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The Huron News-Record, 1885-03-11, Page 3Alleviate r—f—r./N ?f-r.-r-.-.1lll..-f/ . , , 8.„. y- □jecej urrnQisr •‘I.'-'" “f Huron Record, ' (4M4L04N4TKl>.). PAINSAND ILLS. That 01d,Bellable Killer ofPrin, - ■£?***<» Ww «mm* AX«r>-A«M>. JDyvextery, i Jfeo«Nty MmJUm «»ul O. Clhitoii, Wednesday, March 11 UOCAL NEWS. • In and Around the **llub.” ML ... /. ,JtdTIC6.— At all tinus wewill be.glad to receive news front any. reliable source, either . / verbi! ormeelititfsl&i- . ' ^tendiitiiients, society anil chterehiloinfiy.etii., etc, qr ahyvtker matterspf general interest will always haoe.a^laceinourcoluvikne^^ji Boy Wanted, at~once~ to foam } the: art of printing. Apply at Tinl News-Record office. FARMERS’ CUSTOM GRINDING. WE desire to Intimate to the farinors of Huron county, especially thoso whogo to Seaforth, thut we are- now doing Custom Gristing, both wheat and' chop, upon the most favorable terms, and guarantee quite as good, satisfaction In all rospeats, as can be he'd in the county .—Most C’oMPtBfB Rottafc Svstbm fit uhe, Patent Flour supplied if wanted. We are now wanting to pur- chase a lot of good, clean Lost Na;ion or White Russian Spring wheat, , . • ’■ A. W. OGILVIE-4 CO., Big Mills, Seaforth, T. O. KEMP,'Manager, ' 339-3t. 4 ■u. i 1 * 5 'Mr. H. ’ .T, Hawkins, of Hay, sold the other day, a Glerme colt, ' one year old,.to the Geary Bros, of Lpndon township,'for $150^ •An Unmarried House.—Out' of 211 members in the. Dominion • House of 'Commons, orily 81. are married ; as iriat^y as 118 are buche- ’loraTwhile 12 are widowers,' t .-Salt For Land.—-Ex-Reeve F. C. ■ ;/Rogers of the Brussels salt works . lias had teams all the way from 'Dur-^ barn, .Walkerton and Harriston ___.-aftiftr„ dait.;^H.e „jsays_. the; Howjck ■ farmers takp. the lead, for salt sbw- ing. .... A Fatal Result from a Tin,y (IAUSE—Deborah ’Richardson died near St. Thomas,the,other day, front the’ prick of a needle in her left hand Thurnb. Jn three days.,a/ter gangrene bqd set in and the arm was dead . nearly , to the shoulder. On the fourth day she died. ' Tjhe First Robin.—Many of our; •exchanges are exercised about the precise date of the’ advent of tlie . “first” robin iri their respective Io- •cjalicies. , Qn the morning of Wed­ nesday Fehy 18th; 1885 one of’ our staff-saw.i’a.robin-, flittjitgifroui. bough to bough oft the icicle laden branches,, ■of fruit trees i.n..tiie-loLapppsite^JGlin Ross’ pump factory. •> a . VVell Kept Apples.—Last Sat­ urday, .Mr. IJhO8. Fair, of Hullett,’ placed, where they would do most. ■ -gflody on the office.table of the News-. • Record, liberal samples of Spitzeh- ■ "berg,. Ribstori, Pippih and - Snow. > '..apples, all in an excellent state of .preservation; " Tney were appreciat- •edk .accordingly, .^'he/snow apples *’had been frozbh' anj.. tlie effect of, 't.hat process seeined to add much to . '‘-Their inscioffsness; ’f - - NN "NA’RGUMEfJT"^^ Against ^heZ'ScotV . .Act.—A douple of gentlenfoiv' who ' -are agents foifa patent water filter, ___ visited Toronto city ball theotherday.„ ——ZTh.ejitet.was.aLtaclLccLlto_oneLoL.the_ tapft in the building, and a quantity -$£water was parsed through it. The >. -gppeartince'of tlie sediment extracted .a and placed in. a bottle, was . enough tri ijrive the staunchest temperance mail ifl the city to.wJitSkv drinking. It was a mass of .filth-in wlifclr'hun- Bfeds of tiny aiiimulculse disported theinsidves • '-V ‘ S?TiLl They Steal.—The personal •organ of Goderich .with itsi custoiib iary persistence ili wrong doing coil ■ timipB'to steal original matter .from tlm columns,of the New's Record.- ZNcnten e obp^tlon can be raised to Jthange^.niws-ntipe.rs getting .mew's from e$h M^r if-an , Attempt -lis not made tojrahn it off as original/, '©lieAVeek we pointed out 40 items Tplagiarized from our > columns; 27 >anOthe.r Week, 3fi another week, aiui Bast week 30 items were taken by ' \yt-h-Q erielE/personaI organ-^frohr- itlfe.Goderich ^pwn; Goderich town- ■ship, Nifo|,Saltfor<l.and Holmesville special correspondence;to the News-. " Record. '' ‘ \ BuOgy Tops.—Mr.’P. W. Hay- vhqxi of Jhe Clinton Carriage Wm’kSpmakes a specialty of supply- dug buggy tops at wholesale. He has latelyNjeeti on a trip north to jLutjktxpw and^ther.pojntB and secur- •ed a goodly ndnUier of orders. Mr ' ^ayw,lV^ having f^y^cial • appliances if or making buggy tnpji, turns out 'Very large quantities a'licbis thus en- aibled to put them down at figures-so H low that tlm average carriage ibqker will save-money by giving hisbriibcfi in this line to him. We have muclr , pfoasure .an 'liot.mg tbe success of . Mt Hayward iri his/specialty, and <the energy he ihasr displayed in push­ fl tig trade sinAo 1 he purchased ' the business of Mr. Harry Canteloft . augurs well for continued success; ■ ♦ Social.—Another of the series of socials being held hy the ladies of ttlie‘Pf0shyterian church came qff at , ithe residence .of Mr. Robert Coats <on ;,Thursday eve’g last there being •' large attendance. MesBfs AMo- M-Urchie and w, Weir very kindly «ltoyo the townpeeple out ^vho wish* *<1 t6 atMnd. ! An excellent pro- 1 .gramme was oarrted otft bv tho ladies’rind ghritlemeri'who took part, The musical part was well sustained by, Mrs. Dr* Dowsloy, Mri. W. jr, Mind Turnbull, Miss Stan& 'bury arid Miks Mattie Coats, and , ■ readingsyfat-above tho average were giv’elii by W- Craig, ..Mesorr / /^Keofer and Jas. Seott. Refresh- ‘ : inents ware served during tho ove* X Mu. W. RAWorio is home again in Clinton, for a time. It ia »ow announced that /Right Rev. Dr. Helimuth hua accepted the living of Bridlington, Yorkshire. The Roller Skating Rink in the Agricultural Hull, Clinton, was opened yesterday (Tuesday). THS Dominion Lioense Commis­ sioners are empowered to grant druggista’ licenses under the Scott "Act. Programmes are out for the Cliib tori Lodge I. O. Q, T,» riutertainment. All should go, aa tbe admission m low arid the programme good. The Young Men’s Conservative Club meet on Monday evening next Thh^AulijejjiT for dWate Ta: eel. “Tlnrt the Crook’s Act is n'ore beneficial than the Scott Act,” AH are invited. Mri-Jo^N Leslie, of the Ontario street carriage works, owing to the ■illness of Ilia father who lives at Belleville, took’a trip .to see the old gentleman and returned home last week. Mr. Jqiin Hawkshaw, of Exeter, has purchased the, famous trotting stallion “Middlesex” from a gentle­ man in Loudon for a good round sum, • • ' , . ......t - S. J. Frazer, of Goderich' non of the deputy Registrar for the county of Huron, was among those who have just graduated at the Michigan College of medicine. - ’ Mr. Tnos. Cooper, of T. Cooper and Son, i8 having plans prepared for a_new residence, by Mr. W, Charlesworth. It is quite possible that the1 building will be proceeded with-xha.coming summer. . Sudden Death.—Mr. John Bond, Druggist, formerly of Goderich, but tlie past'.year ehgaged in the drug liusiness in Galt,1 died suddenly last Friday of heart .disease. Deceased • was ahotit 70 years of’age.- 'The Bible Class of the Ontario St. Methodist church, to the num­ ber of above 50, drove out to their, teacher’s residence, Mr;. James Ste­ vens, on the *B«8e line/on Thursday last and spent a very pleasant eve’g wjth him. ■ St. Paul’s Guild.*—The regular meeting was held oft Monday. Tradings, 'ariiusing and excellent, were given by Mrs. Fair, Messrs, Joiner, Rye, DarkueH, and Mastery W. Jarvis, J. Stanbury, A. Craig. Glee Hy-choir.—1 — • - Heavy Loss.—Mr. Chss. ■ Mason, of.the mill load, Tuckersmitli,’met with..a heavy,loss last we.ek, in the death’of his valuable imported sta1,! lion, from* overfeeding? .Mr. Mason refused $l,600- for him and asked $2,000, as it was a very choiee.ani- rnah- . ' .' ■ . o'? • The Dominion License Inspector f Toronto, Mr. Birmingham,'in an ■i ter view said, . “Where will the of Toronto, in... . _____ ........... . Ijotelkeepers who omit to. take out licenses under the McCarthy Act- find themselves in case Parliament passed a prohibitory law, but>at ' the same time declared iri favor of. compensation. The Government- would-only compensate those who traded under their license; they could not take cognizance, of others.' ■ -Shocking Salvation.—A Mr. .Parke, an attendant at the meeting of the “sdved army” at Wingham, became so excited, at one ’of. these- ./‘peculiar salvation affairs” t^airhis mind gave way andlie became an 'uncontrollable maniac for a time. With .the aid' of .four feble-hodied men, and the assistance of Dir. Young lie was fihaily ; got "“under conti-ol and it’is hoped that in time.Im will- be restored to His normal’equili­ brium. The many friends and acquaint­ ances of. Mr, James Swineptop, of Exeter, will .learn with sorrow of 'the.death jit his wife. She was affl’ctcd at first .with congestion of the lungs, hut it turned to .a conn plication of d.iseasbft. ( She waS' 62‘ years old; The deceased ‘wasan -^uiiiablevGhrist-ian-lady^aiid-cimrish— ed by all who knew her.—Exeter Times.; The deceased . lady was a relative of Mr. ‘ John McIntyre, of. “aaitfom,' amj of 3rf." Abraham Viyti-' «niii nF fintlv»?oI» ? 'i i Inspector op 2E*uhljc Schools D. j M. Mallpck wag obliged to return from a projected official trip through bis territury last week, sooner than lie intended, owing to a missing link in bis means of transportation. If the weather will permit he will resume lita trip today, taking in McKillop first. Cattlk Dealkrs,—There attend- . ed "the recent Cattle Dealers’ Con­ vention in Toronto, from this section, W« Cuiimore, Clinton; W. McKean, Goderich; ft. Winters, Seaforth; S. Willis, Exeter. As stated, last week am<5ng the officers elected was Wm, McLean as one of the Executive Comiu^tee of , the Association. Hard to Find—‘Next to a collar, buttqn, a woman’s pocket is the hard­ est thing to find in this world. .Wherever it is in a dress, when the dress is hanging up, no man can tel)', untill he lias felt of every square inch of the garment.” • One can lln*.- derstand'why a man'should bemoan, the mercurial disposition of the collar button ; but what on earth business has any man to grumble because he can’t find his wife’s dress pocket. He Gave Himself Away,—The Guelph Mercury is responsible for the following,.* Rev. DA Wil­ liams, General {Superintendent of the Methodist Conference, delivered a lecture in Kincardine last week,1 taking for his subject the reminis­ cences of a trip to Baltimore. Dues ing his address .he described some of the residents of Baltimore as being as black as the ace of spades, "The idea of a Methodist minister and a Doctor of-Divinity to boot, pretend­ ing to say whether the ace of spades is a black or re"d Bpot, is something /calculated, to set the pious‘people of Kincardine thinking,—Galt, Re^ porter.' , • . Parlor Concert.—A very suc­ cessful parlor concert was held on Friday eve’g at the residence of Horace Foster, -under the auspices of the .Young People’s Association’ of , the' Methqdist cburcl|.- A very I attractive -and’ entertaining pro* I graiume was<-carrie<l out consisting of vdca| Rud instrumental music and recitations. The following con- tributeij to the programme, Mrs. A. O>/fattispn, Mrs. WL Wolverton, Misses Annie and Nellie Holmes, Miss Ida Davis, Misses ■ Lizzie and : Maggie Washington;Miss Callander, MiSs Stevehson,“and- Misses Emma and Hattie Ruinball ’; Mr.. .Geo. E, Pay, Mr,-. H. „C. -Brewer, Mr, Pat tison, and Mr. Lou Smith. Rev. G. F. Saltoi) ..was chairman. ■ -The* sum of $18 90 was contributed vdl-, untarily in aid. of the poor. The ypuhg people spent a very pleasant evening together,flinch enehaneed by the attentive kindness pf Air. and Mrs.'Foster. ■ ArithmeticalT Problem. — The • following was. sent bo the London Free Press with a, iequest for an , answer.' “Suppose a farmer Ims a cow, which has her first'calf at the age of three, and oue-eaJli year’ till .she is twenty-one...-Iler offspring •are-all lieilers ahd equally-produc­ tive, Ilow \mauy. .head, of cabt'e will the farmer have’ a,t. the end of twentv-one ynars.” The editor of the Wingham Advance taeklpd the pro bleiu aftr'r the following fishioh'and with the result given. Ide first, tried to prove that no.cow- ever lived ;twentymne years.. Vain hope- Then lie argued that no" Sue.li cow ever ., lived,'and by a .priori reasoning lif- siicceeded in coovincing himself that nd sane farmer would let such a dis- Hr->cefi./lly prolific cow ever Jive. But still that ’“supposed’’ stared him in the face. Then he tnanfully set al] quibbles aside- and began . to ’ wrestle.. .JL'e wrestled its old Jacob with tile aiigel—all nights Victory' was his.reward’, and be triumpliant- ly declares that at the end of twenty, one:-years that farmer bud l.;873 head'of cattle. ■ , • Large consignments arriving nearly every daft from Toronto, Montreal and New York, ,, Largest* Stock, Nicest Patterns, Lowest Priees^nthe ■ , County. . . I « ’Chris. ...warn, Clinton, the leading Wall paper dealer of Huron County 50.000 No. 7 White Envelopes just redd-~going cheap. 1 # -r <9^ •* A* -V“ * rtiiihawM—f ,X_. J and will be able to show the finest stock of Goods ea Toronto, and the 1 ZE’ZELICJZESB ZEL X CH- ZEE _ as we bought them early and. Cotton Goods of all kinds have advant greatjy sinco we placed our orders. son, of Goderich. / Matching. “Hosses.” — A-. ' Al.' Polley, of 'Goderich?, the owner of Elsie Groffpis out with thqjfollowing; —A few weeks ago I noticed ill the CanaRi^~Sportsmdn -thad “Moose” .could out trot any 'horse in Canada, barring “PJiylis? N'ow,. sir, T wish to announce in the sporting column of the; lhk.Ll.am p’repAred^to- ‘ match my “Elsie - Gruff’”...against “Moose”.’or any horse owned in Can- • aria at present, barring “Pbylis,” for ■$250-a side; the second >^eek in .May, on the Brantford track—good’’day arid good track. ....• ;' - - ' '■ The News-Record’s Position— ‘Many friendly inquiries have been made, fronntime to time as to lioW the Mews-ReCord is keepwig 7ip its end. For the information of our rfEfoinlsrwernbjvqifak e pribl ic-for'iIreiF satisfaction' the following vbniparat- ive statement. In Dec 1882 we amalgamated the" business of , the' "News, previously pul)lished“in Gode­ rich, with .the Record pubi/ished in Clinton. The News-Record has. I since that time been published lierer The Record’s list thep was-BlO1; The News 86Q, total 167.0. During the year 1883’ we ‘added 103 new and struck o.ffas duplicatesetcSl.eonimeii- cing Jan. 1884 with 1742. Struck off asjliscontinueil, arid defed-,heads from Jan. 1884 to Feb 1885,107; added dur­ ing tlfo same period 141, showing on 1st Feb? 1885, 1*776. Tim largi-si number of News-Record’s printed and sent out in atyy one week was \3,000. Job businetjp and advertis-' ing^fairly remunerative'. A U^tlEL. Crispin.—Last'April a yOtingNman named JloberC Hall, from GodeHdi, obtained employ n’ient in- a boot.and slice establish­ ment at WindsoTj^boarding at Mr. Meadows’., He became one of the most proficient players in the Indo* pendent Lacrdsso Club, an(l grew into popularity with ' the young ladies of his acquaintance.' He: (m came infatuated with one of Mh. Meadows’ daughters and the two were...supposed. to be .-engaged# ' A letter was received by Hall’s em­ ployer frflm a lady who claimed to he his wife. Hall was spoken to about .the lady and confessed she was his wife, hut added that he did notfWant to live with her and left for Chicago, "but about Christmas returned to Windsor and sent for his wife, They lived together there Until Saturday last, when Hall again left, taking with him a qu»n« Arrangements for Rev. Dr. Sex* __^,-0nu.ilm_jQ£sa8ion ..of -Jim_.'usit..h Dr. Sexton .Will preach .in. the-mor nirig of Sunday, 22nd March, in. the ■Rattenbury st Meth, church, and in tii-c ; c»vinii^ . (II tufi .jPi'es'vy VVI i»v15 "church. His^re VW ring subject will" be, “If’a inaai die shall, he live again ?” The morning subject - we hope to he able to announce next week. The foci ures oil' -the— threi* fallowing evenings • Will be given iti' the Town Hall on the fol lowing sub­ jects: : • ■ ■ .’ • • Monday eve’gr-: “What can science tell us of the origin of Tman^—• —.....------------ Tuesday eve’g, “Secnlarism defi­ cient as a moral guide, arid incap­ able of nieeting“tlie. demands of the intellect or/of aatisfyjhg the wants - of the heart,” .. „ ■ Wednesday eve’g:', “History’s testimony to Christ.” . ’•No charge ,wiH be made to these .lectures,/but a silver entrance col lection will be " taken up each eve- ning and tlie co hi m i t.t ee look . to t.l i&: ^BeraTity of our citizens to provide' for tbe nedeSsfery expenses.' j , ton. Clinton Presbyterian Churcli.’ This mention will contain no reference to churches past, present or of tba fu­ ture CQRSld^rod In a doctrinal or corpor­ ate light, It is merely intended to touch upon church buildings. Some would say’that the whole earth is a church and the arched canopy of heaven the roof. The church structure we would refer to is not of such coloss 1 proportions* Aa will be seen by reference to. another col­ umn the Presbyterian church, which haa- been in course of erection on Rattenbury St eince last “sprinlr, will be formally opened on Sunday tbe 15th Marvh. .To thisbuilding our attention is now dir­ ected and we will endeaver to give,-our readers an idea of what the building .is like. It is situate on slightly elevated ground. The walls are of'whit® brick, with rubblefinish ston- basement rising above the ground to an average height of probably eightfeet. From the topb* the stone Work to tlie ridge is fifty' feet, Tbe oiifside dimension of the building, oyer all, 18 about 90 x 60 feet. The style ia .pointed Gothic. The walls are strengthened with■.massive buttresses which a1 so add to the' arctictectural beauty of the structure. The entrance is at the bouth end' from which; .pointing . | heaven.-; ward, is pre jected at wer whose A v®ry spj’re attains a height of 90 ,feet.' It life I seiits altogether an imposing'and pleas-- . ing appearance. ’ . ; ‘ . The auditorium will seat,^comfortably. 700 persona, Entering it,'by either of two doors, from.the vestibule.-the minis­ ter's desk will be seen-on a slightly rais­ ed dais at the opposite end of I be room The lower portion of the-d.eH.k’tr tec ted on the front by open wood work offancJul designo, which, when relieved by a.,back-gr-und .of. cloth pane's wq.11 hartnon'se with -the ’ richly upholeiered seats ftnd. produce a very >■ lensing offtict -The choir will be seated .in a deep niche or rece83 immediately.'behind the minis­ ter., The walls "of this recWs run-up tlje.^ height of the main wall^, thence a groiped nrhb "springs-'i'il gdthlc fashion, and terminates in a point, the angles, in- the itrcfi being oVamented with cherry colored wood bead molding The seats are. in the forms of segtnepts. of a circle, ’ ■ whosecentre'tnity be said robe themin-’ ister’s desk, curving towards the latter :Thpy-fofiri threejiers, an hislForT each of the middle seats separating (.hem from the side seats There ate 82 s-ats in al), the ones in.the centre tier having seating, capacity about equal th the two tiers on the right and left. ' The c.ili.ng presents the appearance of a fiat gothic arch, the visib'fe wooden supports of colored wood ’making, a* pretty. contrast to the delicate creanNiitrtedZ. pl tster- pnnels which predominate.. The finely., proportioned wiiidow'openings are tilled with-*-stained glass of various^ofors. ' decorated with arabesque” or brkntal designs' The Acoustic, properties,^ the room have yet tp be tested, but "it .is be­ lieved-there w-ill, not be' anything to find’’fault -with 'on that spore.; ’'he. Saobath school' room is in the basement -and is., frpni- 50'.• to CO feet wide arid br equal length, besides two- fajr-steed rooms.' fot infants’ classes' ■ The, library-' room, is in the-fi'ont portion qf the build­ ing, the-vestry”inrt.he rear-portion. The whole building, is heated by hot : air, and lighted with-, gasoline, 70 lights.- The building, beating and lighting apparatus/etCy has cost about $14,000 ■ The structure* is- an ornament to the town, a credit to thp congregation, the trustees and, building committee-, and last,'though notjeas,t^is.a visible-proof of the'existence of a strong- religious ole-. merit in those who went, to such'cost end have taker] such pains to erect’ n ■ tftbernecle in. Which .to worshjp the Great "Architect. As bur. space, is exhausted ■ we sh~all snare our readers a horn 1 v we had prepared, merely adding.'-that the building conjtnit.'ee, whose apies are'* .here given, are to be'corumended for the excellent’judgment they have disp’ayed able in tbepr choice of architecture,"and in the. carrying out of the many details, ■ which tye have liurriedtv .attempted to. X. r M' McTaggart,. Jas. Fair, A McMur- chie, A McKenzie, Thos. Jackson, D. A _ - ..... «... w M.C Assembly. Notes W. D. Balfour, M. P. P., of South Ea- sex, 13 pushing a brjl in tho Legislature which provides that all voters’ lists shall be published in newspapers,^ least Six days before every election. Godericli Township. By reference to another column it ' will be noticed that the Big Mills, of Seaforth, are prepared to do ail kinds of custom grinding, and also that they have the complete. roller sys­ tem. ■ ... 0. .. ’ . ■' Mr. Geo. Armstrong has sold his farm to Mr, Pickard,/‘near Holmes­ ville, and will remove to Manitoba the coining spring. Mr. Armstrong will, shortly have an auction sale of ..bis stock, implement^etc.,.. Beacom's Tontine is coming to the front this year already. The pro- pl-ietor, • Mr. John’Beaconj',.'lias so far received a: number of requests from persons in various parts of tbe cou,nVy lor “Tontiqe'r Id- travel in their sections. It is understoodfthat this desirable stock getter and, well, bred ‘imported animal's route will chiefly be to the South find east, tak­ ing in Exeter, St. Mary’s, Seaforth etc. ’ • ’ , • . Mr. Nixon Sturdy is preparing to • build a brick b. sidence on the 7th. lie has secured plans and has for some time been drawing brick from Clinton.: Il one is to judge by. the roomy dimensions of tire proposed, structure itmwill be large enough for „t v.o.persona with ample.acopeior the accommodation ol'ah increase iri .the household. ••' ■ - .Varna ' , Mra; Hall the lady efangelisV who Was to-lecture’iil the U. AT, church last Sabbath disappointed a lai’ge number Lei-. nou“Hiriyal. Mr. Roberstori of the Ba^field.road lost a valuable horse with iuffiatnina- tion-^ast. Wednesday; this /iri. the second horse for him to ios.e in a short tithe. ' ' , Air.- John /Reid',i recently; we.ighecl /hisMriporteUstiillion and it.turned the scales in the neighborhood' of 2,1X10 pounds. .. It won t be three years old'until the 1st. pi- July. ‘ A young man who lives down the Bayfield road bought a handsome new organ from Scott Brothers,’ Seaforth, paying therefor-'.-the sum Of. $300. . The boys say Jim has been a little too previous as he ought to have gbt the vocal warbler first. : . ’ Personals.—-Mr» Thonpas/Simpson of Ethel is“ vi$iting friends and ac- quairftances . around Varna. - Miss Watt of Woodstoqk is the".'guest of the Rev. A. E. .Smith, Varna.—Miss . All ^hrtdall df Bluevale is visiting at Mr, Wm. McUlyinonts of tbe’ .Parr, . Line.—Miss Maggie -Foster . has re ’ ♦turned liorne from her.>yisit-4ip 'her.' sister Mrs,lYnL Ford,.61 inton>—Mrs, Thomas Keys of the'Purr Line has re­ turned Irom a. visit wher parents at 'Marlette,-Michigan. = , UUieJ>u/X UV-1VCIJ ZilUj 1UVO4 Vt Forrester; W. J Paislev—Clinton-, •H. 8c<rttt, Stanley township; J. Lindsay., Goderich township; - . J. ZELOZB. W. COXfTS, (SuooesBor to S. FOWLER & SON.) ' Watchmaker^ Jeweler and Engraver. The latest styles of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Optical Goods and Silverware always in stock. A good stock of VIOLIN STRINGS always on hand. Repairing promptly attended to and' Warranted. BEAVER BLOCK, CLINTON. O'. &c. c Q 4 l.:’ J. MILLER’S OLD STAND, East of Cunningliame’s Grocery. ' tfSrPARTICULARS NEXT WEEK. STOVES. STOVE? ,-----;o:------ - Just Arrived, a Spleiidic Coal. Stores, :< Cook PARLOR & BOX STOVES, O- OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,! __AT------ . 4~- S - 0 D IN- Searle’s New Block, CLINTON, WILL BE OPENED’.OUT-ON SATURDAY, MARCH 14 . ... ' -0 • . - □Prices Surprisingly Low.I O-DETAILS NEXT WEEK.- ' - —-URGTZ & CO h^urLh. New Season’s Teas from 15 to 75c?p.er Pound! Chase & Sanborn’s COFFEE a specialty, all grades and Prices. _• 1 Christie, Brown & Co’s Biscuits. HAMS, BREAKEAST EACORS, ETC/ Large and Complete Stock of China, New Crookery,- Glassware, &e.i Goods promptly 'delivered,' Call and examine our store, which ifthe . ’ . ~—LARGEST—AND NEATEST GROCERY IN TOWN T. COOPER ^af CANTELON General Grocers * and Produce Merchants; RACEV'S. OLD STAND, ALBERT STREET, CLINTOIL Choice, Fresh. Family Groceries- •’ ■ CONSTANTLY LN STOCK. ■ . ' . T’EAS—EXTRA -VALUE;' Farm Produce takemat Highest Price. CJLZLTTZEXOTxT -BROS;. N1’’ 0 n> < nfiarHiocli. Mr. arid Mrs; Weir of Cl in-tori 'were , v-isltiog friends 1/ere last week.. . . LMiss Fannie Lovett pf CiintpriJ is the guest pf Mrs. G, A; Tyner.- . ” " A goodly hunt bey of young people assembled at the residence of Mr. John Bone, one evening last. week;, ■and whiled ;away the time with dance, song, etc. An. enjoyable’evenifig was. spent. . The following report oFSB.-No 8. foF“Feby.; is’ based on • punctuality, .-.diligence and . deifteanote^LantL-theu namesof those pupils, who obtained ■-fifty per cent, or more, of the po'ssible nunlbbr of’ marks are arranged -in or- <ler of merit. - - - ; '1''' - ’ -—5th-class.—!st, Christy Robertson, 2rid, Thomas Henry, 3rd, Robert .Agnew. . ’ 4m class.—1st, .John Anderson,' 2nd, Edith’ ’ Henry, ‘3rd, Willfam. fteijly, 4th, Maggie Porterfield,., 5th Bella McDonald. •••'<• t'< - .Sr"3rd plass^—1st, William Me- Burney, 2nJ» .rinnes. A.gnew, 3rd John Scott, 4th, Maty Agnew, 5th. Win Bretz.' ■ ■? . -Ju -3rd class—-1 sb • Jobnnie Bone, 2nd, Alex Porterfield, 3rd!,Malcolm McLeai}, 4th Charlie .dcB.iirne’y, 5t h, Allan,Scott, 6tb, Anni&'Anderson, 7th Susie McCallum 8th, Rpbert Scott, "9th Maggie Stewart. ’ . L , 2nd class. —1st, Donald Robertson, Lottie McBiirney, 3rd Charlotte Fowlei-, 4th R. Reilly, 5th,-Fbunlaih Naylor. - 2nd part.—1st Finlay Anderson. JOHN GUNNINGHAME, GROCER, - CLIKITOIir. . Ohoice Groceriesj'. Fruits, Confectionery, Etc/ Fresh.’ Currantsp^Layer Raisins, Black Basket Raisins, ', Valencias, layers; Valencias, .loose; Citron, Orange/; -& Lemon Peels. ..NuTS^Alinonds^Filberts, Peacan, &c. • GreiSmand DripdTrtiits of all kinds. About twenty different kinds of ■Confectionery. BISCUITS—AVina, Abernethy^ Lemon, Fruit, Soda« and jCrow^ Biscuits,g.M^fmalAd^in ifl,i’s^tQANNElV£zIlQliS=rPeiiolieej P2R-2/ Tomatoes, Salmon, Mjickeral, Lobsters, Sardines,-etc. .feX H’addie and’ OYSTERS constantly on hand., . • ■ ’’ ’ CHINA & WHITE etc.—ail new goods and of the Very- latest styles./ See th.om early. all the leading manufacturers. Washing Soaps—all the leading lines. . CREAT VALUE IN TEAS, COFFEES AND SPICES. CEL CJ U A QK4 A KI’Q: W U. U. x_# i m pj rv in in w=“ Large & Assorted Stock ■ '■ j ■ of KOBKS. AND -M.ASKI.IS It ,jpm wlsll to . ‘ » S-ALVLE] ZhAOJST'E’^r.^r Everything in the HARNESS liiie down .to suit the times. . . . ’ OLIIklA A U/UITT PDA MITT ware,’crockery a-Nd uHINA & Will I t UKANI I t .GLASSWARE, Ladies1^ Gent’s Cups and "Saucers, Glass Bread Plates, Fruit Dishes, Jugs, Nappies, etc.—ail new goods and of tbe very, latest styles,’. See th.om early. .’.■/•• ’ ' Essences of .every kind. Reliable’Yeast Cakes.. Toilet Soaps, raado by, Hullett. The Municipal. Council of Hullett has on band the nice little sum of . 824244.'00. ’ —„_i Mr. B. Churchill recently”refused $235, for a’’black mare, and $400 for ’his grey teahi. • . •. Mr John McMullen intends build Tng.a brick housethe coming summer ■and had a bee drawing Brick last Tuesday. , ■ ‘ James Vart Egmond has rented Mr. Geo; Fiiritofl’s farm, 3rd con. Dahre rumor says that. James ihtends to take to hynse^f a better half.. ’ AFi cl> srdeBrtm ^d t?e^ T O acres of the lftnded estate of the lateThos. Moon-and vsHH' take tike possession in time for spring wo£k. • ‘ Mr; William; Moon.- son of the widow Moon, will build a residence, on an I Q acre allotfn.ontof the estate of his deceased father, Mr. Thns, Enst has sold all his stock of brick made last seasbri and lifts orders for over one hundred thou­ sand to Ke made next summer. As. 'r. East makes a first .class article he nlways finds ready­ sole and generally gets orders to be delivered.at quite a distanoe such as .Goderich, Bly th MS. , A Meeting of Gullett Council was held at Lotidesborp, ”’-5 th Feb , 1885 All the nfemhhrs present. J. Ansley's tender of $'.10a04 for building “Hogs back'* bridge apd J. Young’s $220/for building Knox* bridge v as accepted.. J. Ansley to be paid $15 for making plans and speoifioa ions for bridges. 82'cenls taxes for 1884 remitted to widows Tolliver anti McLean. Tend ers for rock,elm plank'accepted as follows: Thus., Brown, 5000 feet at $9.45, at “tlogsback** bridge, and 5000 feet at $9.72 at McMichael’s bridge}- Wm, Herrington 1500 feet at 88 at Lnndesbora : MgrshaW Braithwaite 100 > feet at $9,25 nt Chhroeills’; Jchri Govfer 1000 feet at $9,75 at his own place ; R. H. Kncx 1000 feet nt $8.- 50 at “Knox” bridge, and lfiOn feet at $8,50 at his dwn'mill. Treasurer to pay for said lumber on tbe order of any of the ccund'llorS. Security id be Squired from any df the said part­ ies if considered necessary, Reeve was granted lease of absence for three months from 2Hh Mar^h next. Conn- ciF adjourned until railed to meet again by clerk. Jambs Braithwaite, Clerk- a ' ~y '■ ' - lse’iast. Mr.’and Mi’s. T, FarquhAr of Hullett arid Mr,/and Mrs..John Archer, of Wawrtnosh wet-e visiting at G. M.- Kilty’s last week. Mr. Geo. Glazier of Ash field’d led in Luoknotv on Wednesday the Mb* Inst after a lingering - illness. .The cansp of his death ivas a tumorous lump on or in the stomach caused It 4p’ supposed by over lifting, TJe was /only 26 years old. Iljs relatives have the sympathy of the chtrimunity.v; ' ' Mr. Jas. Mullin of Wingham was home on a visit last week. T.he Public examination of the Pupils of the Public School here takes plficO dn Friday the 20thr. inBt. hope parents will turn out on! this occasion and. shew t^at they take an interest in the cause of education. ■ A phrenologist and a cfock-mender visited our h^fniet this week but got very little^pportunity of* disp.laving either tb^rt’ intellectual or meohanh cal powers. . ’ ■ ■ ' Airs, Alton, mother of Messrs Sam- meh Valentine, Danled and Jeremiah Alton of this vicinity died M the re­ sidence of her daughter Mrs. Fowler .in Aslifield, On Monday the 2nd fnst., hpd on Thursday tho Sth. inat Mrs. Fotojer died also. The Messrs Alton have the sympathy of all in this Vi* cinity m their double bereavement, Mrs. Jno. Agar is recovering fiom her recent illness caused by derange­ ment of the stomaah. May she con* ■iinuo io improve. 6n ^nndav the 1st. inst. his spouse presented Mr. Wm H. PhHVps with a daughter. Happiness reigDs. ” . Mr. Wm, Harper hAs sold his farm, about half a mile west of hot** for .... .... ; Taka Ayer’s Sarsaparilla iri the spring of the year to purify th# blood, invigorate the system, excite the liv- Portei's llill. / ~ --MTss^Eou FsttHiHaE^uSair-K orisit tit the Nile, among’' friends and rein- • tives. , ; . ", f’ . . .’ • Mr. Forbes of the 4th con.,' who started for Florida Mor the benefit of his health, jiiis,returned bag and bag; gage, his liealtli” fiavingiimproved by the time hq got to, Detroit, vyith the thoughts of the beauties of the south’, Mr.. Harry. Bdori'e ,h<ts returned from his trip, to the home of his Childhood. Harry reports things duH on.tbe ot.ier side of„the briny •waves.. He thinks it would be a fine •Sf ec. forsome.ot our .bachelor friends ito.. take (> trip over. ./Ladies plenty >• with ridlbihg to do, ‘ Obit.—M vs. Burke of the Tst con., died on Tuesday the 4tn Inst. Her funeral which took place oh Thursday the 5th Was largely attended. De-, 'ceAsed lady was 94 years,old, she having settled in Huron’ ( qunty’ many years ago, ah active .jyorker in the ^lethodist church. $he leaves a grownup family, ' . .. We are .sorry'.to state, Mr. Thomas Woods Of tife 3rd is on the-sick list. However, under t'he saillul care of Dr. Shannon of Goderioh, w,e hope to see him well again. • The Methodist church, Rev, Mr. Carsdn, minister,, held .an .entertain­ ment at the Union’ school House on Thursday last, a number of.Goderich local talent took part. .O^inu; to bud Advertising is was poorly att'eridj. ed. They should havja'advertiaedlt in the News-Record, “ .A pleasant, time we# sjient on yrU day evening last, by the young, ped- pie of this neighborhood. -Dhridmg Was kept tip till well on 1ft iht/cirly dawn of' day. The music' WaS sup plied by Messrs. Grabstiy'of The ■lai, and KfoCullough o^thoTHrifbn Kdad- , pHeavy• Team.—Mr/WHjiam 'Tfok- home’s heavy draft team turned the scales at Goderich Inst w^ek at, lbs. Living jtfa mounUinotis eonrity as Bill dopS, he sees the necessity ^VIC^ORIA BUOCK.-t ,****■*■*• ,,—6——o------1— 1 ■ • - Haring purchased a forge Block of — BOOTS AND SHOES I am prepared to sell’LOWER THAN THE LOWEST. IIA R N FSS CLINTON (LATE HARRY CANTE-LOW ’S) Rll A M P. W. HAYWARD, , MANUFACTURES,.ALL KINDS OF’ Buggies and .1 ., Only best seasoned lumber and best iron used. Best workmen einployed. ‘ AU work Warranted as represented’., . . Low Prices-Saiiw ; *; r Buggy.Tops, Bodies, Gears, Trimmings', etc., matin in' largi^ qiianr.itieA and supplied t«> ■’./ the Traco at the very lowest Wholesale Prices. REPAIRING, promptly attended to. .$» AU kinds of Luftibcr taken in.exchange. ‘Give us a cull. , ’T P. W. RAYWARD, Opposite Fair's Mill fu. a Subscribe for the News-Record, $1.25 per Year., ADVERTISE IN ' • THE NEWS-RECORD, The Only Double - Circulating1' Paper in the County.of High- land Pine, and Cedar Shingles, over Both Light and Heavy, Double and ..Single, at GREATLY REDUOKD PRICES. Trunks & Valises away down. Baby Carriages in great variety. FINE TAILORING I I - I-------------. M. FISCHER, SMITH’S .BLOCK, * CLINTON, ONT. A ' A <f Th* correct jjlio* torperfecMUfoff garment^ at elOB^at quotation*, Fit,-Workmanship, Style Awrod