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. May 4,1900
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HALFiii, the satisfaction of buying Carpets,
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. Curtains; etc., 'is in the large oppor
"„ • tunity of selection which you have in our '
store.
We wish to emphasize, that no other
store in Clinton offers such an assortment
'New -Carpets & Curtains
as can be found here.. Here's a list of
prices --you 1l "find them lower than. in
most stores.
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and won't scuff out like the poorer, ;.
dried out sorts.' ` •
Lace Curtains
Lace curtains,21k yards long, fine
open patterns, taped edges, a
real bargain, at per ,pair, 25c
Lace. curtains, 3 yards long, 36,
inches wide,made of fine qual-
ity lace, well .bound edges, real
bargain. at per pair .. 50c
Lace eru,taius, 3 yards long, 45
incher,r wide, large floral de
signs, plain open }fork, taped
edges. extra value per pair ,.75c
Nottingham lace curtains,
8i
yards long, 45 inches wide,
• made of areal .,fine. . _lace, plain
,.•, centre with fancy horder,good _
;value at $1, our price..•......85c
Nottiinghain lace curtains, 8h -
yards
yards long, 54 inches wide,ele- •
gant designs,, taped edges,
would he cheap at $1.25,price9Bc
Fine Nottingham lace curtains,
3;} yards long, 60 inches wide,
beautiful designs, edges all
bound. well Worth $150, our
._price. sae .,._.... ......•. J S • 44 1.15
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Elegant designs in Nottingham
lace curtains, made of very
fine quality lace in very new-
, est patterns '1150 to 3.5•
Bnhbinet raffled curtains, the
swell • window,,drapery,8 yards
long, 46inches , wide per
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Gentr
rine_Swiss Curtnins,in newt
est
3.25 .
designs, at per pair..
CARPETS
2 -ply all wool carpet, full 86 'in-
..._cbea_wide,... light, and_.dask.col-._._.
ors; elegant Brussels designs,
re n1 value ar va e 1 our special
prices • 85c 88e
80 -inch ,wide alt wool carpet, in
Light and dark colors, neat
Brussels designs,a real bargain
at per yard...a , ..... .
36 inch wide Union carpets,good •
assortment of new patterns,
extra heavy quality, special at
per yard ...25c 33c 39c 50c
Minn carpets, in fancy stripes
and floral designs, fast colors,
heavy quality,• per yard 121c 18c
Stair carpets,made of good qual-
ity hemp, 18 inches wide, as-
sorted colors, .plain and B
rus-
sels weave,prces..I2}c 20c
CHENILLE CURTAINS
Chenille curtains, in colors of
green, , red, etc., full 3 -yards
long, 36 inches wide, fringe.
ends,faiicy borders; special. 3.25
Chenille curtains, 38 yards long, •
40 . inches 'wide,' extra heavy
quality, wide fancy borders,'
fringed ends, a real baegein, '
Japanese
Mattings
rill in one piece • with
e,•rd warp, plain and, (alley colors,.
They're rill madh; of. good live straw
What a cool, clean; comfortahle floor covering they
make and our prices are so reasonable.
12%os 18c and 25C.
1 day � :Ronda. . .'
.. SPECIALS..
The following list will be ready at 8 o'cloc';, Saturday
morning. Come early -it will pay you. ' • • •
A Cotton Bargain "" 6.50 Skirt Length
350 yards of Grey Cotten, full 36 for e$3.90
inches wide, very fine quality, 6 only Black Crepon Skirt Len-
gths,
free of specks, our : regular 42 inches wide, ver fine
rg price 7c, for Saturday or Mon- ualitvery y$
day, 20 yards for........ .'...1.00 ' q y, our,' best 6.50.
Skirts,to clear on Saturday or
Monday at 3..80
1 piece of Linoleum, 72 incLes
wide, light'color,floral design, 20c Apron 1V.uslin
hep,vy finality, regular, value
$1, special at per yard......75c at 100
1 piece only Tucked Apron Mus.
Ladies' Vests lin, 33 inches wide, very fine
quality, regular value 20c, Sat -
2 for 250
Ladies' Vests,tnade of good gual.
• ity cotton, in white or cream, urday or Monday 10
short sleeves, shaped, nicely 121AC Lawnfor 100
trimmed,' special at...2 for 215c 150 yards White Victoria Lawn,
full 45 inches wide, extraqual-
Hose 2 pair 25e ity, tonna even.thread, our
Ladies' Pain and Ribbed Cotton best 12.1c Lawn,. Saturday or
Monday 100
fast dye, usually sold at 150
and 18c, Saturday or Monday
2 pair for 2 1c 850 Linen trowels
. . Cashmere Hose 25c 12opairs Linen Towels, size 10r
Ladies' Black Oashniere Hose, 40, fringed ends, fast colored
warranteed all wool, seamless border, heavy quality,well
feet,sizes 81j,f1,0�} ,regular value worth 35c, Saturday and Mon- ,
of these stockings is 35c, , day while they last per pair. .25c
', Saturday or.Mondtay 25c
��.�etin. at a.8 Gingha
Linoleum at t75c
.for 25e
y -. ms at 50
0 500 yards of (linghams: in fancy
40 yards only of 72 inch. wide un- plaids and checks, suitable for rl
bleached sheeting, fine even aprons or children's dresses,.
thread, well worth 22c, Sutur regular value 7c, Saturday or
-day or Monday..,,:. ......... WWe Monday.,...., Sc
Your Money neck
• If You Want It . .
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'EASTER
EXCURSIONS
Tickets will be issued at
Single Fare
Going
April 12th to 16th. Good to return
up to April 17th oonoluelve.
Forall inform tion and tickets
apply to
F, R, HODGENS,
Railway & Steamship Agent, Clinton
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FRIDAY, 11ZASC 4, 1900.
gety Attvertt tsnento
Little breaks -P B Crews page • 1
Notice -Dr Agnew.... ........ . 1
Shaw Volunteers -Capt J W 1
Picking and choosing Newcombe 4
We're selling out -W Cooper & Co ... . 4.
To the ladies -Mrs R G McLellan 4
Ice cream --J McOlacherty .. , 5
Velvet cream -J IC Hovey 5
We have provided- J H Chelle - 5
Central meat market- at Fitzsimons & Son5
.
Seed potatoes -W Duncan 5
Wanted -Mrs Dr Agnew ' 5
Geraniums -Mrs 'HTostor 5
Auction sale -K McAllister +. 5
Some one has said -McKinnon& Co..,. ,..., 5
Sharples separators -W L Ouimette.... .. 5
Best choice -Hedgers Bros .. f
Girl wanted -NEW ERA . ... • 0
Ottawa Lettir.
A STOUT OF DESTRUCTION.:
I offer no apology to my readers for
this week changing the character of
my letter I hate been writing of
things of tisemi•political character, in-
troducing such twitters as I believed, to
be interesting, hot •:•,;this week I she"
devote myself,r:c : i•s• to a subject abso-
lutely non -poli hc• - "it particularly is
teresting to ally t.,e r:,,.:,. -Ottawa fit e.
Many a time, as I have stood on Par-
liament Hill, looking across the river
into Hull, and taking a mental sweep
• of the immense quantities of lumber
piled on the river banke,,I have said
"Once a fire gets into that no power
on earth can save it from destruction."
And such has proved to be the case.
Hull_ has, always. been 'regarded as - a_
doomed city, owing to the imrriense.
amount of inflammable material about
it -it hasbeen fire swept twice before-.
and many people, looked toits•possible:
destruction at any time
It is difficult to put air, small compass
a graphic description of a fire which:
went like a whiriwiud, and it is by no
means easyto describe your own feel
ings as you stand watching the destruc-
tion . of .millions 'of dollar's worth of
property,yourself and thoueandsstand-
ing beside you, absolutely powerless to
lend any efficient aid .or in any way
check the onrush of flames. 1 watched
the flames from Parliament Hill tillmy
eyes ached as bad as my heart, and yet
it, had a faseination that was irr si tib e.
Ottawa is on the east bank of the Ot-.
.taws, river. ,which rune' trona north to.
south and turns to the West at the low-
er end o£the.city:. Hull; where the fire
started, is on the lett bank of the river
in the bend. : Hull: is connected with
Ottawa by a single suspension bridge
and a ferry: '. It was the first settlement
in the neighbor hood of Ottawa.
One Philemon Wright, of Woburn,
Masa., settled. on the Hull side of the
Ohaialiere Palls; Wright gave the Ot-
tawa;sids of the settlement to a_leam-
ster named Sparks in lieu of a debt of
$800., Sparks 'street in Ottawa is the
busiest street of the town. The Cottle -
men t wasat first called . Bytown after
an. English civil engineer.. The name
Was.ehanged when,in 185:1,the city was.
I incorporated. In 1858 Ottawa was se•
leered by the Queen as the capital of
the Dominion, because the rivalry be
• tween Montreal, Quebec, Kingston and
1 Toronto threatened permanent dissen-
sions. The first sesaioti of Parliament
was held there in 1865, .
The population of Ottawa and Paull
in ifi09 was 70.000, of:wbotin more than
!'bait were of French descent. Ottawa
' has about 55,000 and Hull 15,000. Be-
' fore the fire there were enough saw
mills within the cit limits alone to
turn out 200,000,000 feet of lumber a
year. Inside -and outside the city lim-
• its 800,000,000 feet are sawed every year.
Parliament Hill — oecupied by the
Parliament Buildings -is a gradual ele-
vation of the city proper, and except
for a couple of dozen steps you climb,—
is notperceptibly r
p p y higher than the .sty
level, but the hill terminates 50 yards
behind the buildings,in an abrupt drop
of 100 feet to the Ottawa river below.
On the level beyond lies the city of Hull.
1 The river. at this point is about half -a-
mile wide, but further west at. the
Ohaudiere Falls, narrows down to half
this distance.
To a large extent Hull Was composed
of two•story frame houses, yet having
some,good stone and brick buildings.
The bridge connecting Ottawa and
Bull crosses theriver 100 feet below the
Ohaudiere Falls, and it is in this neigh-
,
.borhood that all the large industries
centred,
1 The fire started in Hull at about 11
Io'clock, from a blazing chimney in a
small house,.and had .set the roof
t on fire before it was noticed. A gale
was blowing, and burningembera were
carried to other places, and it •became.
evident in a few minutes that it would.
soon be beyond control. In half an
hour from the outbreak.the fire was
beyond the control of the fire depart-
" ments of Hull and Ottawa, Within an
incredible short time it swept a path -
may a mile long through Hull, Ieapeu
across the narrow part of the river at
the Ohaudiere Falls and gained a sure
footing among the lumber piles on the
Ottawa side. Then it cut a wide swath
through the western part of Ottawa,
through Rochester/111e end into the
suburb of Hintonburg. Tt may be said
that it swept away the whole western
end of the city of Ottawa, burniflg un-
til it had nothing else to burn.. The .
1 Whole industrial district of Ottawa has
I been wiped out. This includes the
' great plant of R. B. Eddy, con-
' elating of wood -working, match,
pulp and paper factories valued at $1,.
500,000;the large lumber mills of Booth,
' Bronson, the hull Lumber Company,
I. Gilmour and Hughetaon, and the flour
mills of McKay Were also deetroyed.
Seven thousand persona are thrown
Out of employment and 20,000 made
homeless in the two cities. bout 200.
000,000 feet of manufactured pine Ium-
he has
off the city o f HHull Practically
out,. and had the wind been blowing
from the west, nothingCould have ray-
ed Ottawa from comete destruction.
Froth where the fire started it was
carried due eolith leaving a consider,
able part of Hull ;intact, which, appar•
ontly, would have mleeed deetruetion
but ftor an unforeseen circumstknce.
At about.3 o'clock in the afternoon
those on Parliament 11111 were horrified
to see a second fire start its Hull, .in a
lumber yard a mile and a half away to you
the east from the original tire, and
which could not possibly have originat-
ed from the other. This gradually ate
its way westward, till it had consumed
the intervening property. Everybody
thought this second fire waoincendiary,,
but the explanation given ---and it looks
reasonable --- is that it was started by
household goods which had been re•
moved there for safety, hut which were
smouldering before they riot there.
As soon as the lire got 'beyond con.
trot on the Ottawa side the Govern•
meet ordered out all the local militia
to protect property from the looting
which was going on, and help was also
asked from the fire departments of
Montreal, Brockville and Teterboro,.
which arrived in the city by special
trains during the evening, Even these
combined fire brigades were unable to
stay the progress of the flames, and
their. efforts were concentrated to keep
.the (harbour creeping further into the
city. To an onlooker it seemed as if the
fire engines had no more effect than
pouring water on with a dipper. The
fire in Ottawa was a more wicked one
than that in Hull,the class of buildings
destroyed being on the whole better,
and the fire going with a roar that Wail
thrilling, At one time almost five miles
of fire was visible, and places regarded
as secure 'would in a few minutes be
swept into the fire zone.
The area covered by lumber piles
alone would probably be about as great
as that'cor'ered by the entire' town of
(Jlintan,•so.that an idea can be . formed
of tt•' _nense loss. (dose to Booth's
saw mill, the lumber was pil-
edin ranges half a mile long with a
drive -way beneath, and you can, stand
at the end of any number of piles and
look' down through them, and it was
.'a -:r of the sights pointed out to sight.
Rrers. These driveways :'eted like
' hlmnevs, and the fire st►ept down
them like a cyclone.
Eddy's mills were stone ': s: • itctures
fitted with immense machinery anis ap-.
pliances throughput for fighting liree,
•but they could not withstand the awful
volume of flame that licked- them up,
now for the third time.
MrEddy. by -the -way, a man seem-
ingly about55 or 60 years of .age. has
. for bis second wife a MissSheritf,form-
tarly. of Goderich, and her brother Was
pe of Mr Eddy's chief secretaries, the
writer meeting both less than -a week
ago.
Practically the whole city of Hull
was deotroyedand about one•quarter
of the city of Ottawa.
In Hull numbers of the French•Can
adians instead of trying to save their
goods when they saw the flames would
soon consume their dwellinvs, hung.
.sacred pictures and relics: outside their,
doors and awaited the outcome with
simple faith. ..•
Two .members of Parliament were
burned our, Mr C7ininagne, . in Hull,and
Ottawa. G. E. Foster, in qt awa. The
Parliament Buildings were never, in•im-
minent danger, thongh at one time it•
was closeenough to be uncomfortable,
At midnight, on Thursday,,Istood on
the platform of Ooteau Junction sta-
tion, 85 rniles away from the fire, and
could -see it still burning quite plainly.
I have not attempted to give details
here because . space willnot allow it,
but have simply dealt with the fire in
a general way, a fire which,in about
eight, hours eat up at least $25,000,000
ro r rendered 20,000
worth ' of 'property, r d ed
people: honpeless, caused' the losof
about a dozen lives and: stopped someof
the largest industries in the. Dominion.
Additional Local' News ***44
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Tun Comm•Heravett.- -Fart of the
investigations of May 28:b will' be di.
rested not to the sun' itself, but to the
space lying between the sun and;mer-
cury. It has been the dims) of many'
astronomers that abon t»half way be.
tween the sun and mercury lies a little
lanet,. lost In the efi:ulgenceof the sun,.
Sir William Dail names this the "Plan.
et oil Romance," (?flier astronomers
j have searched for it, christening it
"Vulcan" before it has been found. If
ever such a planet rolled exactly be•
tween the earth and the sun it would
sometimes be seers crawlinglike a black
dot across the eun'e disk. In the gloom
of an eclipse such .an orb might show
its face if its position as regards the
earth were favorable. '^ Most astrono•
niers have concluded that there is no
such planet, but that the space between
mercury and the sun is empty. The
highest number of eclipses possible in
one year . is .seven, the lowest two.
When the maximum number is reach-
ed,. five will be eclipses o the sun; the
usual annual allowance is four. An
eclipse of the sun must always occur
when the moon is "new,"because then
only does she move between the earth
anct sun, casting her shadow upon the
greater globe.
MATRIMONIAL•. --Announcement was
made in our columns a few weeks ago
of the marriage of 'Miss Skinner to
William, youngest sop of Adam Con-
tain). of Clinton, and which took place
on the 18th of April. Their marry
friends in this neigbborh000d, an well
as in the West, will be pleased- tb
learn of the happy event; we extend
our congratulations. From the Indian
Bead Vidette we clip the following
wbicts;refere to the marriage ;-".One of
those happy events which it is always
pleasant to chronicle took place at St.
John's church on April 18th, when Rey.
G. N Dobie solemnized the marriage of
Miss Florence Estella, eldest daughter
of H, W. Skinner; to Wm. Oantelon,
youngest son of the late A..Oantelon,of
Clinton. The bride was handsomely
attired -in white satin with tulle veil
and orange blossoms, and carried a
hogauet of carnations and white roses.
The• church was tastefully decorated'
with Easter flowers; The bride was as-
sisted by her sister, MissJessieSkinner,'
while Harry Brooks attended thew oom,
After the ceremony, a sumptuous re-
past was partaken of at the homt of
the bride's parents by a few of, the im-
Granolithilc Walks
Municipalities have long considered
the'side walk question and the majori
. ty of them are turning their attention
of putting down granolithio walks to
supersede, the. plank. An rexchange
heads one of its,editorial on the mat-
ter -"Board sidewalks. are doomed" -
and 'we think so too. , Of course the
cities and the large towns were the.
first to experiment and found `them
satisfactory as. to permanency, atifety,
and with less expense in the. long run,
TheOlinton :council last.. year passed a
by-law dealing. with the matter and as
we do not want to be behind the times
with• our sister'towns' 'we believe. the
council has taken a wise.step. Kincar-
dine has half ndozen miles of it, Wing
ham also, and wemight mention many
other places of less population which'
have laid down these m dern walks
years ago. •They all found that very
little expense is required for repairs
and funds. for the provision of laying
them has been dealt with by the Legis.
lature in the local improvement act.
Generally a frontage tax of sixty
per cent is met. with by the citizens,
the remaining . forty per cent.the
municipality stands out of . the
generaltaxThe payments are.op-
tional and may run fora period of 10 or
20 years as the council decides. The
expense of laying these walks in Clin-
ton will be borne entirely by the own.
ere whose property.it fronts on.
We are sure that the general. public
are of the opinion that this kind of
walk is the cheapest in the end. Sever-
al petitions have already been present-
ed to the council to have them laid
down on Joseph and High streets, and
we believe will be attended to very
shortly, A delegation from town went
to Wingham to obtain information as
to material, cost, etc„ which will assist
.them in pros ring this suitable and.
lasting "tread' ware." We would like
to see this improvement made in town
and the sooner the better. There is no
necessity of being a back number
among the progressive municipalities.
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CLINTON
mediate friends and relatives of the in-
terested parties. 'she happy couple
left On- the eastbound' express, amid
shoe ere of good wishes and Ole inevit-
able rice, enlivened by the .stirring
eta ains• of Indian Head brass band. On
their return . they will take up their
abode in Mr Oantelon's residence on
Dewdney street. The bride was the re-
cipient of -many- costly presents,, which
show the high esteem in which she was
o'ro SeIIing Out
Lots of Walt. Paper
lr' These Days
Our splendid stock of
Wall Papers , enable you to
reproduce natural,, graceful
effects upon your walls We
�.. give you the most satisfactor1�
patterns and. the most beauti-
ful colorings. We know they
will best represent you in the
decoration of your rooms. We
give you a large stock to Ise -
lett from, the best patterns
ani most desirable colorings
We promise you long satis-'
faction because. these papers
• are sure to wear. • We have
them in all the scale of. prices
from very expensive down to quite low. V9 a know you
t will finn kin our stock just that very. paper that will
** suit you best.
Look at our Bicycles;
From all points- U
-From all of view
compare them, with others
and you will' see why; they
are not onlythe popular
p
wheels' in Cinton but, all
over Canada,.
i�•
What you get for you money is • as important as the
y • amount you pay.. New wheels from. $25 to $85. Second •`
* hwnd ones from .$15 to $25: Ic
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Coming and•rjxoing.
The NEW ERA invites ail its renders to contri-
bute to thiscolumn.. If you or your friends are
going away on a .holiday trip or if you have
friends . visiting you•drop a card to the NEW
ERA ••, .
Miss Mcduaig left, last week for Toronto.
Mrs P. B. Crews is in Goderich: visiting at her -
home. • - . .
Lee Brown wheeled up'from .Seaterth for
Sunday:
Mr and Mrs B. M. McLean spent Sunday at
Bayfield.
W. F. Vanatone, of Brussels, was in town on
Tuesday.. •
Mr and Mrs 3 P. Tisdale were in Goderich
or Sunday.
Miss Melville, of Russeldale,is the guest
Frank Melville. •
Frank Hovey returned to Trinity university,
n' Toronto, last week. :
Fred Hannett and Harry Bowen, of 8eaforth,
were1n tewn•last week....-•... _......,. _., . ,.....
The Ontario Legislature concluded
its labors and the formal prorogation
took place lately. tf there is any yir-
tue in laws designed to encourage in-
dust*, the effects of the decisions of
our Provincial legislatures will soon be
apparent in the production of much.
wealth from the mines and the forests
north of Lakes Huron and Superior.
The policy of pieventing the exporta-
tion of raw materials has been extend-
ed from pine caw logs to spruce pulp
wood, and to nickle and copper ores.
Substantial aid has been voted to rail-
way enterprises, concessions have been
made to the projectors of pulp mills,
and the program includes the min-
ing and sweltering of iron and the
manufacture of pickle steel rails upon
a large scale. Whatever else may be
said about Hon. G. W. Ross, he cannot
be called a do•nothing Premier. He
seems determined to .find out what
Ontario can produce, and to give cap-
ltalists every opportunity., to utilize the
resources Which nature has given tie,
thttat Tani Anvtott. —Get the old '
bark moped off the apple tree trunks
and lamer branches and thue destroy
the larger larvae of apple borer moth.
Other larvae and eggs will also be de.
sects in a half da '4 work now than
Miss F. Pattesrn was tt'guest of. Mrs W F.
Clark, of Goderich, lasteek.
• Dr.• W.Hol}eway is hihero hwill3
e decided w
siting: He has
not yet ovate. • •
R. Stanley, Air ays,J Bose and J. (S Broad -
foot, of Seaforth, drove up on',ruesday. • • •
J. 0. Walsh, of Boston; is home on a vacation.
He is visiting friends in Goderich this week.. ' •
Misa L. Herman has returned home front
.Stratford where she has been in the hospital •
We understand that' Mrs J. J. Allen will leave'
• in a few days to join her husband at Ottawa.
Geo. Westman, travelling agent of the Strat-
ford Evening Herald, was in town on Tuesday.
• Miss Johnston was the. guest of Miss Millie
Agnew, of Wingham, for' a few days last week.
A. Smith,. of Goderich; is the guest of his
brother, Jas. Smith, Huron street, for several
days; •
Sam Kitt wheeled over to Bayfield on Sunday.
On his wayhomo ho stopped. for several hours
at Varna. . •
• Mr and Mrs J. 0. Mif1Er and daugghter,of 'Clin-
ton, visited for a short time on Sunday with
Blyth friends.
3. Einmerton, of.Goderioh,was here for sever-
al days this week visiting his son. He has been
in Kincardine' on an extended stay.
Rev. E. "fl. Smith to Carberry and Henry Cole
to Brandon, were tiokets sold to the Northwest
by W. Jackson,.0. P. R: agent thisweek.
Wm. Graham and Malcolm McEwan, of Stan-
ley both contemplate atrip to the old country,
in the near future, with ther export cattle.
Dr Dousle formerly of Clinton, has opened
an office in Ottawa. His familfy are still in
Kingston, where he has been residing for sever.,
alyeare. ,
James Young the popular contraetor of Au-
burn, and 22nd -'Vice -President of West Huron
Liberal Association, was a caller at the. NEW
ERA office last week.
R. Holmes was home from Ottawa i • a ew
days owing to the adjournment of the House of
Commons from Friday to Tuesday on account
of the late Hull -Ottawa fire.
Wm., son of D. McTavish London road, Stair
ley, went to Port Lock, Algoma, last week
where he has been engaged as a teacher and
will fill this position for a while.
J. li. Gauley, of Toronto, son of W. Gavle
has received promotion in the York Connl
Loan and Savings Co. wlthlwhiehhe is employe
He is now a superintendent in this company.
Mr and Mrs T. McRardy will move back
from London to Olinton this week. Mr MoHar-
dy has been here for several days making' ar-
rangements and will live in Mrs Townsend's
house on Huron St.
,Toho Beacom, of hire, formerly of the hay-
field line, was in town last Saturday attending
the funeral of his sister Ceding which took
eraiday visitii gewiti frriiends. He spent acv
J. Miller went over to Bayfield on Monday
afternoon to manage the River House for the
summer months. A. Estey who has been there
for the past year went to Bluevale where he
will run a hotel for himself.
Mr Contin, the wizard 8f St, Joseph, was fn
Ottawa last week asking for a government ap-
propriation for a harbor at that place. it 3d
hardy likely the government will consider the
port of sufilefent importance to warrant a har-
bor grant.
• ii, 11. MoVean, advance agent of EdJson's bio-
graph was a caller at theNEW ERA on Thursday
ast. He is an old hand at the art preservative
andliad put intima 0n the London Advertiser
and Free Press as well as on the metiopolitati
nowspapers in States.
Mr J. 11. Grant, of 'Winnipeg, formerly of
Brussels, event a couple of hours in town last
Friday with his old friend Dr. Graham, Mr
Grant is on his WON ooross the Atlantic, intend.
Ing to visit Gibraltar, Naples and other eities
on the Mediterranean taking in Paris expos-
ition on the homeward tri and spending some
weeks in the North of Scotland.
John Callander, of London, formerly* of C1in.
ton, who has been in Arizona for some time in
the hope theto,�the climate Would restore' his
health, retfriends wito Ot1 regret k end dere
to since. know
L1%1'1411(.11 he ox erienced no marked impprovemdnt.
lie is able to be around but lad condition is not.
what his friendsIwouki like to tee him exper-
sensing;
0J. Bennington, of Pickford, Mich., is on a vis-
it to hid brother on rho Maitland eon„(Tolborno,
Tavolvo years a o he wss einploi�ed with sorter -
at armors in this neighborhaod,but left for the
Else, where he bought All netts of land onwhieh
ie has since resided. bast fall he had the mii-
fortufio to loose lits; wifa: and Lelia heft with
four small children on his handLn eonnludcrt to
vd to whi h plata von rows asl ortly, n h;ag
'o the Ladies
Of Clinton. and
Surrounndin Coun : r
The undersigned begs to inform the ladies
of Clinton that she has opened up a REady
to -wear Garments Store ' the
w s in Biddle-
. Combe Block,: and trusts that. _. by honest
It: G. MoLELLAN,
CLINTON
•
Wm. Sellers. and wife have molted to Blue -
vale where they will reside in future. Mr
Sellars formerly come from Bluevale here and
waa engaged at the Stapleton salt works for a
number of years but having enough of this
world's goods his; decided to remove having
property over InBluevale. *We are sorry that he
has left and wish that he may have health and
perty in the village to the north of us. He
hmsfaken the NEW ERA for a number of years
and before leaving renewed the stbscription
Informingats that he could not be without it.
Ahan McLean, eldest son of M. Y. McLean,
Esq., of...the Seaforth Expositor, is home on a
visit, after an absence of livi3 years, the last
three of which have been spent in London,Eng-
in the old country just now, and looks for a
great booin it the trade between Canada and
England, the preferential tariff and Sir Winfred
being exceedingly popular. Mr McLean is em-
ployed on a leading commercial paper there,
and while he enjoys the work there, he says the
elimate is abominable. He goesbaak in the course
of it conple of weeks, and his visit was a com-
plete surprise to his relatives,who did not know
he was in this country.
From Indian Head VidettiO-On Monday night
after the meeting of St. AndreVes Young Peo-
ple's Society, Miss Lee, organist to the congre-
gationswas called to the platform and an addrees
read which ex:pressed the gratitude of the con-
gregation for the services Miss Lee hada° freely
and. faithfully given. Miss Skene presented
Miss Lee with. a mime from the members and
adherents of the church. On behalf of Miss Lee,
Mr John Brown thanked the people for their
appreciation of her eervices as orgitukt, Dur-
ing Miss Lee's absence in the east Miss Gunn
has veil kindly consented to occupr the posi-
tion of organist, The &loge lady is a niece of
Mrs W, 0. Searle, of toWn, and will arrive here
shortly to pay a lengthy viait whither relative%
At ernes we have referred to the' 'Mimosa of
former Olintoniams and now we add. another tO
the list who is doing credit to his native town.
Malty of otir readers willrententber Willie Glas-
gow who left here ei ht years ago with his par-
,Green Vegetables:—
Lettuce,
Cabbage
on hand every Wednesday and Seturdar
SEEDS
just now is the lime of year that
seede are hi great dernand:; we are equal '
the needs and wants of our onstomern eft.
we have a well aseorted stook of both field
and garden seeds. Before buying call and
getout hest garden seed&
A CLEAN SWEEP
what's'needed at the time of tho
year and in order to do eo, one mot have
a good broom and here's the place you can
get them. • They are good Mout brooms.
built eolely for burliness. After we get all
the "laminas” we can into them we attend
to their good looke, but es moist broom in
theig leisure moments reprove behind 'the.
door or in. some secluded epok. tbetedoellest
°mint mucth, *hat we want' you to know
is that we have' the best broome on the
merket at the lowest pries.
Mee you tried our $1.80 flour
It is giving the beet of satiefaotion. ••
Winters aud dining the last three yeare atte•ntl- el
has worked. in the summers and duelled in the
ents for North Dako a. Since going. *eat he 3E„, as
el Dunham Medical. College, Chicago. Al all #
hie examinetions him average hail been high and
at Easter, in fifteen braneltes made an average e e GROCER
of 90 per cent. As a result of thief high atattding
hd receiVed the position Of aSsistant to one Of
leading eurgeons Of that city as well as house
tion. We are sure hie old school matee win bo
pleased to hear Of his suctese.
Sueceesor
George swallow
Det"' Ait#r• Wood's Pliosphoaink
drum., canada. Only re
Sold d recomniended by
the reck4tuot thigtith Rent*.
eitee080 Mental Weter. Eitteeilive WA of TO.
WM°, Opitim or Stimulants. Mailed On receipt
of price, one nackage 11, Aix. $5, OW OW please,
Os taut mt. Pamphlets free tC1 altr addrees.
The Wood Cirxepolin WilldeOff
Thing Men and Women 'Should *aerobe
great dare in ohOesing a licheol. Money to
*dollar tot Ire eel/respired with Oar
eatelegne Nine roll about mu• superior advele-
number Of **mitt ancient* bee* secep good
'Mistreats, Studente in attendance thli year
from Canada, United Stittel end liewrotind•