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• CLINTON N NE,W ERA.
Ceex.bunting es now a favorite sport
.hereabouts.
,A t1ERTAI?1 person in town is said to:
be receiving interest at the rate of 25
. per cent. •
THIE •delliund fur fruit jars was so
great last 'week, that the stores were W-
iriest entirely. cleaned out.
MR. UMQs. JACKSON is determined
people Will not,forget his place of busi-
ness, 'See.5th page for partiea'lais.
ExaulusioN. -The- morning 'train G.
- T. It. Tut Monday, carried a"latie num-
ber of•exeurtionists froln this Tilade to
Toronto. "
, Tit/eFFIc.—The London, Huron' &
,rte; raceAbranch of the Great Western
`Away expects. to do a very' large pas-
•stinger traffic during the hoddeng Of •the
:Western , k'air.
THE ;clearing• of the principal water
courses in town, which - w irk'men have
been engaged at for some time, ais u good
thing, as the sanitaiy condition" of the.
toiwvn'wlll he bilpreyedther"eby. '
CA`NAnA` Tips.41 -;--• drive in al
mist any direction, shows that the Act
relating to: the cutting oCennda•• thistles
is a dead-le"tlei , for .6-4. are. ''seen on'
-every hand blooming in all their glory
And profusion a
ATO REPRESENTATIVE.—The 'Meehan -
les' Institute" of this place have' ap-
• pointed,no delegate to represent 'thein,
at.the meeting of the Agricultural and
Arts Association.in Ottawa, this month,
owing' to the distance theretobeing too
great. • •
;ILL Vii EAT,The recent, Tains have
• been the means. of bringing forth sotne
of•:the full•wheat" sown in this neighbor-
hood, and `it looks .nice and green.. It
is likely to get well advanced before
w' require. to" be e o -
snow comes, and Ill 1
ped down. •' -
Bv'rTEn.---At the G: T. station on
Monday morning were.• six large'. tin
eases,, destined for the,: "Toronto exliilii
• tion; which aroused" considertiblo curi-
osity. They containedbtitter, the:Mann,
-facture •of Mra. Wm.. ]-Ierbison, of-
Goderieh township.
RAILWAY DEPUTATION.—On Tilill`B-'
day last a deputation, composed: of parr
ties.frorrn Bayfield, Goderich and 'Clin-
ton, waited°upon, the A:ttorney:Genoral,
Hon. Mr, Mowat, • In .reference • to the•
granting of tit `subsidy" towards to pro-
posed Hayfield and Clinton "railway.
` They.' were courteously received, but as
„ e ,»''as very busy, .he -1 romispci to 'eon -
sitter the' matter uiid. give a definite an-'
saver to them' at a future. day.
NEW PArt i.=\ 6 dieve received the
s. prospectus of .Tice" Standard, a new Con:
servative:paper to be issued in Linear-'
dine. "•If it carries out. ell that is laid
down in the prospectus,' 'it. will' be en-
titled• to ,the' tertri Liberal Conservative.
.Kincardine should: be' able• to support
two papers, but,'like 'everything abb.,
we fear the newspaper .business is over -
,done, itrtd'viiur confrere will find itnpbill
work to establish a successful " business:
HHutto*i L.Ivn ST0cx Asso(s vrl[pjr .='
' A ineetin4`ot the, Association 'was held'
•on- Monday last. 3t -was -decided to—
pro-ceed with tho fall sale, which . will .be
held at..this, town, en' October 16th 4
.number of entries.'have been received.
for :the same and catalogues'.. of .the
stock•.to •be••oidered will be issued at once, •
The•indefatigable secretary, Mr, M. Y.
McLean, is.detei:tnined that the sale will
be a•success, rf•havd'and 'persistent Work
in that direction will accomplish it
Cuinitat NOTES.—Rev, P.:•'Straitli
•
preached morning and "evening in the
C. P. 'Church,: on Sunday, Mr. Stewart
boing in .Toronto..' Rev. W. S. Pascoe,
of Mitchell," held • Sabbath School ser -
•vices in the B. C.. Church, on Sunday,
his very instructive, discourses on both.
occasions being • attentively listened .to
by good ' congregationd. On Sunday.
evening Rev. Mr. Sutherland took for
hi 'text" the subject of Sabbath 'obser-
vance,
obser-vance, ,giving a lar ge:uumber of inci-
dents • to' :sliovv that ' even in a moral
"mouse; the observance of a clay of rest
t 1 to mans w 1 a o'� after-
sse t a eft
was e n
wards showing the matter in its spit itual
aspect •'and. establishing its darns for
recognition .. •
NARROW ESCAPE ')litchi"DEATIu.-•-'Tife
steamer Bertschy,' Which plies between
Goderich,' Detroit and 'ether point's, was
,
'wlgoked by the storm of W eduesday night,
of Last meek, off Grindstone City, "Mick.
Mr. 'John Miller, of this .town, was a
passenger on board; ho states that just
After -leaving : that place fort Goderi
the vessel gavea signs15 of not being
able
to weather the 'storm, and she was head-
ed about ; when a quarter air mile from
v
n O1 ti POCk.A d: broke the
-diddle ; it was impossible `
bout in 1119 1 I •sslble to
to on •aceOttllt o
t05110 0 f the h o sea
]'click e
running so high, and the,"Passengers
crowded into the forward part of the
b;iat; momentarily they expected to go
dew
n
and being repeatedly wet,
their
position
was anything but pleasant.
Not until 110o clock neext morning
were
theyrescued, it even then`beg too
•.tough
for
ordinary• boats t
o approach,
life beats haying to be' procured .from
a distant port. Had they been left
much
tan
erstb their fate wouldhave been,
he part ofthe Bertsch. on
ast
doubtful,Y
p
which thy were, was beginning to break
up.
'ttos'r.—There was a heavy frost here
on Tuesday . night.
Honoix PRESBYTERY.—A. special meet-
ing of this body was hold here en Tues-
day. Only'a small amount of business
was transacted.
TRA MEETINo,--A tea meeting. is to
be held at Summerhill, au'the 22nd inst.,
ill connection with the B. C. church..
Further particulars will be given;
G. W. R. Exounsiox.—Cin Monday
next this road gives an excursion to
Toronto, good for three days, the fire
flroin Clinton ,being placed at $2.25.
NEw BARLEY. Yesterday Mr. W.
If. Perrin made a shipment from here
of three thousand bushels of new barley.
'Ihel rice paid for itwas about the same as
that quoted at Toronto. '
• RUNAWAY,—" Ou Monday the horse .of
Mr. D. Cantelon, grbcer, took it into its
head to run away; `wlli,le he was deliver-
inb•pal•cels. A look at the waggon _is_
eenyinoing evisience that it>slicceedea. :
WELL DONE.-- Mr. -„Thos. Tipling, of
this place, has .succeeded in carrying off
the firstinize end diploma, at Toronto
Exhibition,or iron harrows,, Tool na-
turally proud at his success, and
wellbe luauk'�nY °-!.^.,ab:... ,, •...
THE.I,TRIcAL.--The ;broad way Theatre
Co:gave•enter;tainments here, on Toes
clay and Wednesday evenings, to fair
audieticee.'There is considerable talent
ill the`ttrou'pe, blit it appears ta.:suffer
front fi'nancial embarrassments. •
APOLoay.--This week we %haveint
unusual press on our advertising col -
Emma. • SODO An event is of such 'rare'
occurence that we believe oer readers
will not begrudge us the benefit derived
thereby.' We have tried to Blake up
the difference by setting in ,smaller •'t4ype
than'usnal: • •
J: "OR' TEACHERS. We are: requested
to state for the information 'of those in-
terested that it is definitely settled that
there Will not be an intermediate oxttni•
ination. in.. ' Decerirber,And further, that.
it is probable that the standard for 2nd
class teachers will be liaised at the ex-
amination next July. -•
TUE ULINTON NEW
B LIT IA
' Fox MAs -rorA—lhcst” Monday. Mr. Thor.
Ritchie, wife and ralnil; , left here for Mani-
toba, where they purpose,making their future
home,
DisQRacEFUI,..--111 Suuday evening last .a
ruffian under the influence of "1Ciug Alcohol'
euterel one of the churches here and conduct-
ed himself in the most disgraceful manner..
Should any be guilty, of such conduct again
they will be properly dealt with.
THE LARGEST YET:—.Yesterday Mr.
Jos.:Allison brought us the largest egg'
of the season;'•it Measured 16 . x 24
inches.' ;11e.also brought ;in fifteen pots -
:toes :which -•filled ' a•.peck measure, some
eery: large celery, and sotne good"ye'low
'tomatoes. 'The egg, it is propel to stat e, •
was laid in:a garden, and is' the °' New -
York Improved." •
H. B. FALL SHOw.—On Tuesday and
Wednesday, next the fall Show' connect-
ed with the 'Tiullett 'Branch Agiicul,
tui,' Society,- wilt b: heldliere. .It has.
been suggested that In .• order to make
the indoor department particularly, at-
tractive, exhibitors who are 'possessed of
house plants, might place them on ex-
hibition. We merely throw• out the'
idea, as it has beensuggested to us, and.
our lady friends are .at liberty , to act
upon it•or not. •
"PERSONALS.—We are pleased to know
that'Mrs Jas Smith and daughter, aro
now considered out of danger.
Mr;. R Irwin and wife,. retfirnetl last
week" from their trip through the States.,
Mr. Tlips.. Grenway, ex -M. P„, was in
town ,last '"week.. Ile looks as if the
stir_9f he..northieest:.agreed..-with
On Monday, Messrs. M. McTaggart,
Jas. Fair and, W. `Coats; ,each Accopt-
iyznied'by'tfleir•daughter, left on a' trip
to Montreal, Qii .b o-;'Ottawa„and others”
places of interest.
fir, Ches.. Spooner" has returned •from
his Atlantic trip '
EAST 'WAWAI%OSII
RE-1iNGAQ&A; The. trustees of school section
No, 10, have re-engaged their teacher, Mr, T,
1. Steep, for 1880, at•an increased salary,
WHAT fie IS Donis.—Of an old resident Of
Wawanosb, the "Fargo, (Dakota) Reprtblican,.
of a recent date, has the following: --111r.
Hadwiu bas, this year 700 acres of wheat on
one farm and 040 sores on another", and has
already thrashed out 6,000 bushels of oats
and 1,000 bushels of barley. With two steam
threshere Kele turning out 2,400 bushels of
wheat daily,
• TUCKER S1l1TI-I.
Onxrtlplty.—Last Thursday morning, death
ended.the_anfferings.:of Mr, .SCQch ''urner,
son of Mr. Edward of the 3rd con. Some tirire
ago he went to Manitoba and while, working
on his claim, started bleeding at the pings;
this becoming serious ho retprned home, since
which time ho sank 'ripidly. Ho was ecu
scious at the time of death, and was prepared
therefor, The •very lame number who attend-
ed hiii burial' on Sunday, was an•indioation"af
the esteem in whicb he w8 held, "andexpres-
sion of sympathy for; his relatives. Rev. Mr,
CaiiWtA preached an•'inipressive'funeral ser-.
mon in connection herewith on Sunday morn-
ing.
VA RN �.
TsAciirus' INSTITrlril,—The . regular meet -
Jug of the•Varna Teachers' Institute, was field
at. Varna, on Satdrday,* Sept. 6tb. l:n the
`forenoon -after routine busineps, Geo; Baird,
sr.,: took the subject of Arithmetic to Second
Permand Mr. Sheppard an Object Lesson to
Third, Form,land illustrated; his method by
taking a lesson en the resemblances and dif-
ferences of the duck and hen; In the after-:
noon, Mr. Thos. liiggias took np..very fully
the subject of Factoring in Algebra and gave
many suggestions and artifices for the resolu-,
tion of factors Miss Forrest gave a well
rendered Reading, " T hc'Poetry •of;City and
Country Life." The meeting then adjourned
till the first Satuiday in November:,'
LOND.ESDOR O,
TRAna.--'Phe-largc .stock, of goods being laid
• in by Messes. Ouimette it Taylor indicate that.
they, expect' to do a very good fall trade..
BUSINESS' CHANGE.—* reference, to
our advertising columns rt will be seen
thut.a:change:llus taken place in the -pro
prietorsllip of the Montreal House, Mr.
A. S.:Fisher,. after'connectiofi: thei'e:with,
for 'twenty Eve; years; retiring, and the
ne'w firm going under the name of Craib,
McitWhirter & Co. They: intend making
tit "" big. push" to secure a:portipn of t'he.
trade Of this neighborhood. Of Mr. :i lac
Whirter, a 'recent 'issue of the Owen
'Sound 'Tribune llas'tbe. following coin
Alimentary notice
"'J he many friends bf"our' esteemed young'
townsman,Mr. JohnMaaWhirter, who has been
so well. and favorably known in this teivrn:and'
vicinity, for the last seven or eight years, very
much regret his departure from our, midst.
On. Monday evening last Mr. •MaoWhirterleft
for Clinton, in the county of (Huron, where he
has purehased a partnership interest in an' aid'
-and well established dry goods•business, whioli.
will now be carried on under the firm name of
Graf DTaoWhirter& Co ,bile regretting t t•
b, �r g u g o
part with. Mr. MacWhirter, his friends hero
cannot but heartily congratulate him on the
exceedingly hopeful promises of his new Situ-,
ation; may their fruition• be both abundant
and abiding. With pleasure we introduce Mr."
MacWliirter to the Clintoniaus as a gentleman
of integrity and excellent social qualities."
SPORTS AND 11111TSEMPATTS;
Caimcsr.—The intended 'match between. Clinton and
Brucctield dad not come off on Saturday last.
Y
CRICKET CITAT LEN.B—•Med. Di 1
Srs. E. ns a of Clinton
and Wm. Smithson, of Copgrove, ilhllbtt, hereby chal-
lenge Messrs. W. Rattonbur;y, of Clinton, and 0, Dale,
sir. of Ilullett-ttl Playahome-and-1o=
gamo
of cr
ick
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et.at Clinton, anyHine ,•ti1 tter part of this month.
Notice of accetance to be forwarded.
• Os.
Sale Register. '
Farm) farm stook,furniture &c o t
f A
s111
Cjockerliue lot 2 con. 11,�uilett " h
,, G, �I l , on the
18th fust. Thia farm 18 one of the best in
Ifullett, and au unusual chance is offered
intending p
uroh aers. Jas. ICowso
n1 mud.
Waggons,
libusehoid furniture and village
property,
belonging to Mr.Jas. Vhenh
m
,
at 1ondos oro, on the 20 inst.Jut.Howsf,tr
Auctioneer. .
SotsNn. 44 and 42,haif acre, Princess Street,
(Minton, property of Atr, B. Chester, on the
Market Square, on the 22nd• hist, James
HoW Aii, A.uot.
ERA.
HATS
FVNSRAI: SentireN.•=0n the Qocasien'of the
preaching of the funeral sermon of MissBrown,
by Rev. J. Caswell; .on Sunday:evening, the,
church was filled., His remarks were very af-
fecting. _
ItEMyviuo. -Another, of our residents is
about to pull up stakes and move'to tbo
Northwest. This 'Woo it, is Mr. Tax.' Vl'heu=
hum, who took np land there'aome time ago.
tIe bas many friends hereabouts -wbo Will
"GODFltiCH TOWNSHIP.
liousE Thee. Dyke, of the 15th
concession,--has-this-season-succeeded in rais-
ing an excellent crop of regular Mulish Horse
Beans.
NOT Acca'rxn,—Some time ago Mr. T,'lyke,:
who is about 65 veers of age, issued a: chat-•
lenge that ho would walk wenty miles and
cat three' mores of standing wheat before sun-
down; but. even among the sturdy youths of
this to*nehip he could not find any cue willing
to take him up. ' • •.
CHURCH, OPENr50.-The new Church on the
8th con- of this township, was' formally opera..
on Sabbath last, by'-Itw. Dr. Williams, of"
Goderich. The tea meeting of the preceeding.
Friday evening was not very largely attended,
-owing to, the -unfavorable -weather. The "peo-
ple .of the, neighborhood have now a good,
eoinfor'table church to"worsttip,in.
HULGET'f.
and CAPS.
YOU 'WILL "FIND AT
3uon' Famous ‘Storo,
THE LARGEST AND FINEST ASSORTMENT OF THE ABOVE -G ODS
IN TOWN.
• ItETURFED.—Mr.-Riddell• has la,elyreturn-
ed hour
eturn-ed"firom Manitoba;"w•here�hie has been for'the
last six menthe.. The account hegives are'
very favorable, and ire' intends to returnshort
ly and commence husiness-on his farm..`.
Tina BROKEN.—(In Monday evening; 'of last
week, Charles, son of Mr. 1iowson,-ac-
.eidontally'had his leg' broken near the. ankle.
He and a brother had just hitched, a horrid;
unused to driving single, to a .light waggon,
and had got'in the rig when the restlessness
of the -horse broke the Fearing a'.a run-;
away,, Charles jumped out, with the abotte
result_
SOME Umfrage these parties who wentf;om
the vicinity of Loudesboro to Manitoba, and
settled in a group, sent to Mr. A."Cgek.erli ie,
of this totvuship,'asking Mtn if ho wo"ttltl - so-
cept the position of 'postMaster ,at an • office
they desire to get established, his property
being, the moat. eligibly situatod"foi• the pur-
pose. 'Ile has consented, an'd if the depart-
went favor the plan,. the.efl'hce will be known
as Londesboro. '
'I'ovviliship Connell Meetings
' T1T7
We show a full range of CHRISTY'S ENGLISH GOGDS, in Square and
s ;"-'alsothe leading novelties in AMERICAN . STIFF, HATS.
li,ound Grown ,, . •
nettaTr.
Courciu.—A meeting of the municipal council of the
1 • Mullett as hof at Lo c bora on the'2ot
township of w a lid s , h
August: •All the members present.' •Minutes of former
mooting read; and conarmetr. It wee:moved by. J How-
son, secoided by J. Mason, that tho account of the Cana
da company of $13.41 for ditching on skleroad'15-10,'
con. 0 • be not paid until said; ditching Is oxatnliled by J,
McMillan and J. Britton,—Carried • luloved by J. Mason,
seconded by J. Lashaet, that the following rates be es-
sessod; Iovicd,,andeolltcted on all the ratcabluproporty
In the township for the present year, viz: for comity
Mills ondollartownship
fur osos .two m sthe .
1 n ,
one mill on tho dollar, and. also the several amounts re-
quired
by the respective sebool corporations, and that a
by-law be prepared and passed to confirm, Co same.—
Carried. Tho by-law was then read and pawed. Moved
by J: Britton, seconded by J., Howson, that the follow-
ing accounts -be paid, vis Jas. Hopkinson,. 52:72, for
timber for bridge, con. road 0-7, 10120 ; McLean. Bits.,
11.75, for advertising for`tenders for building bridge.--,
Caused. Tito council, thea .adjourned to meet again'
When eall0.4 by thc'tooVe. JAS. BaAlTi wAves, Clel•k,:
WE6T WA$ASOHn.
G u c L. --Cannon snot accordin 'ta tW aurntnont at
o � !
g 1
0 ,
the Council hall, on the 30th August. All the tnemboi4.
present-thereevetotho their. Minutes of last mcotifig
l nlim
road and ads ted. The Clerk to return t a is lis
P Yt� t
to 1).•E ria poli with instructions to got it worlc done"
r ta 4
ti• s to patios tios oft r' The wa •�ants of th
oruaeuoFa whor.isb 11�� o
various sebool' sections wotef'ead, and,psd3rc41'to bo col.
looted. Byfavfor tho reventiot of abusive language,
415, Was Introduced, and road a first and second time.
Win. Oflpih applied for relief, and was granted $10.'I
tlr i i place 'VVtn. I'lukor was appointed eluted oundkee t a o of
I
In n 1 , 1
o b •law amended d aecordin C. r Mc -
Robert's
Jas. Bruce, and an e
Robert's dog Was struck off roll,itboing killed last May.
The clerk was instructed to wrte to.C. Welds, and no-
tify lOni'lt the job between lots 21 and 25, eoh. 1, was
netAntshod by hint according to ceiltract, ds bond would
beenforced. The following ac Dunt, were ordered to be
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paid Oco Culbert, lumber 1A Camorou gravel,
n v 2 22,con.
spi6os,labor,&•a,$7.42• A.Aka� ,gra clang 1,
a.
1,_280 A.Akam cuttinghill 24,26,Con 1' 0 ,Ta.
$ , ,tis , .
Watson, gravel,: $4.50 ; D. Errington, gravel, $4.55 ; Mrs.
Cartwright, gqrnrnvol, $15.411 J. Craig, lumber, $4:07; E.
Pollard, lumber 05 cents; A, Phillipps, ravel, 62.16; T.
n, J Flynn, 2 25; B.
•WCIsh Od T. hicC 02 cent§ J. ,$t , Y, . ,S • ,
Perrier, 001 T, and D •To td .15 P. Clerk, Mend-
ing$0 t , $7 .
ing scraper, $1; J. Webb, gravel $2:05; J. S. liabkirk
$7.84. The council adjourned till Rondo', 0th day of
October next. ' • 11. ;ttuauA?, clerk.
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We
led, a Soft
have . a magni$cent lot, imported direct Alm New .York .ami J .t ffaio,• .
being TI3E NOBBIEST,GOODS,TO'D QBT.d,TNED.,
Canadian Felt. ands Tool Hats,
IN: BLA:CIISK AND 4O14OitS. .'
splendid One. of t ►,mmaw /kw CAPS
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LN • SILK WORSTED :AND CLOTH.
Youth's, And Chfldren' IAS #s 'teas=-f011-ra.nge.
000
We are the: only house.in town handling Chris's
or H
English Goods,'which are acknowledged super
tics'all others.:•
We ;keep Hats from 6�; to 7 in size.
ackson s Hat Maitre
vieTOICIA 3LOCI(•, 'CLINTON;
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FIN
OLNTON, Supt: 4, 1879.
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d �u
• ONLY 15.00.
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J C:..{ 'ILROY5
1879,
':1579..
ortani 1\totice.
Harland Bros.
13."9
. ' ,ANNOUNCE TO TUTS PEOPLE Or OLiNTON'AND .V1011.TI1'X; THAT Tiff y, HAVE MADE
propafttiohs'on a largo solo for the 1, all and Winter Trade of 18`,0, and have now 00 hand
TO
est stocks of Moves in.the Count
ane of the largest Y�
Com rising: 0001( STOVES,'BOX STOVES, PARI;OI1 STOVES, PARLOR, COOK STOVIuS, of the latest im-.
proved Blatt• :` finished• in the best style." Also, tiro 1':tTEN'r 011AL11 N44}7w1IEATER, which has
gained,
utattondixiug the last two seasons. We havalso on*0nthd a quantity of _the '
CELEBI
D. RADIANT HOME BASE BURNER COAL STOVE,
ti:
rho only roue w; ,`StOvO'lu'tito niar]cet; any porion rcgtriring a Coal Stove this fall, will find it to their
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a i ..ot a L I)IAilY'� 1Ir/1I Cr'Ae oca rlilL'E8 AItE.\'kRy LOW, and WO
t o to A i warrant
ndvmtt. .h .
a
gevery
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RAVING IIT I TILE UST S AI1iiFT5' .E AltE I
f e I But N rf B 1V v"
.cto • towork saEl i Cf G x 1 A I'osl'LIO' '
to y , NTU'
4 .1
F . , v.
OIV1, STOVES, &c.,AT Ii0'ilU.[ PRICES,.
•
tI' tin
,kite Lead, Oils, Varnishlass PK
A LARGE STOOK OF M ' shes, Locks, Nails, Singes,. Etc., .Etc.
.� ri'tt •'•. .ANb
AL 1KINDS OFD ERS HARDWARE AT WONDERFULLY LOW.�. PRICES,
full ,took on hand f
A s 1 Of
eco
K
no supply of LANre, BcaNias Cm,Nars,kc:
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NO: *I COA11 OIL, 15 CENTS PER GALLON.
it In want bf no t hin . the above line •to cult and examine goods and prices, We advise a wa t >lii b loos- and be
Y g convinced
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n that we ars no TIIb, BEAT ,SZ BARGAINS E Lit 0 1. r
Susi G FV 0111.1RED IN CLINTON.
byw �,�i�'lh rdI N
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Y j YY .
Dt til' the, i b S7 h t`ii6a fe at I 1 L'
i2�`iltjt' 13 t l , lctcl•••$o u UY 14 lel t �fN.0 t3ROS.
�'" t 1 y - , M, , Bela
Block, G'linton Sign oJ" the rn'tlioes
Clinton,' Sept, 4, 1870. ];nos.
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