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The Clinton New Era, 1889-07-19, Page 4Cleari:44 sale •C. C'ru.ckdh,t::k Croquet -W. Cooper . C'u to say what they thii,k about the Paints-Juhnson s Co tluost;unable ma)•r;ige of Hon. Mr Foster, but what the leadin .- gat. -3 of the party nay, wade of the L eaIon tree Press, is ex- prease 1 by a brua.l hiatus. /if16' :1dt erttsruttnts ` Some few of the Coueervative i known and highly lespectod loop . NEWS NOTES. hopers have independence enough in t his ocaliy. Civic holiday excursion -W. Jackson Reliable gno.ts Jackson Bros Cleari. ,; sale -Plumsteel &Gibbiugs 4 1into'n '.ew (x. FRIDAY, JULY ItP, 1889 EDrTO•IIIAL NOTE.',. Severed papers head an article concerning the slugger "Whiskey downs -Sullivan." True, but Su!- livan downed the whiskey first. A press report says the "feeling against Hon. McKenzie Bowell id so strong that ho will not get nomination again." droll that to the marines, Tho Toronto Telegram thinks that Dalton McCarthy would be a good man to take the place of Mr Meredith. This is pard on the leader of` lire Opposition, but the 'Telegram being on that side ought to' know. MEW Score one for the Baptists of Manitoba. They have issued an -appeal to all churches within their bounds to take immediate steps to have all church property as sessed. What denomination will -1£olloW suits It is said that a divorce in Ca-' nada costs about $1,000, and is granted only on one ground, that of adultery. Why 'could not a theapor method of .severing the marriage tie bo adopted, holding the grounds for application •still the same ? — Some of the nowspapers seem to be very anxiousl'for the Iion. A. M. Rossi to retire from the Cabinet, ,slinging from the rumors they cireulato concerning him. There is just as much likelihood .of hires retiring as there is of our succeeding, him in the Cabinet,. find'net one partiele more.• . . We observe that several clergy - ,non are 'publicly condemning the recent marriage of Hon. h .,'es- ter. That May bo all righttts far as it goes, but a more practical way of,showing up the illegality of the marriage would be to lay an information against Bice Foster '1r bigamy. , lir Dalton McCarthy denies that ' there is any collusion between .himself and the leader of the Gov- ernment, in the course that he is pur. uing on the Jesuit question, be being directly opposed to Sir 'John. in this, of course, Mr Mc- Carthy's word must bo accepted. But he will still support the Gov- oritment un general principles, so that his independence dies not extend very far. ' Rev Dr Cave!), one of the anti• Jesuit.orator , said the .other day, i` It was -not intended to form a now political party. They mere- ly proposed that voters should not' support any parliaulcntary candidate whowas not sound on the Jesuit. question." Is it not possible Au .support candidates who -might suit them in this 10- peet, but would • be away oft' on •aautters of just as mud] public in- terest. O:n• local cotenl. re -asserts that the New lata has said for years "the condition ol'the farmers was helpless and hopeless." There is a simple Angle -Saxon word of three letters that applies to the assortilin of the News -Record. \Vo challenge anyone to prove where- in we have male the statements attributed to us, We admit our faith .in commercial union, and still believe that farmers would get better prices for their horses, barley and btmhs, if the American duties were off, but when the Nemell'ecord charges us with ad- vocating political annexation 1for Commercial 'Union is not annexa• tion by any means) it makes a 4tatemetlt equally as untrue as the other. •slur Colon. should either prove its statements or bo hone. -1, enough to accept a denial, but if it thinks it can prove the two specific statements we deny, our tyles aro at its disposal. To use a street phrase "either put up or shut up.'. The London Free Preis ehuws its loyalty to Canada by booming Detroit. This is shocking. It is owl enough for those unregenerate Grit papers to tray anything good of any part of the States, but for a super loyal Conservative organ like the Free Press to do it is treasonable. Our local cotenl. takes precisely the same ground as we do regard- ing third parties, thus illustrating again the truth that "great minds run in the samelchannel." We do not often agree with its state- ments, but we do with the follow- ing one :— " If we want party reform, that reform can best bo effected within an existing patty rather than by the formation of a new party." '.IThe 111o4ttea1 \Vitnods yit3=s' "The Eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth,"°said Solomon-. The Dominion Government, while doing its best by moans of pro- hibitory tariffs and restrictive laws to prevent the people of Canada from buying and selling. with the people of the United States, from whom they are•separ- ated only by an imaginary line, is sending its members' to the anti- podes to induce the people of Au-- tralia, who are separattid • from Canada by a whole Pacific Ocean, to hay of these people. "What fools these mortals bo" Shake- speare makes one of his sprites say. Around The County Mr J. M. Roberts has resigned the secretaryship of the West \Vawanosh Llsurance Co. and is succeeded by Mr Wm. Lang, who is said to be a competent and reli- able man. Mr James A.tcheson,of Roxboro, McKillop, had two steers killed by lightning on the afternoon of1Do- minion Day, and Mr John Elgie, of Tuekersmith,. had one steer similarly destroyed on the follow- ing day. • Mr Alex. Forbes, who, fifteen .years ago, taught schoolin Turn= burry, died recently at Marshall,. Lyon county, Minnesota, ' Where he was highly thought of. Ile was a tnember of the State Legis- lature, Miss Rapion, daughter of John Rapion,. a highly respected Ger- man farmer living near Benewise's mills, ,McKillop, received a sun- stroke on Monday last from the effects of which she is likely to suffer for some time. We regret to chronicle the death of Henry Findlay, a farmer who rosined on the fifth con., of Col- borne, somo two hiidtes north of Port Albert, which sad event oc- curred on Sunday, the 30th ult.-- The deceased, who was in his 41st year, leaves a wife and several small children to mourn his de- parture. - Mr John Hannah, proprietor of the Seaforth, Londesboro and Kirkton.crcarneriee, shipped from Seaforth, last week a car load, or 300 packages, of butter, to Elite burgh, Scotland. This is the first consignment to the. Old Country this season, and- this shipment, together with the previous one to British Columbia, netting to the patrons an average o£16 cents per pound for all the butter sold thus far this season. Mr Geo Plewes, of the 2nd con- cession of Tuckersmith,• has re- turned from his trip to Manitoba. Ile was much pleased with the country and purchased 4-80 acres within three miles of Mooseniin station, and he now wants to sell Iris fine farm in Tuckersmith and his farm in Stanley also, and will remove to the Prairie Province and commence life anew again with his sons. A short time ago .Willie L•nve, 5th, con., of' Grey, met with an ac- cident in a rather peculiar and unusual way. Abort mid -night, While sleeping u)stairs, he. tools a somnambulistic freak and walked out of an open window or door, falling a distance of about 15 foot, Isis right leg was badly cut from coming in contact with the Veran- dah or Home part of the building, a gash 8 inches lone' having to bo attended to 1,y fa physician. It is said that exon the fall did not wake him, On Sunday an old rosidertt'of Morris, in the person of Mrs Ed- ward Bryan, sr., passed over to the great majority at the good old ago of nearly 00 years, In 1855, they moved into Morris, settling on the farm upon which Mrs Bryan died, viz., lot 3U, 2nd con, There aro still living, .in addition to Mr Bryan, who has attained to 87 years, three son,, William ar.d Alex. residing in this township, and Edward, one of the Deput • Reect•s of Grey t )•.t•nship n?;1 well A. ea: efull) ',luuued and daring ettenipt et ineendiarisn was per- j ,,ettated at Dunlop, in Colborne township, on the evening of July 'Jth. As Mr J. A. Douglas was .returning home about 10 o'clock p. tn. he discovered fire issuitfg from the east end of the barn at- j tached to the Exchange Hotel and at once gaveail alarm, when inves- tigation revealed a most deliberate arrangetnent of materials calcu- lated to set fire to the building.— Two separate wads of cotton bat- ting had been filled in their centre with live coals, and around these had been rapped a piece of cotton, evidently belonging to a child's or woman's waist. In a paatboard box was placed matches, a quanti- ty of punk chips and something resembling bluestr,no, and all this was rapped around with cotten batting and well tied up, the whole being -placed unuerneath the boards on the oast side of the build- ing, where the fire would be like- ly to have a good start before bo- ing discovered. IIr Allen offers a reward of $200 for information that will lead to the conviction of the criminals, and it is certainly to be hoped that they may be dis- covored- Tho Listowel Banner says.: Mary Haber ni i.Lis ..•2Q....y©ar ....MM... Of age, her home is in the township of Howish, and she is prosecuting Jahn Braft, jr., for breach of pro- mise of marriage and criminal seduction 'under the•Ci t;iton-43at: The preliminary trial was held on Wednesday in the town hall. Tho only evidence taken was that of the informant,. Mary Habormehl, who score that Kraft had promis- ed to marry her and.had bought a license for that purpose. That he used to come to see her' at her father's house "most every Sun- day." That on throe occasions he had improper relations with her, she not objecting because she thought it was alt right as they were to be•marriod. She gave her evidence, without apparent shame for her disgrace. She expects her. child to be born in August. After the counsel had addressed the court, judgment was given com- mitting the -prisoner to stand his trial at the O ,tuber Assizes, at Goderich, the offence having oc- curred in Huron Co. Bail was ac- cepted, $500 from the prisoner, $500 from his father. NEWS NOTES. A slight flurry of snow fell at Kingston 'on Monday morning. • Tho Dakota wheat crop is re• ported. to be deplorably bad.. Crop reports 'front. India and Eltstern Europe, aro unfavorable. Texas fever is killing.tbousands of cattle in Oklahoma and Indian Territory: • Tivo post -office clerk at King- ston have been suspended for open- ing letters. Air Samuel Almas, of Ancestor townahip, has cut (5 loads of' hay off 30 acres. , • Near St. Thomas, on Monday;, an Indian was so badly gored by a bull that he+ cannot live. Th.e yieldof wheat in Portage Ili' Prairie district promises to ex- ceed that of any other former year. A waterspout and tornado killed six thousand people last month in the Province of KwangTTung, China. United States crop report, pub- lished on Monday give a favour- able showing in every thing except corn. Gophers are very destructive in Manitoba, and the wholesale drug- gists of Winnipeg report a boons in tho strychnine trade. Gov. Royal, of the Northwest, reports drought general through- out the Territories, resulting in groat damageto the' ci'oris. ' The Methodist Church trouble at Listowel has quieted clown nicloy, and it is expected that Rev Dr Henderson will have a: very successful term there. A couple of young ladies wont out in a canon from Grimsby Park the other day and were , capsized when half a mild from shore. Tieing expert swimmers they kept afloat until rescued. United States shippers have en- gaged all the available vessels for months to come for the espqt of (tattle to Europe. T e rcer'on of the heavy ' ex ol•t movement is the P low price of cattle here, find the shortage of European cattle and consequently high prices there. Tho Emperor of Brazil attended a theatrical performance at Rio Janiero, on Tuesday night. As ho was leaving the theater at tho conclusion of the performance, a Portuguese fired a shot•from a re- volver at him. 'Tie' bullet, how- ever, missed the Emperor and he sustained no injury. The would• be assassin Was taken into custody. Janos Couch, of Chesley, coni- nitttod suicide in Romeo, Mich.. A Presbyterian church in Toronto decided to begin the Sun- day. evening service during July and August at 7.80 instead of seven, and have it last an hour. A. shocking case of mutilation is reported at Ottawa. A cow owned by ]lir Jones; of Billings Bridge, was found dead in the fields with its hind legs cut off. It is claimed that Hon. Mac- kenzie Bowell will be refused the Conservative nomination in North Hastings, which ho has represent- ed continuously since Confedera- tion. • Tho Montreal \Vituess strongly urges the Protestant Committee of Public Instruction not to accept the $60,000 offered by Mr Mercier in connection with the Jesuit Es- tate Act. Cases of sunstroke aro numerous at Kingston. Janes Donovan, at Jackson's Mills, felt a pain in his head and leftloff work. On reach- ing home he lay down and in a few minutes died. Alexander Kendall, a farmer of Paw -Paw township, Wabash county, Ind., was subject to epi- lepsy. Saturday morning, when he feltionaof his attacks coming on ftestaf't'odfor`Gome, and had roach'-' ed the. gate when he fell over, his neck lodging between two pickets of the fence, and he strangled to death. , • Throe gentlemen, each the son of a President, met at the United 'Status Legation in London, Eng., a couple of days ago. Two of them called upon Minister Lincoln, the son of the late President Lincoln. Tho visitors wore Jesse, son of the late President Grant, and Rilssell, the son of President Harrison.— Such a meeting seldom occurs, and never before in London. Hon. Joseph Royal, lieutenant governor- of tire- —Northwest --Terri. tories, has just cornpletod an ex- tensive tour throughout the Ter- ritories. Ho says drought pro- vails all over the Northwest and has greatly damaged the crops.— He visited the scene of the rebel- lion- and found instances of pro- found suffering, especially among the widows of men who worn• killed in ,the fights. Elmer Biddlo'and Patrick Clark were detected last Friday night itt Kingston by Policeman Ballan- tyne°burglarizing Waldron's dry goods store. They refused to sur- render and run up stairs. Ballan- tyrie followed, calling on them to. halt,.but they paid no attention to hint, and he fired, the ball ticking effect in Biddle's neck. The pair then submitted to arrest. Biddle's injury is serious. About 9 o'clock on Friday ovole ing two men, Thos, honey and Daniel Boham, aged about 20 years, employes of Mr John Dawo, carriage -builder, at Mitchell were upset out of a boat on the river. Neithercould swim and Neither 4 n Bohan was dead when rescued, although every effort was made to bring' him back to Life. honey, who was taken from the water first, is in a fair way of recovery. As a last resort to save the life of the Mother Superior of .Mercy Hospital at Big Rapids, Mich., the rare.oporation of opening the b'ow- 'els and making a11ow passage.wa:s -preformed on Tuesday afternoon by Prof. Senn, of Milwaukee; Dr Barth, of Grand Rapids, and Drs. Groner and L•'urkart, hospital phy- sicians. But twelve similar ops-' rations aro said to bo , known to the medical. professions: On Saturda • evening, last Mr Charles Coghlin, of the 1st con. of Wallace, about amile and a, half from Listowel, had a narrow es- cape from being gored to death by a bull on his premises, The vi- cious brute attacked him knock- ing hirci down two or thee'o 'times, and doubtless would have killed 'him had not Mrs Coghlin's atton- •tion been attracted, who, with great presence of mind, ran with a blanket and throw it over the bull's head just as ho was -about to make another attack. Mr , Cogh- lin• was badly bruised, but, fortu- nately no bones were broken. A. number of perplexing quos - tions have been presented to the Treasury Department, Washing- ton, rogardipg the enforcement of the contract labor law use far as it applies to persons employed' in this country, but who reside just across the Canadian. and Mexican borders.• Complaint has been lodged against an officer of a bank in Vermont, near the Canadian border, who has his residence in Canada. IIe has crossed the bor- der to this business nearly every day for forty years.. Protest has also been made against allowing Canadian and Mexican laborers to enter United States territory for day's work. 'These matters aro ail under investigation. Dakota 30,000,00.0 Short. A epeeial to the Inter Ocean from Grafton, Dak., r:ays the wheat crop is 30,000,000 bushels s ort. The total production fur the Territory Cannot, under the best possible conditions from now till harvest, which will begin in the North by the 26tb inst.,exceed 20,000,000 bushel, and to put it that high is a liberal estimate. The greatest detriment to the crop this year has been the exceed- ingly dry season, and only along the streams will there be any crops at all. Along the main line of the Northern Pacifi t, the once bonanza farm dist! iet,the elevators are closing up and the country tributary to Bismarck is a barren sandhill. The Jim River Valley will barely feed its people, and, in shn't, nowhere in Dakota will there be any wheat for export, save along the main line ofd the Manitoba road from a point thirty miles north of Fargo. The cry of famine that was raised last win- ter in the western parts of Walsh County will find its echo all over the territory during the coming wintor. Aside from the impover- ishing of the people by the failure of the wheat, there is another dan- ger that will be felt alm)st as sev- erely, and that is want of fodder for the stock.. The oat crop is bad, and the meadows away ,fa:om the river bottoms aro parched as the prairie. A trip through Montana reveals the same state of affairs. Tho range cattle will not find enough to live on until the cold weather, and a prominent rail• road official told the correspondent that all the extra cars of the Northern Pacific' & Manitoba roads had been ordered to Montana to clear out the steers as soon as the lack of feed necessitates a re- duction in the stock, • , Rain andwind have done great damage in Ohio and some other Western_ States,_,.._ A young boy, a son of John Liebrock, of the 1st con., Mersea, and seventeen years of age,weighs but 44 pounds. Quite a curiosity. A sensational statement was made at Johnstown, Pa., on Mon- day by a man who said that the driver who examined tho founda- tion of the stonebridge for the Pennsylvania Railway Company had made some startling discov- eries. The story is that tho Cone- maugh river is full of dead bodies, and that probably hundreds are lying there, one opm the ether, hold down by tons of wire , that has been wralted and twisted into a mat of unknown 1rr pc:), tions. These are victims of .the late tlrx.d thele. Rev. W. T.Lewis died at Spring- field, 0., on Tuesday, heart-brok• On. His wife left him last Octob- er, and'has not been heard from did1C4- The drouth in Manitoba has not had the ill effect at first reported. Robert, .the eldest son of Rev Mr McAlpine, of Chatsworth, was accidently shot on Tuesday' and died carly.next morning. At Marquette, Mich„ on Mon- day night during a quarrel, Aug., ust Johnson threw, Mtehaol.Hig- gine on the railroad track in front of a moving train. Higgins• was u• thathe died and John - so ct -ahod , nn was• arrested for murder. ` itantbles in Winnipeg and Other Cities. Winnipeg is a fine city with, accord- ingto the last census,20,000 inhabitants, The Main St. is 4 rods wide with side- walks 18 feet in width. Block roads from the C. P. R. depot to the Assini- boine River, a little irregular, but you would not notice it when walking. Elec- tric light, street cars, and water works, and good sewers combine to make it a model city, and most people that go and stay a little while are very loath to leave it, your humble servant being among the number. The City Hall. is a magnificent building, with a fine monument in front, in memory of the volunteers who fell in the late rebellion, a well kept lawn with fountains of water playing. There is a circular stairway leading to the roof,upon which is a railed platform for visitors who like to take the trouble to walk up ; it is well worth a visit although it is a little tire• some. There is also a library and read- ing room, where daily papers are kept on file, and a book for visitors who wish to record their names• The post -office -is a fine film storey building, and the letter carriers models of politeness. ' The police force is a fine body of men, very few, if any, being under six feet in height ; there is always a number of them at the declot when the trains come in. It matters not what country a man Comes. from, there are agents employed by the government who can talk any language ; this is a great convenience to foreigners coming here.. The Northren Pacific have just completed a large depot and hotel at a cost of 5150,000 ; outside of this there is very little build. inj going en, and there are quite a num- ber of empty stores and dwellinghouses. Real estate is held' at from $200 to $300 a foot, with corner lots from $500 to $600. You can get a good dwelling house from $12 to $15 a month, Com- petition is taking in all lines of business, and you can buy goods as cheap as you' can in Clinton, with the climate thrown in instead of a chromo. Winnipeg for churches can compare financially with Ontario, among too foremost being Grace church, Methodist, it splendid edifice with a seating capacity of 4500, membership of 500 and a Sunday School of 430, with a fine staff of teach• era, large pipe organ and a well-trained ch sir, with the Rev 11T;1G. Rutledge as psi to:. Knox church, Presbyterian, conies next, with the finest building externally in the city ; the pastor, Rev Mr McDunal, an American, is a very able preacher. The Baptists and Con- gregationalists also have fine edifices. Sunday is as well observed in Winnipeg as Toronto, only that a great many don't know or have forgotten when Sun- day commences. I loft Main St. at 20 minutes 'past 12 o'clock os Saturday night, and at that time the retail stores were in full blast and the streets Were full of people. Still for all that it is a very orderly city, and very little drunk. eness to bo seen anywhere. One thing I forgot to mention in connection with church and that is the collection, you don't s a'ty coppers on the plate, they, draw''the line at coppers, and leave that for Cid more civilized Easterners. It seems that the clin•ato not only enlargt s the appetite, but it effects the pocket the same way, and makes a man liberal, with the eecalition of half breeds and natives 1 ringing their weed to sell. You don't sae any farmers in thocity. Thorn i3 so ranch vacant land all around that it must affect the trade of the city r.on• sider�tbly. There are a f'aw pig.tailed ' relesti,t,.3 in the city, hot they confine fl: • n+ •Ir.+ t;)Ito n'lry wnt•It, n,:,1 don't i 1 ,`i: n"i'! t:'11•, 1 .'.1. •, An unfortunate accident c (enu- red on Wednesday afternoon at a barn raising on what is known as the Campbell Farm, third concet sion, Zorre, belonging to Wm. Munro, sleeve of the township. The frame work of the barn had been raised, and one of the men, named George Woods, mounted the plate to assist ill placing tiro rafters. While thus engaged he accidentally overbalanced and fell towards the inside. Itis not ex- pected he will recover, ns ho, fell about thirty feet in all, and i' is therefore hardly pesil,le t hat he r', ill, I in1.'rrtii iri';ii'. FOR 30 DAYS ONLY CLEARINGCASH SALE •M In order to reduce the heavy stock we carry, and get ready for the il'all Gnods, we have decided to offer otic whole stock of Goods AT COST TO CLEAR. This is no fraud sale ; we make it a point in our business to do as we advertise; we do not blow up big slaughter sales and sell a few lines that the people know the value of, at cost or below, and charge them regular prices for the other goods, BCT WE OFFER OUR WHOLE STOCK AT cosT. We•keep first-class goods, just what the people need. None of the cheap trash from the city auction rooms, anti unsaleat,le goods frons the wholesale houses, but STAPLE LINES IN THE FOLLOWING, AT COST: Cloths, Tweeds, Tailor's Trimmings, Gent's Furnishings, Dress Goods, Silks, Satins, Velvets, Plushes, Mantle Cloths, Prints, Cottons, Sheetings, Shirtings, Cottonades, Tickings, Carpets, Oil Cloths, HousQ Furnishtnga, Hats, Caps, &c READY MADE CLOTHINGand CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER, a first-class fit every time or no sale. BooTs, SHOES AND RUBriERS at less than T Tonto' prices. 2300 pai}'s to clear°at cost. Come and see them. You will not get such a chance for bargains again this year. General Groceries.— Agents for TERRY'S NICELE•1'LATED SHEARS AND SCISSORS; will not rust, every pair warranted, if not as represented money will be refunded, COJIE AND SEE US, IT WILL PAY YOU. WE MEAN BUSINESS AND Will KEEP TO OUR .OFFER FOR 30 DAYs, Searle's Block, ° _-Clinton PLUMSTEEL- & -GIBBING' — a few specimens from the Land of the Setting Sun, but they did not seem at home among the buchaneers. The sporting element is large, and all kinds of athletic sports are indulged in freely. Ike Cardno, one of the old Star nine of Seaforth, has been doing good work with the Winnipeg base ball team ; Ha- ron boys seem to come to the front wherever they go. The city water is drawn from the Assiniboine River, and with a little ice in it makes very good drinking water in the summer,and there are five or six good springwells besides, the owners of which sell it at 20 cents a barrel, which is a pretty good tax for a man with a family. There are of bourse, other wells, but one drink of most of them is enough for any ordinary wan•, -he -goes away satisfied.- There is also a Jew colony on Main St. near the depot, who run second-hand clothes, fruit and confectionary stores,the smell of which is rather more strong than pleasant. The press is well represented,: both Free Press and Sun being well edited, and very newsy sheets, and go for one another in true American style, without gloves. Robert Campbell, who graduated in the Expositor office, Sea - forth, holds the position of foreman in the Sun office, and Ed Edwards. who at one time was part proprietor of the Wingham Times, has a good sit in the Free Press Office. Along the Assiniboine River some very fine, private dwellings are to be seen ; most of the tone of the city liTe there. 'The scenery along the banks is vory pretty, with clusters of oak and poplar bluffs,but the grass lacks the beautiful green color that we are accustomed to in Ontario. The Par- liament buildings are situated near by, but they were in the hands df the paint- ers, and everything was in consequence in confusion. In walking through the Legislative Hall one could not help thinking what changestime brings,when we remember but a few short.years ago the Hon. Thos, Greenway was running parties through to the Northwest, end now stands at the head of the govern. ment, while the opposition numbers but four members. A little further on and the remains of the Hudson Bay fort is seen, with its port holes its the roof for cannon, and the walls showing plainly the marks of bullets from many alt Indian raid, while close by can be seen the foundation for a monster hotel that was started in the boom days and never finished, a time when so many went to the wall, while others made fortunes. Those days are gone never to return it is to be hoped. The 'greatest drawback of the city is the want of manufactures, but the city council and capitalists are working on a scheme to dam up the Assiniboine River, and create motive power for mills and factories. They have had an American expert examin- ing the river and water courses, and he has reported favorably. The cost will be about $400,000, which is expected to give thern'40,000 horse power,and if they go ott with this it cannot but increase the population considerably- I saw Mrs II. Steep, once Miss Jackson, who lives in a nice house and likes the city well,but she is rather partial to Clinton yet, I also ran across C. C• Rance and Geo. Southcombe, and they were talking of starting business in Rat Portage. In company with t;harles Wilson I took the Northern Pacific for Duluth, which place we arrived at after a run of 2.3 hours on the ' line. You have, your choice of either getting. your meals ei\ the train, for which you pay 75' cents a• meal, or you can starve until you arrive at Duluth, for unless you take food with you, there is none•to be got at the sta. tions along•tho line. Duluth. is a city founded on a. rock. The streets aro cut out of solid rock, and the first street made in the city cost $300,000, and the rest are being built one above another like a terrace. You can buy good build- ing lots on the top of the mountain for 5200, but when it takes an hoar and a half to wall there, a man would not want to walk home to meals.. They are talking of running cable cars, and if they ;0 on with them it wmtld not be so loot The population is 33,000, and rent and living is very high, and taxes are the same. Quite a lot of buildings are going up in all directions, some eight and nice storeys high, but there are a large number out of employment, Board runs from 55 to 57 a week. There is a largo amount of shipping done here, and an immense ntimber of elevators. A big strike was going on of the city laborers ; they were paid 11.50 a day and were striking for 31.75. They marched all around the city, with flags flying and every man armedwith a club, and some with revolvers. They wont on to the city quarry, and when they got there they found the police drawn up in line to protect the city pro. perty. The Mayor addresssd the strik• ors, and told them while he was willing that they should have $2 a clay, they must not interfere with mon that were willing to work for 51.:10, and advised them to go to work, telling them that for every job in the city there were 1 men to r o it. After leaving`Duluth we came on to fort Arthur. This is a rte- titer nice town of 3,500, but very chill; rents are•reasonable here, but everyone I Incl was complaining of dull flints. -- Our next place to stop at leas the Am. orican Soo, This is a good lively town and business seems to be brisk. Quite a lot of building going on, and the street cars all run by ctblo; this place is grow• ing fast, and so is the Canadian Soo. A large number of in •r. are working on. the cat al, bit', of course like all other plao'3 tl'.ore w.r lnt3 of men mit of tvork. 'Ten on to I to series, an 1 home c )•i It11" 1 o n' ramble. Yours, MARRIED HAMILTON— BITER. — In St. Paul's church, Clinton, on the 17th July, by Rev W. Craig, B. G., Mr Charles W. Hamilton, to !hiss May M. Riter, (sister of Mr J. Riter, Clinton,) all of Port Arthur. BEECRorr—McKay.—In Wingham, on the 10th inst., by the Rev H. McQuarrie, Mr Thos. Beecroft, of Barrie, to Miss Mary McKay, of wingham. BtonER-SINCLAIR,—Ill Wingham, at the residence of the bride's mother, on the 10th inst., by Rev J. Scott, U. A., assisted by Mr H. C. Priest, sttdent,Mr John Bigger, of Benhiem, to Miss Belle Sinclair, of Wingham. DIED F[TZSIMONs,—In Duluth, on-Wednes- - day, July the 10th, Thomas Fitzsimons, son of Mr Hately Fitzsimons, formerly of Clinton, aged 18 years. Sale Register. Iiay, growing crops, embracing the product of 14 acres of. hay, 10 of barley, 24 of oats, and 3 of peas, also chattles on the premises, lot, 30, 9th con. Goats - rich township, on Thursday, July 25th. D. DICKINSON, Auct, Civic HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS. FRIDAY, AUG. 2, 1139.. Toronto and return , 'ti2 00 Buffalo and. return . 3 00 Detroit and return , . 3 00 London and return . 1 00 Port Stanley and return . . 1 25 Stratford and return 0 75 Single fare to all. stations, good to goon the, 2nd and return on the 3rd. Fare and one third, good to go on the 1st and • return up to the 5th of Aug. W.' JACKSON' TOWN AGENT G. T. R., CLINTON ! 1 OOD GENERAL SERVANT. -WANTED Vf a. good general servant to go to Detroit, to reside. Liberal wages will be given. Ap- ply to 'IRS JAJMES FAIR, Clinton, •Notice to Contractor) A contract wilt bo let at the FIolutesville bridge, Goderich township, on MONDAY, JULY 22n1, at 1 o'clock p,tn„ for letting the building of a bridge about ono hundred feet long, in same place. Plan and specification will be given on the grounds at the time of letting the contract. JOHN COX, Reeve. 11A1t:11 FOR SALE - UNDERSIGNED offers for sale Lot 22, 8rd con, Mullett, (near the Cemetery) 100 acres, 90 cleared and free of stumps, balance bush, Comfort- able house, frame barn 80 x 80, with good stabling, orchard nearly an acre, never -fail- ing sprin creek, School house adjoining the faros No better soil around -clay and clay leant Situate 1.} miles from Clinton. - Possession given any time after the crop, is off, Terris easy. A rare chance to secure a good place. 1111RS, HODGSON, or FRANCIS Kilty, on thelpremises, ,...Flour, Feed and Seed Business for sale • Tlic criber, who is desirous Of going toOlauitoba, oilers for sale his Flour and Feed and Seed business in Clinton, It is well established, with a good profitable trade, and is a splen - am chalice to pushing, live ratan. Terms atisfaotory. ROBT. FITZSIMONS, Clinton Tite Improved White. Another lot of 105 WHITE SEWING MA- CHINES. ttst_arrivod, which I am selling Cheap.' See tl'te'tie* self-settitig needle, sed the new stitch regulator, set the regulator by number for any length of stitch you re- quire, no need to sew a piece of goods to get the right length of stitch. The new Tension Reliever is the newest improvement on any machine; as soon as the presser tooth; raised the tension is loosened, and no breaking of thread or needles in tatting the goods out of the machine, Examine the new tient wood Cover -the strongest cover made, Have a machine sent to your house on trial, !want you to be perfectly satisfied that the white is the, best macrons for the stoney, if not, I will take It :uvav; it will cost von nothing to try neo. J. WOlciiELL, Agent Voter's list 1889. II'�Lt'1'3' nl' TIIC TOtt•SS141'. O)•' ill-L(,t;i T 1''1I NT. 11;10,1171.51,1. I' H1 U'J'i Not lee F hereby given, that I have trans• witted or delivered to the persons mentioned in sections 5 and 6 of The Ontario Voter's List Aot, 1884, rue copies required by said sec• tines to he transmitted or rleiivcred of the Iist, made pursuant to said Act, of all per- sons appearing by the last revised Assess- ment Roll of the said 'Municipality to be en- titled to vote in the said Munici 'Municipality at El - potions for .bombers of the Legislative As- srmiblyaurl at lIunloipalElections ; and that said list was first posters nil at my otllec, at Lnndeshtro, on the frtth y of July 1(59, and remains there for inspection. Electors are called upon to examine the said list, and, if any omissions or any other errors are found therein, to take immediate proceedings to have the said errors correct• ort according to law. Dated this lith day of July, 1949, 'JAMES C,1Jf1'nrdLL, Clerk of Mullett. CAR i:'I'AKlat AVANT El). For Clinton public Sehnnl, applicants to state salnry expected, and send in tluir ap- plications to the undersigned by' the loth of August, 1httlt's n re as fnllaw•a :—TA have fi res start- ed in all the rooms before y o'clock it. III. when needed; to keep wooa•boxes fail of wood, to sweep the floors ('very evening after A n'eleck, and'tn Aust desks, scats &c„ every. morning, to vialt.elnsets once each half day and see that the floors &e, are kept clean, to sent) platforms once a month, to wash blaelihearrls °nee a month, to keep weeds, treys, school yard and grass plots in proper condition, to poll t stoves when required, tp keep puns}) in good condition, to scrub the floors during !lic summer and winter vaca- tion, to look after schools Bering absence of (hr. Prim, IN1 at lion, tnpretaro ally room necessary for the meetings of the hoard, slid in rase the well becomes dry to pfnee a pail of water in eneh roost in the morning and anntl:'r at nonr„ keep the woodshed tilled, and ntteud to the lneaslirlt;; and piling of the w'on,t And in it id,t!' n, ally 1 t:locLoros nod r'pnirs, Tint mnuti,ued ab,tv, that oro P a trop,, i And inexp, osis" 11 t+ire..'e'li n9 I r • X1•:1 •a. t, ,f Br. 5, 8,