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'mVVâ€"vâ€"Vvvv v vv VVVVfiWv-vvv N ‘u OVERCOATS. Owing to an overstock in this department we have made a BIG REDUCTION in a few leading lines. Men’s Fine Tweed Overccats, velvet collar. well lined, were $6, now . . . . . . Men’s Fine Melton Gvercoats, were $8 and 39, now . . We are agents for H. SHOREY & CO.’S $4.00. 0. O. O. O. 'I FARMERS WANTIN G A GOOD Busing: Cu at $3.75. Poo Pulper WOULD DO WELL TO Inspect Robson's Stock. be beat. For quality and price can’t in Men’s, Boys, and Youth’s sizes, and can show the largest variety in town and prices the lowest. W. BURGO YNE. THE RED STORE. SEASONABLE GOODS. Muzzle and breech loading shot guns. Marlin and Winchester rifles. .Loaded Shells and Ammunition, all kinds. One hundred Cook and Parlor Stoves from the best manufacturers, bought before the rise in price and will be sold accordingly. Belting, Lace Leather, Babbit Metal and best XXX L‘ardine Machine Oil. GREAT CHANCE Barn and house eavetroughing, 7 c. and Ge. per feet. We use the one piece round elbow only. . . o Estimates given for hot air Furnaces. Prlees the lowest in the trade. Cash paid for hides and sheepskins. ' JOSEPisi isiEARD. NEW GOODS. Fancy Dress Goods in the latest designs. Blouses in the newest styles. Millinery in styles and prices to suit. New Spring Capes. Lace Goods and Trimmings-nu. very large assortment. Inspection invited. wivr. camrsnnn. “E mail free, to all who write for it, a handsomely illustrated Catalogue of , , our vast army of Goodyear-Welted Shoes 5 for men and boys. It describes an amaz- ing variety of different styles and sizes, all ll» of “Slater” quality, ranging in price from $3, $4, $5, for men, to $2, $2.50 for boys’ .. . and youths’ foot gear. We have striven to . , t 1331f makethiscatalcguewell worth your sending l2. ‘ for. GEORGE T. SLATER a SON ‘ . . ' . I aw- _. '.â€" " :Rs - . ,. 9‘. “. ~> '7 " . .. s' ' L ' . fl“ ‘ an ’ â€" Dealer in coal and iron. Highest price for scrap 1ron, brass and copper. Tries. Eraser. drive can". mitigates.“ Friday, November 4th, 1898. Improved Transportation Facilities. The remarkable revival of trade and the general wave of' prosperity that the country is enjoying called special at- tention to the necessities of improved transportation facilities, and, recognizâ€" ing this, the Government inaugurated many public works upon cogent, prac- tical and connected lines, for the fur- therance of rapid and economical trans- portation, and the opening 'up of new territories and connecting them with the older settled portions of the country. Foremost under this head is the im- portant work of deepening the canals of the St. Lawrence system, which will be completed next spring, according to anti-election premises, at the cost of over 810,000,000. Supplementary to this. extensive improvements have been undertaken, with the assistance of the Government, in the harbor at Montreal, and when these are completed the larg- est ocean vessels will be accommodated, and the head of ocean navigation in Canada made equal to all possible re- quirements for many years to come. The Intercolouial railway has been brought into Montreal by the utiliza- tion of existing facilities, and through freight rates have been reduced by awarding the carrying contract to the lowest bidder. Greatly improved steam boat communication has been cfi’ected between Prince Edward Island and the main land, and better transportation facilities put into operation at Halifax and St. John. So much for the East. In the West the Government has secur- ed the opening up of the Kootenay country, with all its magnificent promise and boundless possibilities. by the con- struction of the Crow’s Nest Pass rail- way. at a cost to the country of but 811,000 per mile anus, instead of $25,000, as it would inevitably have been under the arrangements made by Sir Charles Tupper. But not only was 814.000 a mile bonus saved, but a sub‘ stantial reduction in rates in east-bound freight had to be conceded before the bonus was granted, and this will leave from $500,000 to $750,000 per annum in the pockets of the farmers that has hitherto gone to the railway. More- over, thc provision that all competitors shall have right of way through the pass renders impossible the introduction of that monopoly which has so hamper- ed and retarded the West in the past. Moreover, the fixing of a maximum price for all coal taken from the Crow's Nest mines insures cheap fuel for the smelting industries that are springing up through that district. and prevents the possibility of injury from monopolies’ and combines. l fl; ' A Correction." The following letter, under the above handing. appears in the last issue of the Lindsay ll'urclmum, addressed to the editor of that paper : Sunâ€"The clitor of the G's/(tr, having . made untrue statements concerning inc, 1 and your paper having a large circulation, | I wish space to contra lict his impeachment l in it. He accuses the council of paying ' more for lumber than it cmzil have been , bought lor. New, sir. th} facts are these: The Toronto ilauk mill oft-red cull lumber. for S'FJ‘) per fit, but it was all lengths and i widths. and was unsuitable f)!‘ sidewalks, as '.h» said walk: are Your. six and eight. fer-t w”. s i '91} WWI. in exiting cull ‘” ' i' :n the it dear lumber in the long run. Mr. Martin, one of our councilmen, said as we Could not get. all the material we wanted from the bank that it would be better to give it Tract Society Meeting. The annual meeting of the Upper to Mr. Ellis, as he would supply cedarâ€"also. Canada Book and Tract Society was Mr. Ellis, then, was awarded the tender, supplying the lumber at $11 per .\l., put- ting in all plank "at lengths that there would be no wasl’é‘in cutting. We before this got. some of the same quality of lumber from the bank and it cost SILSO per .\l. The lumber this year has been supplied as cheap or cheaper than it ever was before, and Mr. Hand's statements are misleading and premeditated in order to raise disturb- ance. He has been doing all he can against the present council in a discreditable way, and will not take the trouble to find out facts before he opens his mouth. He also makes other charges against me outside of council, which I decline to take any notice ,of, as I do not think he is at all times re- sponsible. Tues. AUSTIN, chairman of street and bridge committee. As Councillor Austin’s letter is re- plied to by Mr. Guidal, yard superin- tendent, in a full and explicit commun- ication on our first page. it is not nec- essary for us to say much ;. but we may state a fact that has recently come to our knowledge, which upsets Councillor Austin‘s contention that the plank which the Bank offered for $6.50 was unsuitable for sidewalks. Some time ago Mr. William Hetherington Sr. of Verulam, who wanted to put a floor in a barn, went to the Bank mill and asked for the some kind of plank that Mr. Ellis had bought for the village side- walks, and he got it for $6 50 per M: We saw it in his waggon, and, as far as we could judge without a side by side comparison of the two, was as good as that in the sidewalks; but we did not know, until M r. Hetheriugtou told us afterwards. what he said when he went to purchase it. Of course it was of somewhat different lengths and widths, but not enough so to make it. if used for sidewalks, “ dear lumber in the long run." even at $8 per M. in- stead of at the $6 50 paid for it. Be- sides, the cutting oi' it into the required lengths would have produced a whole lot of sawdust, which the chairman of the street and bridge committee might have claimed as his perquisitc with- out au objection from anybody. We. commend the moderate tone of Council- lor Austin’s letter. As a speaker, es- pecially to a person with whom- he is at logger-heads, his stylcis»'liighly objec‘ tionable; but as a letter writer he is a gentleman compared with the reeve of the village. The Worst Yet. Dr. Mason’s third attack upon usâ€" thc worst yetâ€"appears in last week’s Winter, and we can only say that the man who, in the hope of bucking the discussion of'a public question; will drag into print private and painful family matters of nearly a- score of" years ago. is simply a moral skunk. There are laboring men in this villageâ€"many of them, we believeâ€"â€"\vho. scarce as dol- lars are with them, would not put their names to such a letter as Dr. Mason's for a month’s pay, because they have the instincts of a gentleman ;. but the doctor’s instincts are the instincts of a guttersnipe. The annals of Fenelon F'alls are open to us as well as to him, and there would be a hot time in the village if we published, or even hinted at, what we know or have heard con- cerning two or three of the doctor’s bosom friends and some half dozen other persons who hold their heads pretty high in the community. We know nothing of Dr. Mason‘s record till he came to the Falls, but it is pos- sible that if adetective were sent to Mono Mills-he might find out some- thing regarding our “worthy” reeve or some member of his family that he would not care to see in print. He has made a bitter attack upon us with- out provocation, as every reader of the Gazette knows, but time will avenge us; for he is on the down grade, and, un- less he havo stronger will power than we think he possesses, will in a few years become as miserably degraded an object as his worst enemies could wish. His last letter has done him ten times more harm than it has done us, and, if he wants to know the feeling of the vil- lage respecting it. let him run again for reeve and see how many votes he can get outside the SyndiCntc and the little ring of, satellites that revrilve around them. With regard to public matters, it is no use going over ground that has been covcrcl already. Cspccl ally as the actions and motives oi'the council will be fully discussed on nom- ination day, and are well known to. and understood by, every rate-payer. Only for the water-power by-law, the R'llll- buns would almost certainly, by this time, have purchased the maehincr': and have been practically in possession of the mill; and now it appears that the reeve has muddled things (perhaps when muddled himself) by writing to the ltathbuns, solely on his own re- i l - cut, the reeve in the chair. hold in the Baptist church, ‘enelou Falls, on the evening or“ Tuesday, the lst inst. Rev. Dr. )Iofl'at, agent for the society, was present. It was moved by Mr. :K. Clark Jr., , seconded by Mr. Wm.» Campbell. That the Rev. Mr. McKinnon be chairman of the meeting. After devotional exercises led by the Rev. Mr. Fraser, Dr. Moffat addressed the meeting on the work and advance- ment of the society. Moved by Dr. Maillot, seconded by Rev. Mr. Fraser, That Mr. Wm. Camp- bcll be re-eleetcd president and Miss Emily L. Nie secretary and treasurer, and that the resident ministers of the various churches be vicepresidcnts, and Messrs. C. J. Thornton, A. Clark Jr., James Dickson and Thomas Robcrmbc a committeeâ€":Carried. Moved by ltev. M'r. M’cKinuon, sec- ended by Rev. Mr. Frasar, That the committee meet in the Presbyterian church on Thursday evening next to appoint collectors for the coming year. â€"C'n=rried'. Moved by Rev. Mr. McKinnon, scc/ ended by Mr. Roberts, That a hearty vote of thanks be tendered D'r. Medal: for his excellent addressâ€"Curried. The meeting closed with prayer by' Dr. Motiht. Somerville Council. The council met at Kinmount on‘ October 15th. All the members pres-- Minutes of last meeting wore read and approved.- The' following by-laws were read and passed in the usual way 2. A by-law to appoint a collector for the year 1898. A by~law to confirm the award of the arbitrators in the matter of changing school section boundaries. A by-law to provide for holding the annual municipal elections. Accounts amounting to 8328 were ordered to be paid. Abatements on the collector's roll of" 1897, amounting to $376 04', were nl-' lowed the collector. The clerk was ordered to notify the G. T. R. Co. to remove the old pier out of the river at the railway bridge. The council adjourned, to meet at Burnt River on Dcccmber l‘5th next. w._ . , Personals. Miss McIntyre ol' Mariposa is visiting at Mr. \Vm. Carley’s in h‘euclou town- ship. M rs.- Wm. D'cyman returned home on Monday after ,:t visit of a few days to friends in Little Britain. Mrs. Lewis Dayniau returned home on Monday from Midland. Miss Maud Sandford left on Monday for Brooklyn,.N. Y., where she will re- sume her duties as nurse in the [lemm- pathic Hospital. Mr. Alvin Gould was in Lindsay on Wednesday of last week attending the marriage of his cousin. Miss Ethel Lytle, to Rev. W. M: McKay. Miss Emma McDiarmid of Lindsay. who has been visiting at Mr. A. Clark's, returned home on Saturday. Mi<s Minnie Clark left on Monday for New Mexico. Rosedale. (Correspondence of the Gazette.) We are glad to see Mrs. Brokenshire improving and able to be around again, and Miss Emily Pcrrin is also getting better. Mr. Wm. Swanton had the misfortune to break his right arm at the elbow last Thursday. Mrs. McIntyre has left ltosedale for the winter and has gone to visit friends at Burnt River. The trustees of School Section No. 8 have re engaged Miss Jewell for the coming year. Mrs. lt. Brooks returned from the city last week, bringing with her a new Selby bicycle for her sister, Miss D. Smith, and she also purchased one for her brother William. Messrs. William Copp and A. Smith left on Saturday morning for their an- nual hunt at. Wolf Lake, in the Town- ship of Cavendish, and were joined on Monday morning by Messrs. J. Miller and 1'}. Here. There will be another party join them in a few days. Farmers are all through with plow- mg and taking up their roots, which are a very poor crop. Herring fishing is the topic of the day. Mr. J. More is suffering with cancer. Miss Maggie Here is home at present. sponsibility, as far as we have heard} She visited her friend, Miss Smith, at Their reply appears in last week‘s Wur- ‘ wlcr, but we and a good many others would very much like to see the reevc's ’ jeitwr to them. l iosedale on Tuesday. Miss Aggie Potts has returned to Toronto after visiting her parents for several weeks. . ~....â€"... co...- m;