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SE1100X4 MARRO MEETING,
be first regular meeting of the School
rd, for the year 1879, was held on.
nday evening. Present, ',.,tessrs. Mc-
va, Holmes, Coats, Thompspn, Scott,
y and Hine.
The new members, Messrs. Thompson,
oats, Scott and Hine, having.made the
laration of office to the Secretary,
e hoard promeded -te elect their offi•
a'when it was moved by Mr. Holmes,
c.by Mr. Scott, that Mr.•MoGarva'be
airman for be current year.—Carried..
Toyed by-Afr, Holmes, me by Mr..
Pay, that Mr. Hine be Secretary for the
current year.—Carried.
•Movedby Mr. Pay, so. by Mr. Scott,
hat Mr. Dewar be Inspector. for the
urrent year, at . -$50. pa i annum, and,
at his duties be, . t� make two exami-
adions of each divisian, yearly; condaot
eliool; and also report to the school
t nerd, the progress .made in each divi-
atoll, together with 'arch:Anther remarks
as he may see proper to.offer.----Carried.
•Moved by Mr. Holmes, see by Mr.
• .
Pay, that Mr.. Coats, Mr, Thompson,
-7-ralid ;Me-
•" ihittee for the curteet year.--Alareied. '
The minetes of the previous meeting
• were: 114. adopted,.
• Moved by Mr. ThomPeon,
Coats, that• the apnued report, prepared
•by the Secrettary, beAdopted, and pub,
lished in the Naw ERA, one insertion,-
• Carried. .
•
Moved by Mr. Holmes, sec. by Mr.
Pay, that the folloWing amounts be phic17
vie.; Eleotion expenses $11 ; :Harland
Bros., $18.43 ; R. IL 11"acey, 8QC',• Mel-:
eomson WittS0n, 3 ; W. IL Hine
• $L87. -L -Carried:
The Board then Adjourned.. .
•
Bend will play at the rink
blew down the Smoke stack ,on- Mount-.
castle's mill, 1: • ' '
SociAe.—The eocial onFriday e4ee-
ing, at the residence pf Mr. S, Walsh,
wag largelyen,ttended. '• '
UIE.OLINTON NEW ERA.
Goon WERUIT.—Lest week Mr. Jos.
Lyons, of Hullett, weighed a yoke of
young steers that went 2,820 lbs. Mr.
R. Waite, of Hullett, weighed a yoke,
2 year old past, that went 2,840.1bs, In
reference to the weight of Mr: Day -
!merit's. CQW2 mentioned last week; NVO
are%ferreted that it was older than•
rrigritianed, and twenty pOunds less than
g
. .
sieueleee.._irnere appears to be con-
siderable sickness in, town, principally
among ebildren, diptheria and croup
being the ailments. There are also A
few of advanced years who are ill. The
friends of. Mr, Wm, Sheppard will -be
pleased to hear 'that Ws wiioTIii ailing from consumption, is a little'
better than'for some time baok. Mr. R.
Phillips is also among the invalids and
is. slowly recovering therefrom. Mr. j.
Biddlecombe, is now, we are glad to say,
improving.
THE 131.11iTAL DV Mn, Sitana.,--ine
paragraph on this etibject in' our last pi -
_per. _wee_neemenxilY. _written_lellarete,_
and one or two errors. ',rept in whiehwe
desire to correct, , particularly ee-ethey
appear to cast theblame of the mistake
respecting the grave an a person who
was eutirely innocent. • It appearsthat
.thegrevedigger was the only person 1e4
• spoirsibleeforetheemietrakee—
just to .say that be is usually careful
and 'cermet.' Oh this occaeioir the
ground was covered With BROW,
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thada-itadiftiehltetnilisceymegfe_101.,eand
.hcgaii to digin'the roadway.. When
1 Ilavi
IVIessns. I:drip:ran autub e ng.
mrchased the book' and stationery besi-
ness of Mr. 3. A.. are continuing,
are same et the old stand.,
Tuaw.----Thet weather this week ltae
been cemparatively. mild and spring-
like and under 6e genial rays. of the
eon, the snow.liiis melted coneiderably.,
THE, tax Collector hashad to Make. a.
seizure of personal effecti in 'et cotiple.ef
.instances..inorder to•,.;:et his tax money
Tiers-evening-the-bd :•of t -b
purpose visiting the order at. Goderich.
• A, pleasant time Will doubtless be spent.'
not often dogs feed -ter cloth, brit
.the other clay 4 gentleman IA -town lest
-two 'moitthfalr of-Itio-paritsFeehibli a
• eaninehad heleed itself to. '
Turf -advice we gave with refereuce to
fanners turning. out andlevelling Own
the roads in front. of 'their own Places'
has been acted on by quite a number ire
tide vicinity,' .and the roads much in -
proved thereby. • • .„
• . CARELESSNESS WITH ASHE8.--fiNti. 3.
'the keeper.ef the Shooting ga1.
le,ry, was last .week • sem:meined before
the Mayor, charged -with :emptying
• ashes. into. 'a basket, whereby it . took
fire. The charge being -sustained, be
was finecl'$f and costa:. .
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AGRICULTURAL Dr:expire-41re annual
dinner -in connection with the Hallett,
Branch Agricultural Society, will • be
held at the Cenimercial Hotel, in this
place; on the; 19th ofFeb. It is ex-
peoted that Mr. Thos. Steek, P.,
a prominent agriculturist of Wentworth,
• will be peesent_ori-tho-oceasioin''
AsOTHER heaVy anon,
storm which prevailed t� the north of
is last •week,. •blocked the 'W. R.
On Saturday the after -neon train mirth
only got as far aetlyth end had tci -re-
• turn to Lone -fore the half -past eight
train also only reached Blyth, where it
• remained till Sunday morning, a snow
plow from Winghem having first oome
to its aisistance and, cleaied the track.
StiGGET/QNS.—As the.' Council will
meet next •week we have one :or two
• suggestions to make to them. At pre-
: sent the street running past the sehool'
is panted Ontario street, while from
Fisher's earner, west: it is known as
• }Wren Street, and being a continuation
• of -one street, We think it Would be Wise
on the part of the Council to Make it
all Hurcin'Street, as it _would thereby
save much confusion. Wo tliink.some-
thing definite slionld bedone with iee
ference tertbe Anemia% of a Fire born.-
pany at once so that in cese of a Are,
there would 'be an Organization whieh
• Could take Charge of the engine And ap-
• pantile. At present there is none, and
if a fire broke ont very few would be on
hand to manage the engine and eppet'ra-
tus„• We ibelleve-the-appoiatmetit. or
tha present poreid keeper should be can -
or else his powers somewhat cur.
tailed ;,he has too ,strong a tendency • to
drive off stook, &c., that is in charge of
some member of the family, to be an
effitient officer, We • believe also that
the hydaws ii refereneo to impounding
might bo profitably amended. Lately_
the bell Singer has kept better tinie
-th
e•engage.
;;',7itewoulel be weltstipulate that it be
• "aatieg at proper times, To vary ten of
fifteen minutes betfmen 12 end I, and
to ring it' at half -past six re'r six, aro
thinge that heve been too long tolerated,
tend the Clauneil, who have the remedy
in their own hands, should appy it.
We aro not "running" the 0%411 this
yetir) het we are going to keep ah• oyo
1111A,
helmd dug down about two feet, a per-
son came up Who aaw the alT9r, end
pointed it .get to Mtn, Heat once per -
caved it, and, filling the'excaVation
he had made, proceeded to dig another
grave, but nefouttely on the wrong.
lot. The 'person-7Mo •had voided mit
the error gave him no advice at ell as to,
the lot, not knowing what place the
friends of the cleceasedlted selected,
• . .
nava:Ilene oartenvaa,,e-•••The first
-general .carpiyal ender_ rha pioes of
the iffinton Priejeet 0-140.e.eleepkee_eat
the riak, on Friday 'evenieg lest, and
proved fi bikreuccees. A. large .nutilber
of skaters were in costume; and some
• splendid .dresam were to be' seen, but-
complainersabove all Was Sir john_A_
Macdonald'e NatioiniVPpliey Elephant,
copied from' a caetothi of Grip, and ipresented by S.'Doan,,W. Dpnagli and
• Mester .T. jacksen.„..: , 4; meiplete forth
ofnii-elepinint was-. inaltefedight Weedy.
and covered with a cloth of a gray color,
the trunk; tusks, and tail being all com••
plete. • Sir John A. was represented by
•Mr. S. Demi, .who being decorated in a
fancy • costurne, .. and _carrying, a whip,
'safely:piloted the:elephapt around the
•lee; t� the delight of the lAree crowd.
resent, The following' were the -sec-
cessful 'prize Winners,:' Gentlenean's
•
costume, J. H. Campbell ;. ledy's .cos-
thmer iss Bella Ross,. es "Night ;"
gentleman's comic, " National•Policy ;"
lady!s mink,. Miss L. Knox, ",Old Wo-
man. ;'boy's cOstume,.Jos:- Chanibers,
" Officer;" girl's costume, MissDottie,
Reed ; hurdle race, .0. Hine ,1 three-leg-
ged race, G.., Bayand Jackson.
Other eosturhes Worthy o f me a04,NI • -ere
iss Maggie Bay, as "Fish Wife ;"
A Wane° Sew.—On Thursday a
boy named Beasley, aged about 15 years,
got into a dispute with a shooting gal-
lery proprietor aimed Bur1big when he
plunged a knife into the latter, cutting.
:through his clothes to the skin, but in-
flicting no other injury. A warrant
was issued for bis arrest, but be skipped
otiT,.. • ,
aArriaceroet.-eThe many 'friends (of
.Itev, Manly: Benson, a S. 'Thomas,
will regret to learn that be has lost a
four yearold daughter from diptheria
and croup. We regret to learn of the
death of two of the children -of Mr.. A.
B: Shantz, formerly of this place, which
ocourred at Platteville) one last week
and anolier this week. . •
Fann Sorax—What is knoWn as ' the
Dimon farm, situate on the ,13th „con.
• liullett, and • oonsistine of 100, acme,
was sold, ender power ofn mortgagerin
'Minter-1,1ot Saturday. Mr. W, Cole;
of the satne concession, was the pureha.
Refat 1 . T Te e f the -beet -in
the township', and was coesidered cheap:
at this fignre„,The,fartn of Mr, P. Rap,
son *kb Was acivertieeil •to have been
sold tree° • yesterday, ame:ise-arat
there- was -no bid for it. ' • •
TE4P-Bali,A$CE. 0olav1ewriow.-4 meeb-
ing delegates from .tlice different. mph,.
cipalitiee, will be held " in the Clieton.
Teinperance, Hall,•..on. Tuesday,
tit 1.30 P.M,, for the perpoee or
considering the question. Of going aCtive,
ly into.the work: of getting the petitione:
signed, with veepeet to the 'Dominica);
Temperance Act, and hAving the vote
taken in conjunction.' with the Conntiee
of Larebfon, •Bliddlesea,'Ileserc, Kent
end; if 'possible. Perth; '
Mrs. W. right, as "Oen ;' Miss Katie
Rose, as; •"'Night ;" Miee, 111.11ine, as.
the " New En" -and Miss Moore The
Clinton Braes Band enlivened the pre,
meetings with $01)2e aminemusic.
• llOMPLI41,11iNTARY SUPPlifittOn Mon-
day evening hist .cetnplimentary stip-
-perawas-gayen Mr.J. A Nelles,-on the
eve hiedeparture•for. Gueleh, where
lie purposes residing.- . Abotit eighty
persons sat down to •andleartily enjoy-
ed a sumptuous repast,. at the Qtreen's,
liotel,.-got up hi a :manner that reflected
greateredit on the ability of the genial
proprietor, Mr. .P. • McLaren, -The
chair was occupied by Mr. R. At "Raoey,
and the vioe-cheit, by Mr, W, W. Far
ran. After the removal of the cloth
and the eisual loyal toasts- had been
drank, the "guest of the evening," was
proposed, the chairmanmaking a neat
and mitt); speech in reference to it.
Mr, Nelles,: in aeknowledging it, ex-
pressed his gratitude •at thelie.being so
many present and honoring him as they
had, While he could not thank them
for their kindness, he would be sure to
reniember it It& very briefik 'referred.
to the many improvement§ -that, had
been made in Clinton. since he first -came
here, and eoncluded by proposing the
toast "The prosperity of Olint n and
all his friends," to which Mr. J. Indley
replied, $r.T jacksbn sahe the old
oak tree,' when very brief speeches
wore made to the following toasts
"Town Council" --Messrs. Men'eies,
;Sheppard. and..,,IIoleson-.• "Menefee
.ing • interests" — Mr. ' R, Ransford.
MerecintileInterests"--1VIessrs.Racey,
T. Cooper Jadlison, Orttib, I. Callender,
'and Itansford: "Legal Profes-
A. Watsom " Agricultural
and Stook interests"—Mesers. Biggins,
john Beimotii, N. Matheson, and ..J,
_Ransford. • "Mechanieft Interests" -e -
Messrs, Robb, McKeneie,. Ornicksliank;
1 er an tey,• to adios"--
W. jackson, Beamm, B. Dolmety,
Grassiek and Watson, •"Prose"—A,
0. Simmons, Goderich Star'and del
New Etta representative. "Host aid
Ilostess"—P, McLaren. Most of the
apeeches made seine referen to the de-
partere of Mr. &lite, arid 'their estima-
tion .of him 0.8 -damn." The party
broke -up beforeanitinight, having spent
pleasunt evening.
PARLOR Coxemria---A parlor concert
and social, under the auspices) and for
the benefit of the Weritee's Foreign Mis-
sionary' Society, will be held at the. resi-
dence of Mr, W. Murray, on the evema
ing of the 601 of Felnuery,
STANLEY*
.
v rrah ,Swansries.—There were re-
gistered with the clerk of Stanley, for
the past year, 60 birtio, pr.) tnartiages;
and 26 deaths,
• COLBORNE.
° COMPLIVNZARY Surrga..-This (T
DIhum
day) evening a complimentary supper
willii-e-given Mr. Wm. YOung,,,,liflits
Mends of the township, i‘t Smith's. Hill,
TIURN.BERR'ir.-
The, daughter of Rev. -Mr. Bnteher,
Beeeter, is gaining quite a reputation es
an. artist.
Mr. R. J. Cook, of the Central Hotel,
Dlyth, oyster suppered the new tlouneil
last we*
For the half year touting Jan.
there were n Exetee_36 births, 8. mar-
riages, and 16 deaths,
While hauling ioe'Mr. %V. Balk well,
of Exeter, and Me team, ' went under ;
timely assistance saved there.
An eight menthe pId, -heavy draught
foal, belonging to IL- Love, sr, Hills
Green, died last week, It was valued
at- $700e-- ---- • •_
The wife orthe Rev. Mr, Sieveright,
Goderieb, was last week; presented
with two easy chairs by some of her
Deoween,—Qn • Saturday evening fv49-14.1s.
Jae. • 266, a daughter of Mr., John Mr. W. Hawkshaw has. •sold his lie -
Powell 'of Turnbeiry, hear Bluevale, tel, in myth, to -Mr. A, Walpert of Ex -
aged 12 years, was drowned in a epring eter, poisession to be given. 011 the 15th
well While in the at of°getanee some "proximo, •
water.; her inother found. her altat 10 ThWinival dinner, under the att-spieeS
allunteii-ater.• sllo-left:the-house in_the _ofthe-torri.s--13-ranek-AgoicalturaL
ciety, . Will beheld at HaWkshaw's Hotel,
1Rlytb, on Wednesday.eveuing, Feb. 0 tb..
rr n SWAIM —
•This gentleman who paYe a weelaY visit
• to theprinting office -or (poet oftlee• for
his poighhor's paper, (very kind' of him
bT beinsesiives the, neighbor such a.lot
-of-trouble' you teriow)-). '-meyeabout this
time be seen going home with &healthy-
loOking_ coat pocket .filledwith', all .the
tat* etyles of almannos, &c., which he
toubt,lasscamsaoios'in
111liciteatele7augy-a110rriff-tOwoo-ifilier ,
kept any cow hides No. r3. To his
surprise he found they liut they
kindly presented himwith: the latest
• literature for his special „enlightenment.
0011,11ESPONEENT, • rh6 profeasee-te
be -an invalid, Wishee:our -opinion AS_bp•.
Which would be -the best for him tojein;.
the .army pr the ,naVya--he alsoe propesed
a heather of other qUestions, but as' he.
neglects the customary act' of .patting
his Moue to them, we shall takeno no-
tice. of them, furtheil" than to answa".
the main question. ,• Our advice Wou:.
betbjbinneitber the arniy orthe aierVy,
because it iS alga thatyery few .wOulet-
care to "ptirsue. • He cannot jinn th4
army in thiscountry; as there is ,no
recruiting station, anddt is only probable
that he could join the navy at Halifax;
• .
RA;iiiER A :4111)
ties who. were•unfortenatei enough Id be
on the Grand Trunk train.cawing fl'oni
Toronto, en Saturcley night,' got the
worth of their Money if length of ant e
n4.2.0,2.44 was aa eqnivalent._ .4k., smash
-up that had ; pccarred near Brampton
prevented the train .arriving here till 3
a, In., Sunday . Morning. When tgot ,
to Hohriesvillei a .drift of snow . prevent.,
ed farther progress, and the passengers
.hed to get out and shevel. ,It was neer •
breakfast time when; they get into Geode:
rich, and 'some of them possessed an ap-
• petite that would elmost have disposed
of a• logging chitin. •, • .
Paonotox.---Mr. W. Kew, who has
acted as -baggage and freight master at
this 'place Since the .operiing of. the L.,
11.& 13,, has been appointed to . the po-
tation of station ageet at White Chum'',
en the' Southern extension:. of the Wel,
dinette/1 Grey & Brnce Railway. Mr.
Kow has perforined• his dirties here to,
the -satisfaCtion �f alk.concerned, and
Will make a good 'meet ; the only •pity.
is that the:Groat NV -oaten hes not more
61110:Tees Who are as stmightferward
and gonscientious as friend Kew. His
Placa is taken jg` Mr. 13eatty, of Wing••
hem. • • ' • • • *
giltAION A.1.*D LECTIMM-- -On :Sabbath
laet, morning and • eVening; the Rev.
Patterson, of Bayfield, who is valuing.
•fundsgto emit in the building of a manse
Connection with the church or which
lie is the ptietely.pretiehed in the Pli3S-
Tv terien Cleireb, here, to good at -aid -HMS:
The Collections taken'elp in favor of the
scheme were veryliberal. Da Monday
evehine he delivered a lecture on the
.(‘ Life and writings of the; Poet, Cowper,"
It was carefully prepared, and showed
a atom intimaey with the peculiarities
of the., chitracter and iener lite of that
somewhat' neglected pdei. The leeturo
colitairied many eXceliont practioal 're-•
marke, drawn from the author's writ-
ings for the guidance of both old and
young, in the Journey of life, ./We wish
the Rev. Gentleman 811CdOSS in his
praiseworthy undertakingt • The peeple
of this place' appear to manifest an in,
differenee abbut attending lectures daily
kind, and the consequenee is, that very,•
frepiently excellent addrogSes are rally
heard by a handful of people, '
well. Deceased was buriedon Monday
following, • •
OLT/TR
SAL'i WELL 130/1/8.---.A.. "meeting of
the .ratepayere of-thia. village'
in the Temperance Hall last Monday,
te take into eonsideration the advisabi-
lity of bonus to Messrs. Grey,
Miura); & Spading, of.SOixforth, to estab-
lieh eat- works here • 'Cliey was
present afid. addresSed the Meeting, after
-which a -resolution wire passed attain-
Mously, requesting the Council: t� pass
a' by-law for that impose.
SMITH.
• Snit -twee PanTi.—On Tuesday even-
ing a large -number of the Mende of
Miss Sparks, assembled at the residenceof her father.Mie Jes, Sparks, and 'pre-
sented that lady with a set of lilyet ware,
OA an aeltneededgement-ofealrer eQices
; organist in connection with the
rimefield-Mod rod ist_C
plensaut evening was spent.
IITJ'LLET111.
fra..-111r: J. Shobbrook Sr., one of
the early' 'Settlers of the .13th con, of
Hullett,• is dengerously ill and it is un-
likely thet he will recover, ••: • •
.• A IAMB- FOR',VONE.:-.1Ve-lear that
• VeoHullet,
has fallen heir to the sum of $70,000,
'through the death of his: fettle aw.
• 4. GlIOST.—It is• saki that a house
belonging to Mr. W. Hiles, is haunted
by•a gia'astraind-that-the people -living--
in iI,have been terrified by • the racket
net noise, that it i•nalme and :by.-ite ap-
pearance.
GobERICil
SINGINc 01:ASS.--Prof. of
/Minton, hae• formed a • singing Clase at
•icp.iddleton's Corner.
• Txxes.--The Council of this kiwnship.
- c notieeeine.our--a•daiertising eolumne
iliat'imless all taxes are paid before the
24th of Feb. next, they willtake steps
to colleCt them. • • -
Sernerr.,D.Ekiei--The wife -of Mr. R,
Rye of the Huron Read, died very sud-
• denly on Tuesday last, froin pretnatai:e
Libor'. She was a, large, robust wonaan,
• Illother of fourteen children. .
•', Limit] is. sonica telk of giVineenp the
church- appointment irv conneotioll' with
the Methodist Church, at ' TipperiiV,
This is the- oldest Methodist appoint-
• ment in Godericli township; hating -been
started neally forty years . ago, one:
pleasing feature hw connection with its
• early history being the ‘conversion. of
over one hundred pet sons, in a twenty
day's ieryice. •
TEA MEETING.—A very siiecessful.
tea- meeting -was held in: St: cremes'
Church, Middleton's corner,. on Friday
'evening last. The chair was -occapieel
by -Mr. H. Steel.", thesPakers' in attinil
dance were Rev. Mr. Mathews, Mr.
M. Racey end .Dr. ROA. of' alinton;
and ethers, coroplimen4ed the offi-
cers of the selfeol on the excellent re-
port read ekits standing. ' '.Miss Martha,
and Minnie Steep, presided at the organ,
and assisted by Pref. Salter and the
S. •ehoir rendered some choice music. A
social was held on -the Tuesday follow-
ing, about $38 being -realized from both.
entertainments. •—
*TANIJARY :30, 1879
ANNUAL 11,E voirr
OM TUX
PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD.
The Bann' of School Trustees for the Pub-
lic Sehool, bog to submit to the ratepayers
for the year 1878,
of the Town of Clinton, their Annual Report
T110 Water oi ileaciiers we have now
ployed is eight, with every division quite fulf,
and the junior division, Miss Grundy:s-, nearly
double the number of pupils allowed by. the
school law, but as these are the vary young-
est, we thought it advisable not to en,gage
another teacher just yet, but instructed Mies
Grundy to divide her pupils into two clasies,
one for the forenoon and one for the after.
noon' and we must Jbeg those parents whose
charm are thus 4ituatod, to bear with the -
inconvenience for a, time, rather than to iu.
our the expense of another teacher,
The salaries for 1879 will be as follows :—
Head Master $800,. Assistants $500, $325,
$300, $300, $275", $250 and $300, being a re-
duction from last year of $75, we have also
granted to the Head Master $100 additional
on aceoeut of extra services connected with
the Model School but which Will form n� ex.
•tra ehafge on the Ratepayers, it being a
Grant from the ()aunty Council to the Model,
School.
- In ti.,,dopting a system preponomy in so
finaOces, we have endeavored at the same
time' to maffitairi its efficiency, as far as
possible, and we consider that we 'have :now .
as good a staff of teachers as any similar ,
school in Ontario:
--As...will,,ber• seen -by the -list -in the, kitrUTTON
at his residence near Baniondville on New Etta of, last week, tho narither of prornee'
Thursday.15th inst.
• Sale •Itegistek.
Farmotock., implements &c , property of Mr.
• W. Gluldou,I.lot,•12, con. 0, Thillett,. on
the 5th ofFehrnary. • Sas. Howson, anat.
Farm stocln, implements, &c., of Mr. S. Arm-
strong, lot 13, Bao line,,Goderizh town-
• ship, on the 31st that. ;At the saine time,
• let-33,-Rafurliwoonsisting-cif .105 -acre ,
property of Mr. George Armstrong. Jas.
Howson, auct:
• Ht.TRON TTZ1VIS.
• Dr -Presider and lady, of Wingliain,
itre visiting in Florida.
.Miss S. Dobie lies been oppointed.,
teacher in S.S. No. 3) Oolborue, . •
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Depay-Sheriff Gibbons, of Goderieli;
is somewhat improying, hi health,
'A Seaforth firm talk of starting 4
salt well in Myth'. , They want a bonus
toO, •
There were registered in Tuclerstnille
'for the hell year ending 31.et December,
48 births, 13 deaths and' N marriages,
being 60 largest number of Aram ,and
marriages recorded in any half pier,
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_Many of our readers will regret to
learn of.the death of Mr. W. Qhesney,
Stef. • Trtekerereith;
,MP. j7f*treVfarmoia Who lives u Mae
north of Lumley, ,threshed 230 •bushels•
of Judkins wheat from nine acres sowd.
This is considered a good yield.. for
spring wheat this year. ;The seed. Wed
sent to hita'from .WisoOnshi about- tWo
years ago,.• •
Mr. W.. Bell has sold his fore on the.
14.tb con, of McKillop. The south half
• was parchaSed by 1111r, 8. Robinson; of
,McKillop,. for. $4;200, end the • north
• half by :NA.. IL.-Foltone of I/Sbo6le,-..fee
$3,800, inakine 8,000 for. the two lets,
cantabile°. 180 acres,
• As A.:Wilson was eawine staves in
Messrs.. at.,, :Alexander's factory,
Blyth, _One of .tb!:,) shfirle, Weeks:fell
-aiiihast. (tie -saw, breaking it into ni any
pieces, which '.1101v in every direetion,
some of which knocked the 'fur' off 'the
top ofW. Hefferah's cap, who was in
the act of putting fire -woad -into the
fart -lace 7 • •
• A new Methodist Church to,be
• built on the 711con, neer the ,Ortmge
-Halt' -A- Meeting --has .
.subeeilptiromVeing, ieceikeelL41.6.:
would be better' 12eeveral of. the-chur,ehes
on the Holmesville Circuit were thrown
together; a. iiew one emoted at:
• Hohriesville, as they are. now only ewe
:otithrooniiles apaft.)' '
tins has laeon very largo, testifying to the
good conduct and diligent study of the pupils,
aud.general efficiengy of the teachers. . -
• The °etiolate for tile year 1870 is f3,650,
-being a slight increase over last,year.
Wo" have appointed a caietaker, for the
current year, at a salary of .$210"ner annum.
The following shows the receipfs and ex-
penditure for the past.year-18;8:
'RECEEPTS.
Wane() from1877, . ", 8958
Government Grant to Model &heal • 50 00
.4-evernment Grant to Public School ,297 00
Government Grant to Model School 50 00
Balancetatimste [878 . . 8,000 00
Part estimate' on account 1879 . 400 00 11'.
NO:I-resident rate • 0 50
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• 3,803 08
Veid-teachei-siXalParilleiCsD-1-T-Cr13
-.:-Li.-:-$.3,•083' .- -"-
Other salvages . ' • 354 00 •
Interest on mortgage . . . 23 00
Maps, apparatus, &c. . . • ' :44 0000
Printing, advertising and stationery • 43 17 • .1
Repairs, material, &a • . ••
Election expenses •.
-10007 :75
WNeoNordseat.s.
.43 82 .
Miseellaileens : .5q 71
3 837 79
-....aeSliowltite'r.l.ndeneadii-.th.erTreanftet?i_hae_dee
of $55.29:
AR of which We respectfully :submit to the
:ratepayers. • • '
W 11. PlisTE, SecretarY.
Minton.; Jan...27,18j0.
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.1879
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1879 -
'40Lbarril iNG.MEROHANT,
ESTABLISHED 1884.
CJI5,11.-i-,pn;. Cora:
• Bejore commencing to lake. stbek we ,will o
the. Chealkst Clothing- ever sold in town /o clear
out balayzce o f stook.
Neze) Collars, ries, GI' over, Shirts and
Breices- just-bjfened o2tt.
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0111.7• FtJRfffSHiW& S roc ---K larg-e--
eind ConOlete.
We are° finding collections ver y. slow,' and
all ac.couuts jor.1878, must he. Add' befor die
Fourth of Februaryas we are; 114 need?? funds.
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Ol'IXTON ;ten. 1870,
TEPS. JAOIC§ON,.
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