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--- TERMS :-11.50 PH A.lm7M. OUR TOWN A.ND OOUNTY FIRST: THE WORLD AFTERWARDS. N:a:w SERJEs , N UMB:S:R 190. BOWMANVILLE, ONT.A.RIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1888. CLARKE UNION. Measles have entered our neighborhood. Miss M. Parker is visiting friends at Providence. Mrs. W. L. Cobbledick and Mre. J. Allin a.re sick. Miss E. J. Allin, of O.ono, spent a few days in our midst. 'fhe intP.rnal appearance of our school house has been improved by several tine pictm.1es . Quite a number from h ere went to Orono to h ear Geo. Belford. They were pl"aaed with him. Some also went to Bowman ville. Mr. R . J. R owe is now very busy aesessing. Get the P. 0. addresses right, R. J . F.AMA. VOLUME NEWO~STLE. XXXIV. N \ · ~1 HE:E< 8. DU RING THE BETHEL. Our new coa.1 stove in No. 9 School ia giving first clasr satisfaction. We are deli~hted to see that Mr. R. Barret's "Garnet Crown" hore·e is le>\viog eue;h ~ood iltock. Success to you, Richard. There have been two weddings a little east of Tricky's Corners talked of for the la~t ten years. Glad to het<r that yours is cominl{ off at last, T om. Come John after fourteen long years surely you havto the cow·age to fioish it up. W e arc pleased t o see Mr William Belwood home a~ain after h aving had a very successful course at the Model School. Will is makiog the days and weeks r.ount. He is not j?Oin~ to tea.ch wi th his third claBll at a.II, but intends taking a University course. Gn.AV.EYARD. BBTRE8Dt:f.. PARLOR Soou.L.-The I · d ies of Betl1esda Church, Tyron,. Circo ·t. will 1,1ivo a parlor social st the re, ide· ctt »I i~f ·, Rich. F oley, near Bet.hes,la . on fl' , i i .y, March 2nd, to commence at ti o'd ..ck. p m. A good program consist 1· g of ' oo .i a nd instrumental music, ivoi 1 ."tir···1t; 11 o., will be rendered, Admissio u 21> <:ent~. the funds to bo a pplied to , he t)r:{ atl Fund. Everybody coma. and " ' j oy a oleaaant evening. By 'hrder o cr:im11.iitteo. SIOCKTAKING I SALE! WHICH IS NOW GOING ON AT COUCH, JOHNSTON & CRYDERMAN'S Miss E ttie Colwill is visiting her ·ister, Mr11. R. B. Allin. Dr. F ranc rimhe made a flying visit to T oronto on Tuesday. The English Church are preparing a confirmation ola.ss for April. Mr. P. P. Lovekin is confined to hie home 011 account <·fill healt.h. The Bible Society me.e t ing held in the PreRhyterian ch urch was only fairly atboaded, Mr. ChM. Flig~ had a wood bee on F riday, when we hear the men worked well for Charlie. HAYDUN. Mr. Henry H ooey is laid up with the measlee. Mr. S. Rundle is visitiDK fri,;nda near St. Mary'e. We expect Le bon tem pa vioudra on l<'riday night. Mr. Ted Allin has retar11ed i'rorn h ia visit in Maripo~a.. Mr. Robert Strut t, of Miiriposa, is visiting at his unole'1:1, Mr . H ~nry m rutt. Messrs. Thomas and Wi liam Ch11,ppl& of Clarke spent Sund"y wir,,. f.·ienJs h ere. Mr. D . M c:Connachit1, jr,, a nd Miss P ollie McNeil, of C·ark .,, h~ ve been spending a few days W·tri friends here. \Ve wonder vi:hf'n 'l'oru my is goi.ug t o CO?Jmit m~trimony, Rpeet"d ' t loll{( before th.is as he seems to be ,~ , t.t.1 " ~ 1teolimated. We think our l)at hmastar dt>4ervea a l eather modal for his p 0 "1 ptnel!S i n clearing the road a fter the l de ato1 ·m at the lime kiln bill. Eio w 1 .u..- '· ~he r o:icls in Cartwright, J oh nny ? A house warming t ook place a't Bl'aeside cottage, t he residenc0 of M(. :~:foN.,il, on Frid1<y evening last. G!imat of vari ous kinds, singing danciug, e ·e., were eng>~g ed in till Samuel :Soper'>1 ancient r ooster proclaimed tho break of day. Thero wore about on e hundre.d present from t h is vicinity, L(\ng Sault, Clal'K\'1 1 S olina, H 11m pt on and Enniakillen. Great Bargains will be given in all Departments. Specially in Fur Caps, Overcoats, Ulsters and Mantle Cloths, Dress Goods, Tie Downs, Blankets, Flannels and all kinds of-Winter Goods, as they require the room for their Spring Importations, these goods must and will be sold. They have also opened out Bales of Grey Cottons and Cases of Shirtings and white Cottons which having been bought for Prompt Cash will be sold at the very Lowest prices. , 08llAWA. Mr. J erry L i'ck, haa returned from a trip to California. Mrs. Jas. Dow, of Stratford, haa been visiting frieuils here. A aocie.l will he h eld at W. R. Stone's on Frid1 1y, 24th im1t, Farmers report this winter very 11evere on barnyard cattle. There are n ow over 90 pupil~ attending Demill'~ Ladies' College. The child ren's carnival on Friday week was not very largely attended, Mr . ·Tames Garrow, a n old Oshawa boy, is lying very ill at Cobourg. 'C ouch,Johnston &Crydurman One Door West of Post Office, Bowmanville. ARRIVING AT L I N G ' S. --):o:(---· I and passed into stock a large shipment of NEW GOODS suit able for our locality, and at prices within the reach of a!l. We daily expect more, as the goods come from Europe, we .ex. pect our share. Our stock is now very well assorted and we will be pleased to have any person intending to purchase, call and examine for themselves. Respectfully yours, I have just received CEO. LAIN · E.Nl!'IELD. Miers Emma Dyer has been visiting at Prince Albert. Q1 1ite a. namber of people from this section have beeu atteuding the revival services at Oshawa. A sleigh load of young people went out laHt l:'a~urday to hear Mr. Shiverea. Dame Ru::nor says they were disappointed. . A Yery enjoyable time wa~ sps nt at tho socfal at Mr. Sam. Bray's last 'l'uesdHy. There was a large 11tteudance, good pra8U.LlN.A. gram, plenty of good provrnder, and Mrs. C. B ranton is slowly improving. everybndy 11eem ed very sociable Iu Mr. Geo, Currie, of Manitoba, is viait~ ehcirt there \"as e·;erythiug ih"t could be Who stole tho oafo7 · was it the poultry ing his father-, Mr. James Currie, wie'1ed for to make it a success, only the thief this time ! Mr. E. B. Morgan, sailed from Liver- taffy-pull turned out to be a sugaring-off. Mr. W. P ascoe s old a valuable h orse to pool for Canada. on Saturday, 11th. f'J.'r>1:. Ormiston relict of the late Will an merican b11yer recently. Lady officers for the firat time, have iam Ormiston died at the reeidencg of her ll:lr. W . L :i.nder is very ill with pleuri8y charge of the Salvation Army here. ~on-in-Jaw, Mr. R. H. Campbsll, on Sat. and,,intlammation o f t he lungs. John Boyde broke one of his 4th inst, at the ripe age of 90 years 3 ,,., ' u r echool h as been reduced nearly while carrying a pail of water a few mos. She had oujoyed pretty good h ealt fifty per cent lately on account of a great ago, · until a few days before her death . when ~,J;.Jiaving the measles. Walter Fife, aged 12 years upset a pot. · ~h~ to?~ a cold which woiking with the Mr . .A. Hooey is m oving his h ousohold LUN(} SAU.LT. of hot water and scalded one of his le a mtirnuttee of old age causei her d eath. l!Oods a wl\y. Ile iDtends moving to very badly last week. ' ~he was a great reader ~nd her sight a nd Medonte township ehortly. Mr. D, Byers ia irnprovin.g alo wly. . . . mtellect were good up till the last. The The entertarnment by Mr. W1lha ·. - remi.\ins were followed to t h e U uion CemOur vill!lge storekeeper, Mr. R. M. How <lo you like k eeping batch, Capeon, for th e benefit of the f~mily of th: etery, at Oshawa by a lar>ie n umber of Kirkpatrick has boon taking stor ;k lately, ta.io 1 Jato H. Bedfo1·d, was. a decided 11a-cce11s r ela.twns a nd friend 9 011 Tuesday, whim assisted by :Y.h-, J!'. l'rewia, of Oshawa. Mr. John Tape lost u Yal~ablo cow last about 400 pers< mll bemg preeent. t he intermen t wae made. The pa.ll bearVisitors in the neighborhood : MiH week. Tho C~nads Facifi~ Raihrar Company rs "ere six of her own g randsons. 'l'he Sarah M orris, Bowmanville, Mrs. I saao Stanley cuts quitei a 11wllll witl1 his have decided to build a railwn.y from decc';ed Wi'tl a native of Scotland, and E lford, Fenolon Fall11, and Mr. Grant, spring bllck cutter, Claremont to S udbury Junction, connect- cam.; to Cauada with her husband in N e wcastle.' Mr. 1md Mrs . It. Duey arn visiting ing the m~i'.1 ~ine and the Ontario and July,'{844 and settled in the 8th ConcesValentines day paased olf very brisk in frieuda in M ar ipoaa. Quebec d1v1~1ons. 1ion of".9 rlinitton, and resfoed in that the village. Some thing less than a . Mr. A. Staples Joat a nh~ahlo colt on A thief entered the hall of Mayor Mc- 1Secth n ev since, At the time of Mr. hundred came over from one post office Sunday week. Cause, intlamm ·< t iou . Gee's re11idence recently and 1tole his and Mr11. Ormiston's arrival in Canad~, in Michigan; Tis rather cold to 11et dipped in the overcoat aud fur cap. .Word of the theft they ,had .;ight chi~dren,-fo~r of ~h:>1n .An agreeable iurpriee took place on was sent to T.iroi;ito police, who recovered surv ..vod ~uem, bemg Mr. 0. Ormiston, ,wt!dnesday, Feb. 15, the occasion of the creek. Too much tallgle leg, I gu>lsa, Miss F isher, of O&rleton P i"ce, has the stolen goods ma pawn-shop. H.:\glan, and Messrs. Wm. and John .Or- 183rd i:mnivers,.ry of Mrs. Peter Werry's 1t may be of interest to some in South miston, ana -Mrs. Campbell, of Darh~g-/ b'rthday. H er fiv e daughten and two b een vigiting her uncle, Mr. W. Farrell. le ha11 beeu decided to build t ho new On1 ;ario to know that .Albertie, the cham- t on . T~e dece1>ee~ lady was a good hv~ snns with a few other friends met at her 1 pion pedestrian, who recemly beat the in!I;, coneistenr C~natian, ancl an adbe~e t residence, bdnging ba.akets with them to church n ear whore the old c·uo Bta nd11 · record in N 'l W York wa11 born in this of the Pre·byteri~n church· .At the tm o spread a very inviting table at wh ich semi ble act. county a~ Brooklin, thirty-seven years of her de.a th, beindes a large nu!llber f good 3nstice was don e . 'fhat pastime The m easles are ragini:( iu t hi ' l"ioi nity. ago. grsnd-oh1ldren, she leav.es behUJd he over, Mr. John Wright, a grandson, Mr. Wru. Earle and fami ly have been seventeen great-grand .ihlldren. ~M a n;ce platform rocking chair very sick with them b1i1t ar" sou o better· . . The people m t he neighborhood of JACK. . ~ Audley are being badly treated by Sir mto. th~ roorn'. ~h~n G~andrua ~Verry now. Mr. D. N oble in tenda m .. vi ng onto his J ohn's Gover.oment. There is no post ~ HAMPTON. was 10v1ted to e1t tn it.· wh1le her children office in that village since l"st Novembt1r, . stood ~n row a t. each stde and .as&ured her new farm soon. Now is yo11r tuue crids and the people have to go to Whitby or Mr. W. L. Wa.~d will ?coupy the house of th~1r goo~-wtll,and the chair was to be this is leap y ear and I don ~ tb:uk Dav~ Kineale for 'iieir maile. ~ aca_~,ec\ . 1¥ Mr. S. R obbms. hera. m w h1ch to takli all the oomf?rt will r efoae . · · · . R E B M A h d poas1ble. At the tea table a pretty Ohtna Mr. McKnight's family h a ve r ·.icovered> Th . e union services "!'Ill be cont1m.1~d ev · · arrass, ·· ., preac e a n cup and saucer was given her for her own tn Suncoe st. Method 1st Church this e~cellent sermon, to a full house Sunday particular me in r emembrance of friends from t.h eir recent 11icknt1s~ d ;p ht,!l0ria. wee.k. Mr . .sc~tverea had arranged to G1ght. in Bowman ville. .A very en joyable time Mr. McKnight ha.'I b eeu sulfo· i 11g from a.. severe attack of L - s, so t he Dr. says ·. ~egm work m. roronto, on Sabb !th, 19th Mr. J?hn Kerslake who bas been was spent. JAclt. mat, but the mte1·esl here contmaes se s eriously ill for some time is much imMr. and M r1. Tnoa. Smi th trt1e.tt1d there friends .to an oy~ter su ,.per r<1cently; a . deep, that he has consented to remain r oved. .ENNISKILLEN. 1 very e111oyablo tnne was ,;pe 11t · r pping this week. Mr. Samuel Robbins h as removed from Jonah was out driving aga.in la.st week the light fa.ntaatic till th ~ W t't1 l'lt11a 11oura. Mr, l'tobert Woon, who was, se~retary here to his farm iu the first concession of with the usual r esults. of the old Joseph Hall M'f'g. Oo., for a. Cartwright. 1'-Iisa Lizzie Virtue who ha.s l>1:1 en visitWhat about the racket s.t t he Burketon ing h er brother in 1'orou to, has retu rned numbt·r of years, has p.irchased nil tho Mrs. E · Hai1tings aud son Lorne, M rs . looking ae gay and spruce ...s ,; cur. We pa.tteras of that estate and will open a John Elliott an d do.lighter Louie were at H otel 1 My Golly it hurts! machine shop in pa.rt of this large-building Toronto visiting frier.ds. That front door is already tri.\ded off. think t he city agrees with be-r, p rob ably formerly used as a malleable iron shop in aha will soon return to becom« " pe rma.ucg1mection with the Hall Works. Visitors 1.his week: Mr. and the Misses I s not the Tyrone Cor. t ro1.1bled wit h ent resident. ·d .,,.. D t M1 ' Al c d · mental diplopia 7 H 1 On Tuesday la.st, another fire occurred " ge, miss us an, 88 ma r y erB.1cTSY I3oBDI1'1'.· in the fancy goo 18 store of Mrs. Ander - man, Miss M. R 0gers, Bowmanville, and Mr. E. L. V irtue bns returned from OA R 'l'WRIG/1'I'. son, Oshawa. Tlrn fire origioated near Miss B 11nson , Cavan. !!vii chigan looking considerably impr oved . J r ., and (sae upper lip.) He likes Ontario and its C· II· G ood m11on, W m. M ert m, the coal stove, but its ofr·in is .~ my11tery, l\·11 ·sa Macro1·e Swa1 ·n 1 · '" v1 ·",·t 1 · .. fri'eiid 8 much better t han the domains of in Cavan, "" " " 11 ·o Very few good s were "' burnt,~ but the Capt. Bunt went home to Cobourg on climate U ncle Sam. damage from smoke and water was con- Monday on a Courtmg expedition. We R · 1 · 7 .ll · So Mr. J o11cph Dart, formerly c,f thi·s Methodist · eviva church meetmgs at t ho e. The atock was iflsured for h ope ,, n 1 m 3 y liave good success. thiscom!mmcad week . s1derabl Miss Clark went to Whitby on Friday neighborhood has settled down to a lite $900. · · t h er f rlt'n · d M is11 L ' Miss of connubial felicitv · r h Mr. S. J. Beacock ha· returned with Mr. G. A . Masson of Oshawa wl'itea to v1111· · eonard, · with one of tho f ai ' ' B arrasa e ffi · 1y pre~1 ·d ed at ,th o organ maids of Cteaarel\. Having a good time is bride from Toron o and Wi n· 0 ·h1'.m, from Riverside, South9rn California:. cient. Mr. T . A. Wright and wife and Mr. I am well pleased with Southern Califor- on Sabbath durmg M1a1:1 Clarke aQsence. eh! J oseph1 · d · 1 l n· 'd Th ,,.-.., T h e Ladies' .Aid Social at Mr. James. Thoa. Werry and wife wern 1 ·is1 t iug Dar m.a, a11 part1cu ar Y 1vers1 e. e ' Our popnlntion is steadily increaaioa. ' ~on f rien · d s l ast wee k . · ,., StaiDton's on Wednesday was quite a l rng f l Th Mr. Harry Forzier was made h appy by . an. d e1 ~h tu. climat e 1s more t h weather h ere n ow.is like <?ur very bet the addition of a little daughter t o his success, considering the weath er and the M r. and Mrs. H e nry S o-;ley, of Brock May weuther. My health 11:1 much betl·Of family last week and Mr A Stott a state of the roads; but. as the attendance and Mrs. T. E lford, of F eDt:lon hav~ than when I l eft ~ome! and improvinl\; young son. · · ' was not what w11s anticipated, tho Social been vi3iting friends he ro t;h~ pa~t' week. Overy day Rlv"·r ·1de is un -'·i ubt0dlv was continued on Monday evening 20th 'l'he Heron i' nque·st i·a t <> be cou SJ bell h b d t ' ~~se ~ everv close obe"rver ~qy·, t he gnrde " u ·~k tash . -a.mp f th ass heenl edmra.ge t ho inst. w hen another cheerful evening was t mue ' d a gain . on '.LUes " d "Yo f t Ill· . wee-. k It a· o ,, ~ · ~ "" valley ~f South ern California. There ore t e c uge bo e fc oMo. uKr ~ ng l k e spent with "mine host Stain ton. " is oxpeQ.ed it will be co uolud"d th1 ·s f h. 2 r empor ..ry a sence 0 ISS era a e M J G II h f p . '~ . h ere no1v, m proo of t 1~ , over 1, 00 whose time is re uired to t h rs. as. a ag er, o rlnce Albert, tiine. car loads of th e fineat oranges and le mons . k f th q Wat on er formerly of l <Jnfield, was buried in tho ,,. The annu . ~l meet· f th f t' . . h' E k sic a er E 1. h h hb . dI S ~ ing or . e e 1ec ion o wa1tm ~ s 1plDent to ast ern mar eta, . · . ng 1s c urc urymg-groun aat aturl officers of the Methodist Sabha.th School The R ev. S . Saito wae held last Wed l . Tl anrl auout 400 or 500 car loads of other I \'\ h~n ~r. C. N. Ruso went to Toronto day i.fternoon. semi· tropical fruit. This sec tion of to asatst lll the manu_factur~ of ~a.tch performed th e. cere~ony. She passe following officers ~:~aay el~:~~~n;g.Sapt1.~ country 1s also enrich ed by the possession cases, he transferred bts ~usic buuness away after a short. illness of two daye, Thoe Werry. S . F 1. k "'" . 'h 11 ofone ofthemostvnluablegoldminesin t.oMr .. B. Crvd.ermano.fth11.1 place, . who ndleavesaevenrttl h'ld 1 · ' ecy, ··rig t; " d h b h 1 ho I Th b I e de hi rb en do hmouhru Treas., W. C. Ferj;(Uson; Bible Olass 19 California. Land is worth in the valley omg a rus lDg uamees m t at me. er os~. e erea ve us an as t 0 acher . It H p t from $100 t o $2,000 pet· a cr e. At the auction sale of Wm. Beer's eym.Jlathyof all in his painful afiliction. ' · ·· rus · . property on Wednesday, °Mr. Thos. Rowe · h 1 t f J - 1 1 On Wednesday last Mr. Fisher , who A BEAUTIFUL :rnAL SKIN CLOAK is a bought the cottage and .l.acre of land, ono · .· -Ac ~? rM ell~rh . lo l r r°'nBuaryW . . .oti ca(~ wt1s h~lp~ng . Mr. Doolittle put up hay 1 · ... _, · c M e ' E '· V . · t )111 mms, 'f · fork nn""lng at Mr. T . A. Wright' · wa· becoming garment to a lady. If she h as of the µretties t homss inll' the village. M r. McLaren and l O "" · · ir ·lle eq,ua ·. . · e ng aged in taking down s1., aff .Jd ing, h e an ela.s1ic ~tep, an air of grace and modeaty, and the glow of health on h er ch eek, A. P~uuington was the purchaser of th . Roger~, M. R ogers. 4th class- U. M1t, missed his footing aud fol! io the fh or a E ._ Stamtou, A . D dan, F . Moroney , J o n distance of about 21> feei, and b Ji she will ahvays command admiration. ! aero north uf this place. A short tim;i ngo a geatleman called n Virtue. Sr. 3 rd- L . Rogers, Alex. M d . ' r,, 0 . ~ Without theae , n o woman can appear to a. M ethodist minister, saying that o. y ar Cullough, Wm. Robbins, Etta Brown, J. b~~· e~ll b ~ecte~;e; a . fet h other s dhghi advantage. With a sickly countenance, 8 ago in Hampton he received a;ood from· a D ean . Jr. 3rd- (B. Oke a,nd E. L ewis) Th u a a~ repor h e hwash Olll!i p11iuful a ait, and lis tless ail', she is an ob· t d d 1 W R H p S '> d C w · . e wonuer IS t . l\i e ad n ot . h h 1· t h e is e n ~ , an now equa , . .ogers, · ye. r . .,u - . b een killed ject of pity. How many Americ1 1 n worn en sermon o w l e wished to render a thank offering to t H. M itchell, E . Potter, (L. H u tch ison · daily d rag out a wretch ed existence, i gn or - L ord for it and handed the minister $6. and N. Gilbert) equal. Jr. 2od - Ada Consi~ erable exci~omel'lt was cause:l by ant of the blessing of perfect health ! All for misaions. Oke, N. Pollock, E . M cLaren, G . L ewis. the findmg of the will of th. late J ohn her wealrnessea ca u be cured by Dr. Pier ce's C . N . Callander, Teacher. N es bitt. lt appears t liat t>;e la t.a Mr. Stow Boy's BEST GIRL. Favorite Prescription, t he grnat s pecific -------Nesbitt left t h e wi ll nt .· ir. K ·1rrigM!s · -----·-for prolapaus, l eucorrhoa, ulceration and ~ng, gasping suffer ers from Asthma some time before hia death in a SH aled er1unnatural discharges. The only medicine WHAT IS IMP.ERUL.- I t is an article r eceive quick and perman ent relief by v~~ope and did not · t ate IV hat it ""a s, bu L sold b y dru ggis ~ s, under a positive guar- manufactured by an expert che:nist after using Sou t hern As·hma Cure . Sold by I said h e woul d call . for it ai ai n . K·.1 an tee of ~i ving a11tisfaction, o r money re- I many y ears of careful stud v and scientific druggiata or by mail on r eceipt of p rice. :1: ~ore. was t~ought of it urtt1l t f!Ceutly Mr. 1 fund ed. :Read guarantee printed on its expel'iment ; c-alled Impocial Cream · ----Kt1rr1gan found it a 1 11ong sonrn papoca. wrapper. Dr. Pierce's Yellets, or Anti- 'l'artar Baking Powder. Makes lightest, This relieves one of the members of t he IT CAN DO NO HARM to try l!' reemnn· bilious Granules; in v i~ls, 25 cent s; one whitest bread, rnlb , biscuit, cake, etc, family of the s u11picion that h<i had ru:1d e '\Vorm Powclers whc11yo1n· cllllcl 18 u1liu. :i: Sold by all grocer s. t a dose. away wi~h it . ~Cl'.Orl;;l1 O J.' fi:ctful, COURTICE . Mrs. S rrnderson, of Mountain Grove, and Mrs. Webster and Miss Leavens, of Wellington, are guests at the parsonage. A new hunt club has been organized, N o 3. Their enthusiasm for the s port wae so Rreat that they went for their inaugural hunt wi1h the thermometer down 12 dE>greee below zero, Hunt club No. 3 will be heard of again. The Ebenezer Y. P · .A. have arrani;zed to have John R . Clarke, the not1>d Jernurer, give his famous lecture on "Gough in Humor and Eloqaence " at Ebenezor on March the 9 th. All should avail themselves of hearing lhis talented speaker. THIM. c,. 0 · ' ' .... , ' · 0 " hl ,cij