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THE MERCHANT FRIDAY JANUARY 1 1S7o RATES OF ADVERTISING M n sters a le88on they 11 not soon forget. A Christmas Tree Instead ol th s, Pol t cs Cows runn ng at large and sundry other th ngs real or sup posed are put to the front nud node to do duty m beha I of a r ng fea g hones ly to show the r hand A few a) s hence and th s q est on " ll Jave o be se l d If e had the ba lo there would not be a mo me ts ioubt as to the ssue As t e. tb~re s a cont ngency about t that w ll settled before Monday next Brother E ectori:i remember Th s oppos on bad ts or g n a de erm nat on to pun h the MnJ or lo the pos on he ook on Sp r tual so an l n that p n sh nent to teach our M n sters to m nd tl e r own bus neas an<l keep n the r proper p ace 2 That on Mondav last y, e e deno need as be ng the pnj ers GLEANINGS (F om the S uth A us ra "'Ra Showing Total amount of Fines Wages and Fees 1ece1ued b Mayor 1n the Years 7866 67 68 69 '70 77 '72 '3 4 2 0 0 "' STATEMENT, ne Spe iaJ ccont a. t for space ma.de on app ton Ad erl sem '" "' "' _., ~~ 119 o $ 3 00 $-3 00 $ 39 7D $ 30 60 $680 $ 33 70 H u 7o 800 1045 3390 774a 6~00 07 O 600 312 34Gv ( 0120 8530 lOo 99 1 00 10 20 39 9v 84 "'7 57 78 GO 50 9 oO 10 50 21 80 55 60 98 60 299 60 2o 00 50 00 32 50 91 20 ol 65 113 70 22 80 42 151 21 "'5 72 36 27 8~ 18"'3 147 95 19 D JO ( o l 9 80 53 2o 13v 90 2615 !8"'4 20112 971 0 ~71 ~1 ~ 10680 ~,., $1 9o 11 $60 0 $8 67 $2 7 97 $338 2o $84313 $426 37 Mon es ece ved as above by Mavo1 how acco nted for DR CR To total amount of Fu es and B) pa d Fmes and Costs $ 60 Oo 89 67 W 0 es I a d J'.fay o 139 11 Do Informants Do Da nages and Wages 227 97 Do F ees on Co 1101at on 338 '>5 Su ts Do l o vnT1 s c1 679 62 ta sen v. th ut "' tten n t ed unt Io d red out and BO\\ MANVILLE JAN 1 6f'" All milter adve sements &c nt ed fo pul> ca o must be land <l o e 12 o clock noon on Th rsda The Grand Lo l~e of the Good Iempla s J eld the r sess on at Moonta rhe o d r was stated to number 4 206 n I s eo o y A n w Cong egat onal Oba1 el I as been op ned a Hamley R dge A new \'\ esleyan Char el bas been open ed at Red uh · M Cub t oaed h s rern a ks by say ng that be n ended to o e an adJournm nt of tbe No nat on Meet ng on Monday morn ng t ll he even ng wb en J e wo ld be prepared o defend h msel! aga nst any charges that m ght be made aga nst h ·pub I c ac s Mr McLeod n ade a fe v r e vant re ma ks abo t ru ea o Par ament and about llir Cub It ha ng bee at To on o on c r ta n dates ea eful y no ed down by Mr M Leod NEW YEAR'S! To all our Readers we wish a "Happy New Year' 4 On Sunday Jou l l sten to them as your sp r t al gu dee you l pra) for the u and on Monday turn round and te l l en whe tb""ey used the r fluence to prevl'nt the wl cl were spread of a moral plague that they 11 ere Mus c ' " aga n not mfnd ng the r own bus neas that they ve J oea t f l song should leave the morals of the town uncar ed for undefended 'lhat n yon ew voma ly chast ty and n anly the sacredness of tl e n arr age lat ons and all the endearments of a well regulated fam ly are tr Iles compared 11 th I ol t cs Cows runn ng at large and o l er equally\\ e gh y mat e s If you a e not prepared to do that the on Mon day next go and record our VoTES FOR Ma. CunrTr The annua sess ons of the So th A stra an Ba pt t As oc a o lave been held T~e total mernbersh p vas s a ed to be 1 864 The n o c has been £6 701 THE OSHA A H T F<CTORY WI en t i"il 3!Jo 11 $1393 56 $1 DD D e T easu er Ho vman J e Deee nber 19 h 1874. The " hole amount of Fees rece ved by the Ma) or m nrne yeais is $8 43 13 be ng n a era ge of $93 oO a J ea THE ELECTIONS C rcumsta.nces have tra.nsp red s- ice m t ngs ojth· Refo n Oonventw (of wh ch we may ha e to speak mo e pa cularly) mak ng t our pa nful d ty to sav no more on E ec on matters n th s &sue e op n on that true tJ e Colonel bas THE NOMINATION THE MAYORALTY On Mondav several of the c zens assem bled n the To" n Ha on the ocea· ou of the non nat ons for the uffices of Mai or lt eve and D puty Ree of the eo pora on Ou a count of the pnbl c not ce that a mot on won d be made to adjourn ti e meet ng until even ng not as much ntt:rest was taken there n as would otherw ee have Mems Cub tt and McAt been the case thur were non nated for the office of Mayor Mr O Bounsall moved rht Mr Jas McFeeters be Mayur and n no ng so stated th t Mr Cub ti ha l l>y h s act on towards Sp r ual ·m gathered s ks to wh p l m sell tie oppos ton was tl e outco ne of h s uncbar tablenesa pra t sed at t e 1 ctum of the mrn sters of the town a d pu sh ment vas nea Mr Thompson "as elected by ac Jama t on R c e and W K Burke Deputy Reeve COUNC LLORS Au a0 reea e nf ernoon mn) be spent at the tea to be he d n the B ble Ohr t an North Ward No contest Oh r h af e oon T kets adm t to West \\ ard Messrs McDougall McMur tea and to even n meet Dg The Revs tri To ·ns Burden Mann ng S l er and Mc·s s Quance o Po t Hope and Kenn Buckler We pub\ sh a letter from Mr of Oshawa " l b p esent Ref eehn ens Buckler dee n ng to present b mself v l\ be aer ed at 3 30 Soutl Ward -Messrs Cow le Losco nb· Trelevan Soper and Bowden ak -----·----DARLINGTON n J o her membe> ol he Co nc has been oun v ng at he ma app opr at ou of the F ads of the ~or po at on how mu l bet er a hey than he! We a. e assured however by persona present at he nee ng on 1'-Iondaj even ng that t ·a· clearly shown hat Mr Cub tt has n t appropr d oh 'o n use as ngle cent to h ch l e 1 as ot I een egal y n t t ed It s sad that se l wn erers after o vote for M It s ru ch to be r g e ed that o r op nonents ha e stooped to th s k nd of war fare They w l do well to remember the o d n age CJ ckens come } ome o roos No ay npa hy lorany man brought o t by the par y now ca I ti e hv per er t c r ng At the nom oat on on Monday J.,,t n b ghly pol shed tones they attacked all the pub! c bar~ tera connec ed · th mun c pol affa rs Tfl<y reta ed n u h scandal and personal l story and <l d not spare e en roya lty se f 'I he personal mnlevolouco of the r nt acb t ' mpos ble to Just fy They ev need a sett ed del berate ma gn t wh ch could not proceed fro n good or noble nat res The r ten per was rr taVle and often led tl em to form n ~ aken and un char table est ruates T a true t s u te the style at tbe present day to se cons! I uents as a ladder by wb ch to a ta u to h gl pla es n government or mun pal power Fellow E ectors beware o th s new r ng of me r ceutly sprung up o the towush p ofDarl ng on ·ho des e to make m n c pal mat e1s a bus nes hav g the hotel keepe s ntere ts at heart T ere fore beware lest at any t me they uva ably k ck the laJder down a er the) have rn sed bemselves to the des red pos o Per haps some nd v d a s · ll agree th n e that b s am serable s ate of th ng the sooner they are sh pped the better Is there no prophetamongns to lny n ·ho"" ear s r ng ng the command SJ e k to the free a.nd adepentlent electoi:d ot the town ----·~---sh p of Dar] ngton that they go for" ard WEEK OF PRAYER and vo e for S Vans one E q for Reev and C W Sm th Esq for second Deputy The week of'Prayer as appo nted by ehe anons branches of the Evangel cal All an e Ree e and Mr \'\ m Brown one of the for Counc Hor w II be observed n th s 'I own by U u ou present ex st n~ Counc ·nd Mr R D Foley to make the co nc I Pra) er Meet ngs held n the var ous church es The fol ow ng order was agre d U!><ln cooIJplete ant! w I ha e a fin shed eoun el at a meet ng of the M. n stero Mr Wn W ndatt Esq vas mere less!J Mond~y Jan 4th B hie Ohr st an Cburcl doomed y n en hav ngl\ost the r pa rmt am address Mr Al o b to be k eked over board but to t e r sur Tu<Sday Wesleya Mr i:lpeneer Wedn sday Congregat onn Mr Pascoe pr se he was elec ed b) a lan a on UNCLED CK T rsday Presbyter an Mr Bred n Friday P m t ve Method st Mr Sn th Sat day Mr Cade w l address a l\Ieet Tot ng to be held under the ausp ceo of the Yl\ICA Eacl Meet ug w ll commence at 7 30 It s to be hoped that these meet ngs " II To w /;;le o of w W be well attended 29 h R 4 rhe non nat o for Ree e Deputy Reeve and Counc ]ors took place at tl e To" n Hall Han p on on Monday last at noon The gather ng was the largest 11 h ch bas met on a s m ar occas on for many years conseq uent on t be g generally understood that H W Burk Esq M P the former Reeve a d Jas Sm ti who s &bout to remove from the Townsh p for a short t me wo Id not seek re elect on and here be ng a des re on the part of a large number of peraoas to have a hange the compost on of the ne ~ counc l Wes p pose not less than t"enty persons names were put forward as fit and proper persons for Mu n c pal honors e ch cand date n the r tu n a<:ldre sed the assemblage of pee pie man~ of whom could not get ndm ss on to the l ttle Hall Some of the ·peak rs mode eloquent speeches eapec all v the man of a fam ly and although from over crowd ng nnd ex c tement there was some 11\!nf s on ye> all were I stened to attent veli/ and the meet g ended uch more barmon ous tl an was expected I would Of those put n nom na on Mr Wm W datt 11 as declared elected to ti e office of F rst Dep tv Reeve ti ere be ng no op pos t on offered to t u The follow ng p r sane who d d not res gn are now bf!fore the electors for he r support For Reeve San uel Vanstone T homas Cann Deputy Reeve Charles W Sm th Donald W McL od Counc llors " n \'\ m Clemens R fo the ere gone t office J u t an that they h cooly waked wh ch t eonta ned the es ho\\ev r ended w h the cap ure ol the bootJ They took the box n a wagon to a rav n several a es out of tl e c ty b oke t open and ok $400 ea h The rest .as taken ly one of the three by agree u ent, to h s hon e and he h d t n a bas ket und~r a ed The two oth rs e e sus peeled aml nr ested but there was not n ch e denee ag· nst them and w th the la ge sum of money n the r possess on th ey need never have been conv cted Upon be ng locked up however they confe sed and o d wl ere the rr oney bad been h d In the rnea t me a neg o had d scovered the bas ket slo en the b s, and bur ed hem H s needlessly susp c ously sus1 c ous conduct ca sed b a arrest and t en he too confeeaed and near y a 1 of t e no ey was ec er ed RELIGIOUS SERVICES SUNDAY S'.I JOHNS JA~UARY l d 187 CANADA PRESflYIERIAN Mr G ·ds ones pamph e bus reached the 104 h tho sand It s n d o be sell ng at the rate of 7 000 a day i METRODIS'.I Se e on Sabha h next a.t 10 30 the mo ng and at G 30 n the e en n h) the Rev R Cade e tw e y Sabba h at hewo nng and G30 n t e Sund y S hool at emng y E de L s e 2 30 n the fternoon OOMMERUlAL BOWM !\NVIJ LE tea her eupe nte den or v s o e long and at pre ent teaches a B bl c as number ng abouts xti Imembers le there fore ca. n s to have some d a of hat. teachers, sen or scholars and he younger pup ls requ re and as far <'IS space adm s he endeavQrs to rr e t o e cqu em en ts We have been grea ly encou aged by the merous comp mf.ntary no c s sent for ward du ng the cu rent ye rand hope du ng the com ng year to make the ENS QN more o hy the · pport of o laborers n S bbath S hools TORONTO IORONIO D 29 h 18 4 $09 tolOO 1120114 0 7 0 79 04 to043 0250030 8 00to8 50 0 60 t o oo 090to09 t o 7o 024t 02 0 75 600to 2 50 on w th vh oOOto 002 1 ce 30 ta per year I ost pa d eels of o 10 5 20 and so on K ER. C O[ es sent fee on app1 cat on Wad A Mon 11 v Supp en e con a on the SaLba h S b ol Lessons v. B G tNvENTION - Llo) d tbe famo · map o g a s w th ea h No of 1 e fo 187 Now s the me to 1875 The cnsl If spared k 11 to e of n To my mover an l second r I exp ess tha kfu ess A Happy N ew Year o all WANTED A SlHAHI lNIELLIGE~l J30Y a n App nt ce to be P t Ap p y at th Office RE-ASSEMBLING o m UN ION SCHOOL Hl UNION SCHOOL T Uh stmes H dai he 11 h of Ja.nua. ne ai he da.y y t I a emb n 110N!J ,\. Y 't ELECTORS I TO W OLLI ER D 3ls 1874 11 2 GO THE POLLS HORSE FOR SALE BY EARLY ON MONDAY AND AUCTION! Vote for Mr. Cub1tt. Bowman J HUE BOflOM I Dec 3 st 1874 14 2w f