is ..Titekrion of a, medal' to the winner of
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twenty two years old, but it looks and . the single cOnteste, This Wits :won by
: works as well es an eight year pie........„. Mr; Sohn johneton, after, 'early a hard
, rriday papeis make liberal rise of THI4 fought battle. Mr. Jackson is a very
NpV8-ItitoOnlYSiiews Columns which eittlanSiaette curler and gaVe tile medal
is pne Ivey, and a cheap one, of . for campetition in the hope that it, also
gathering information, There- are would be the ineans otkeeptsg. up the
others.-----lhe Oddfellotvs passed a ' interest in the rOarin" sPOrt. Mr.
couple of candidates through the ' JobliSten in Owing' termS, rePlied
third degree on Tintoity etght„„,... briefly. The remainderiof the eVerfing
on Suodity evening 14, mimphrie, . WAS spent in speech and song, and after
the joining of hands in einging "Auld
sing very effectively the solo, "Pats
• tive coin mittee., The old stand-bys• of SIticerablCoOrt Clinton I. O. P. .
the club. are showing a lively interest The foNlIcivying are th. eefficersof0ohrt
and With the new material at careinand Clinten o, 4701, 0. F. for the cutreot
the ,secisOnqught to be an interesting . term Chief Ranger', .3, W. Chidle •
Y
. Tice chief, O. 'Orich; pest 'chief tied
Alter AfOri Pay. • chaplain, C. Ilelyar; financial-secre
llodgens ; recording sects-
.
. The Grand Trunk traCkinen have. 0.17,-F•
tary, Rogers ; treasurer: G. Swallow;
made 11 demand upon the U0113 pa.o y for
Physician, Dr. Geahain ; senior wood -
ever
pa Y; rbbee, help and extra pay for
ward, R. Smjth.; junior Woodward, H.
over tirne. There areothergrieyanCes,
penneharcer ; senior beadle, G. Hem:
foL netan co; • the 'emproyees on the L
& who ifve in the ponipatly,e houses reel) ; beadle, 4..Foster,, jepre
pay double the rent, ilia& those on the selrita.tti4 6g-migire6firt, 'N*11°1-,
Conk Clinton's meeting night retie been •
Q. &• B. do and • ask for an equaliza-
tion. In regard to Pay, the foremen twice a month but it is proposed to
MI6" noW receive $1.50 per day ask change it to monthly, for the summer
season at least. •
$t 75 and the section Men an advenee
from $1 to $1.25. The grievtitaces liee Pruning tor Thirty" ..pied Vears
hoW.: being considered by. the Com. Mr. Arthur Opialeis veteran pruner
names officials and if the understrap.
havitig, he •so informs• Tug Ntw.s.
pere crinnoteffect a settlement they will REcoRD: been SO engaged for thlrty-
be:placed-be-16re Mr. Hive: • : flee consecutive years and has more
then once placed .20,000 grafts in• a
Presentitinnot Tankards and Metkii. •
geason. He has also been buying and
On Monday' 'evening • the closing
packing apples for eighteen years, So
scenes of the curling seas6nWere.enae.;
that theis should not be Much about
ted at the Clarendon • Hotel• the
an orchard • he doer. not understand,
members of the curling club sitting
Front his examination • of the trees thi
aeound the, festive board, which was
season he thinks he is quite safe in
beentifully spread and well Supplied
prophesying a big .yield fruit next
hkfinine hest Miller. ' Co.incident with
fail, barring frost and all that sort of
-the performance otthe last ac.b was the
thing. He says that Baldwins, Tome -
presentation of the trophies, which bad
kiwi and cherries are looking particu-
beee the means a keeping the interest
laxly well
in the game at high pressure through- •
out the Season, On arrival 'af the c,n
members all sat down to do justice to ' at° Nate&
The •foothall "kickers" are again to
the feller man, and it was after this be seen on the green, getting into
duty had been performed, that the toast shape. for the coming • season. The
lust and_neesentations Were proceeded'
with. vice.piestdent shaw Nays semi none the work) praetice
eu after the long winter indoors, but on
pied the chair, and proposed the toilet the contrary are apparently in better
",'The Queen" which Was heartilydrtink shape than ever. The Hough Cup 18 .the
by all, and the company sang God chief object before the eyes of the foot -
Save the Queen, Next the chairman barters and judging from appearances
called upon the President, Kr % G. D, it will cotnetheir wey. A series of other
Mcleiggart, to present the trophies to gEttnei is being aretinged; and ere long
the successful competitors. Mr. Me- the citizens will have the opportunity.
Taggart in making the presentation of vvitnessing a fast game. The Liter-
tiriefly stated his °heed in inaugura. ary Society, now discontinued, had one
ting the Tankard competition, ' As of the Most euceessful existences' which
President he felt that be. should do all a society of this. kied could wish for.
in his power to advance the interests
of the game; and by placing in compe. The Canadian Spurgeon:
bttion four tankard cups to he prayed Rev. W. G. Howson, to.whorti a call
for by as many rinks, and to be the was extended by the Rattenbuey street
property of the membra of the rink enurch, has accepted subject to the
winning the greatest number of games action of the Stationing committee,
in series of eight matches, he felt We understand this is the fourth or
vvoifici belOying some inducement for fifth 'call he received this year which
`thelkieeref Of the Sport to give to the maybe taken- to signify that he is a
game more time, and greater interest tieing man in the chord). lie.excels
In it than otherwise might he the rase. in the pulpit and up around Mea.
Ile then gave to each victor the apple ford he is oft times called the Cann-
ot his eye. Skip, W. P. Spalding, and dian Spurgeon by those who have sat
his rinkeT. O. Miller, B.- Gibbings, tinder his ministrations and been
and Dr. Turnbull were • the fortiinate delighted arid profited by his gMpel
four. In turn these players told of mipositions. The Ratteribury street
theie pleastire at winning the trophies, charge is worth woe& year with afree
parson:rev and is the beat paid pasta -
rote ors the Goderich district;
F4Ultry Notes. •
Mr, William Carter of. Hnliett.,•.. the
welRnown poultry fancier, has not
been making sales of any of his birds of -
late for the sufficient reason that hie
etoplue stock has all been disposed of.
Of eggs,h.owever, he has made Several
shipments, last week alone iiending
away three settings of Polon& and
Homburgs to Dr. 13aitieu of Itigaud,
Quebec, one to L. Kerr, Greeribush,
Ont., and another tO A. Fink Of Wood-
stoek. MtlOarter has 4 number of orders
ithead..Mr. S. Lawrence, whose fay -
°rites are Wyandotte§ and ttoeks and '0
whose fortl scored high 46 the Poultry
Show, le 'also disPesing of settings of
na
undev the roa" In the Ontario street d
an stanes wenthorne in good tirrie and .eggse--Mr. Joe Hatteribury finds a.
Methodisb ehureb.
-About the 4 H. dt B.
, The pay car passeci'down the L.' H.44z The License Commissioners of West
.Huron met in Inspector Paisley's office.
B. on Saturday with cheques for the
Monday to decide who should and •
employees. The' run from Wingheen 00
who shonld not lie legal licensees for the
to Whiten -WO made in-thirtY minutee,
year 1899.1900, The full Board was
including seven stops.. The distance
is twenty-four miles. The actual run- present, that Chairman Stevens,
Samuel Sloan Of Gederich and Hugh '
hi _time was less than a mile
•
a sliP owluch is 'frequently made
between these two towns. The
engineer Siiid that .the Clinton
section .wes the smoothest he had
passed over Which is a feather in, the
caps of Foreman Brown anti his as-
sistant, James Appleby. •
tattle Locals.
Dr. Bale° will on Thursday next re.
suite his meal weekly visits to Bay-
field. ---Mr. Enonerton, Sr., has• the
thanks Of THE NEWS -RECORD • for
copies of Ichva dailypapers together
with an illustrated write-up of Oelwin,
a rising town in 'ewe, designated by
the citizen's "The. Shop City"' and
McQuarrie Blyth. "The business be-
fore the Board was completed witlithe
. .
exception of four cases which were re-
served fin. judgment on Apt 2iith. S.. •
„Pike of the Waverly House may , get
a license again, and he may not. The
Board is thought to be favorable, if it
has the power. Sam hes good accomtn
()dation for both man and beast, he is
handy to the depot for hungry and
thirsty travellers, no license Cuts. the
value of his property in two, and then
at .his age he is not able,withan infirin
limb, to go out .anci hustle in a basiness.
with which he has had no experience.
These all have Weight: J. Hamilton of .
nelfaet has had some trouble with his .
landlord:so; thqt application was
not decided upon. E.. sImplons of•
end have rented kr. cett age l• gill ere 01466n tee cloultful bench, to
remain Roth the 26th, • • . : •
4. • •
Wingliam collects the highest fee,
$225; €1•H; council having shoved it up
when the sixth 'house; was cub Off.
They reasoned evidently that the trade
Might to. pay se much and with a :les-
sernionber of .houses each Could tif. .
.tord. to •,Pay. more for the -privilege..
The .13Onifaces belie tried en vain to
impress noon the council that the addi-
tion taxes thent peer theling •of profit,
l'he fee in Cliuton and Goderfee is $195,
in 13lyth $150 anden thetownships $90..
Of these anaotmts $.10, $60 and $80, re..
spectively, go direct te the Govern-
ment.
380 utionerL80;t7,....,ow4444.1.ns
ed in the retie of e to the municepali- :
ties and the balance to the Govern-
ment. The difference betWeen these
totals and the fee imposederoes to the
municipal treasury without any. rake- .
off. The revenue from this source
last year was r,•,-Goderich 3658.07,
Winghant $514.58, Clinton $477,42,
Blyth $119, Aehfleld $140,Colborne $84,
East and Vitest Weivenosh $28 each,
Hullett $56. This was the first distri-
bution; in the eecOna. the divisionwas 1
-Goderich $50.95, ClintOn $30:04,
Winghain $25.07, Blyth $9.50, Col-
borne 321.72, Aslifield $20.95, Hcillett
$12.9.1, East Wawanosh $L55. West
Weevil:Mgr $54,17. The total paid by
the deatets was $6,318.30. Of this the •
Goverhinent got $2357.33 • over and
above the cost of. enforcing .the Aet _
which amounted to about $800..
$2327.76 went to help buy oil foe the
municipal' machines, With a prohrbi-
tork law the 36,318,80 would not he
forthcoming, yvhile theexpenditnre for
keeping illicit dealers in cheek would,
of necessity,'ha,ve tube largely increas- •
ed.
There are tvin breweries in Mr, Pais.
ley's inspectorate, 3. Kuntz,. Saltford;
and John JOhnetene & Co., Goderiett.
Each pays $250611 of which goes to the
\Government. • •
West Huron is slowly coming around
to that happy age when it will not be
thought necessary to enaCt prohibitory
liqeoe laws. Within the past decade
the number of taverns has decreased
ten: Clinton has three less than in
1889, Colborne two, Whighturt, Blyth
and Goderich township one each.
The following applications were act-
ed ember on Monday, all being, granted
except those specified, • '
OLINTON-S,W, Rattenbuiy, Mil-
ler, Thomas Bell, s. J. McCaughey,
. Thomas Dowson. Shop -Lack Ken-
nedy. S Pike's application for tavern
license to be considered at adjourned
meeting to he held oil April 26th.
Gbotruotr-Thos. Tilt, W.Iitibb, j. Mil-
ler W.Craig, V. Sweets., 13, SanIts,
'13tortoii.-Shop-W. Sorts.
H. Dulninge,,* A.. Roe,
S. 0. Swaete, j. O'Leary, 3.-.Diosley.
Mason, H. James, O. Shu.
maker,
Hvraturs -T. Hill, Londeibero ; A .•
Robinson, Auburn,
'EAST We.weemeit-Thos, 'Artnetrong,
Whitechurch.
'WEsT WANAtioarr-.1. baniiiton, Bel-
, fast, to be considered at adjourned.
or celebrated their chitia*yeedding an. r
ivertsary Tuet(day of bulb week. We meeting'
aetIVIRLII.-Mes. ;Toe. Mallough anti D,
wh leh they ere,,,Yenkee like, all busi-
ly boorning.---Mr.: and Mrs. R
Bell haee Moved down .froin Goclerieh ,'Salt•ord and W. Boggs of Smith's
on Huron street; Mr. Bell is'a marble'
cutter, an employee.of Seale & HoOver.
A Sad Amide' nt. . ' •
A sad accident , happened Mr, John
RobinsOn of Marlette, Mich., •on Feiday,
last, He owns a fine • farm near' that
townand was having his hay pressed.
Ile was driving the horses • which fur-
nished the power when the lever &NO,.
which it said to have given a pressure
of sixty tons, broke and flying back
truck Mr. Robinson beloiv the knee.
Both legs were broken and the epine ea
injured that he diedon. Monday. He
was 55 . )`iee:renie_end highly reespect# and
ds he was at 'Varna, this county
where he carried on the blacksinithing
business for several years, He Was a
brother of Mr. Jos. Robinson of Bruce
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field and Mrs. Furey of Varna.
Early Closing. ,WhY Not?
iri sornetowns early-elpsing by-laws
have been passed by the 'town councils,
but not as yet in Clinton though the
eonditions,whicla prevail here are , the
same. ai elseWhere. The 'dry goods
men, groeets, etc., etc. ought to be
Mee to close their doors at eix or seven
p. m.at the latest without customers
thinking that they had a griev-
ance. The shopping could- easily be
done by six if the shoppers only
thought so. ' Where .the dealers have
merle a practice of closing early 'their
patrons have guided. themselves accor-
dingly and now from force of hebit
make their purchases .in coed time.
Tun Ntivs.Rirce.to hopes t� be able to.
announce in id next isshe that early -
closing has been adopted. • ,
St Paul's Church Financial Report Seed.
• The financial statement of St. Paul's
church for the year ending the
31st of March has been publish.;
ed!rind shows a balance to the.cgonch.,
after all expenses have been paid, of
nearly $60,00. For the. first titne in
in many years. the conivegatioe have
met their assessment for Diocesan Mis.
sionary work, having sent in over $100
for that and other Missionary funds.
The adjourned vestry meeting was
held in the school -room on TuestlaY
evening. The large number present
showed the deep interest felt in the
progress of the church, The fltlancial
statement was accepted and the war-
dens gave the congregation patch
pi thee for their liberality duriog the
past year. Messrs. Alf. Rance and
Smith Kitty were added to the number
of sidesrnen. •
.. West tuckersottb.
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Our Sick, -After a, week's tussle with
In grippe Me. Robt. White is• again
able 10, he at his usual occuptitioe.
Mrs. Chea, Rutledge has been confined
to the house for some time with an at
tack of neuralgia which seems to have
settled in her system. Mr 'Obas. Orich
is on the sick tisk with Dr. Graham in
rittendance.--Mr. L W. Johns had
his eye lid cut open while doctoring
some cattle the other day. Dr. Gunn
pat in three stitches. • Luckily it Wes
no worse.—Itr. itina Mrs, Roger Pop-
p
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oln In With 664' lila"' 1'1'1°148 McCormick, Dungarmon; A, Young
wishing thein many happy returns and 3. Macdonald, Kintail,; R. ,
nd may they see their golden wed-
DeLong, Port Albert,
Oreely has been` through
Cottontail -W. Glazier, patchy W,
Ids locality in the interests of his but. rot. &mord, asitnnionk &tutor&
•-1Vre, Ed. /ones has leased the
ter factory in Seaforth and Brucefield. and N.G. Boggs, Smith's • Hill, to
Whitely farm for this year. i‘t the an4 re^c°"8 • t '
excellent splike. ) rekly deinena tor ittgloluelon eettinge. k
nal rental of $175,
There wilt be a meeting of the lovers
The Hay farmer who who applied of tennis in the clerk's °file% town hall
etrolemn and 4 match to hiri cattle to on next Monday tag p. in. to organize.
ill vermin got oft easily. Sire page 5 J Put in an appearance.
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