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Two Weeks Stock Taking 5313 ,Will Commence Tuesday, January 2111!. Watch for ?articulars_ of . Bargains. - ‘W. Burgoyne, ' ~ Penelen Falls’ All our frz’ma’s cm-a’ momma/S- a w Mei/7y C km'sfmas am! a Happy: ' New Year. ' CflMPBELL. The Big Business Done in'o‘ur Store on Saturday was a. fitting wind-up to a very satisfactory season’s trade, for Which our friends and customers will please accept our sincere thanks, and our best, wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. Your wants in our lines have been antici- pated, and we are READY FOR 1906. With an up-to-date stock of Groceries, Crockery and Glassware, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, etc. We are better prepared than ever to serve you, and will de- pend upon your appreciation of the advantages of dealâ€" ing with us to make 1906. the-best year in our history. J. McFarland. wishing all its readers a very happy and prosperous New-Year. the offices of reeve, councillors. trustees and commissioners were held in Two- mey's hall- on lfriday last, and were fairly well attended. gentlemcnfllwere nominated : man. seconded: by. G. H. McGee. Sims, seconded by M. H. McC:tllum. “seconded by P.. Oulette; ‘ i. ' by J. J. Power. » 0 see. by A. Webster. _ seconded by Thos..Gmltam, . 1 star. see. by R. J. Moore. <“-~ ne>~lls z. The Friday. to... 29th, 1905. HAPPY NEW YEAR. The Gazette takes muchâ€"pleasure in W The “Nominations. The nominations, of candidates for The following iron annvn. J. McFarland, nominated by L. Dey- R. M. Mason,‘nominated by S. J. G. H. McGee, nominated by R. M. Mason, seconded by J. H. Stantoni'V * FOR COUNCILLOR. G. Martin, nominated by Thos. Gra- ham. seconded by G. H. McGee. J. Slatér,nomin’a‘tcd by A. Fountain, H. Puley, cornyby-‘A. Fountain, sec. 8. Sinisanom. by W; L. Jordan, see. by L Dcyman. ‘ W. Northcy. nom. by R.N. Mitchell, see. by J. McFarland. G. H. McGee, nbm. by W.L. Jordan, R. Martin. now. by G. H. McGee, M. H. McCallum. nom. by A. Web. L. Dcyman, nom. by S. J. Sims, see by J. McFarland. G. H. Littleton, nom. by R.J. Moore, see. by E. D. Hand. '1‘. Austin, nom. by H. McDougall, see. by T. Scott. _ ,TRUSTEES. . A. McIntosh, nominated by T. Gra- ham, see. by \V. J. Heard. J. J. Nevison, now. by J. Aldous. see by T. Poulsom. F. McDonnell, nem. by Wm. Camp- bell, see. by J. .L Arnold. mtimssrou nus. Wm. Burgoyne, nom. by F. McDou- gall, seconded by Geo. Martin. D. Gould, M. D, nom. by F. McDou gall, see. by T. Graham. All the nominees were not present; but those in ,thahall were called upon to address the meeting.w Mr. McFarland was the first speaker, .nnd explainedgtit‘c’actionEOf the council regarding: 'vai'ious‘,matters. He said they had found it necessary to increase *the salaries ofH'the school teachers in order to secure efficient service, and they had got good teachers. .Rogard ing la-W costs,‘tlic Li. H. 86 i’. Cc. had ’disputcd their assessment,and had gone to court, with the result that they were now paying: taxes on $61,000 instead of $50,000. As to the commissioners, thev were able to speak for themselves. He' would mention, however, that the town was supplying light at a lower rate than other places were. Mr. McFarland then gave figures? of a profit and loss statement of the operation of the system showing a profit (except supply account) of $1043 11 for" the past year. The isupp‘ly account will not be apt to reduce this amount. About 3422 per month in rent is coming in, and the G. T. R 7is to pay $20 per month for power for its new pumping plant. As an instance ,of negligence on the part of his prede- 'ccssors in municipal affairs, he spoke of the irregularity in the method of paying for registrations of births, etc.. which :had been goingr . oh. for yen-rsuntil he 'stopped it. Comihg back to the sub, ject of electric liu‘ht, ho cautioned lirh! .uscrs agains subst‘ at 4.: 32 c.p. lamps for 16 ones. without permission. This had bct'n done. and the result was a burned out-transformer. ‘ Offenders Were liable to a fine of $100. A i, ‘1’:..-r--â€"-~"""' *4“ Dr. Masonmas than called-upon." He thoughtthc Reeve “handmade a very fair explanation of things generally. The trustees would hold themselves respon- sible for what they had done. and could ' answer any criticism-s. Instead of huv ' ing spent tco much, tnoney, the board would have been j-nstifiedin spending: a good deal more, and as a matter of fact .had saved money. Geo. Mthte. the next on the list, . sai-i‘that. us there were others present ' _who had things down prettyfinc, and could talk better than he cou'd, he would not attempt to go into details. He had done what he thought was in the best interests of the town, and il put in again would do the same. Dr. Gould- then took thought others j;u-t as capable as or more capable than himself, might hive been nominated, and if he. had been a left out he would not have felt slighted. He had given time and attention to his duties ungruduioglv. and would do so the candidates. land, Wm. Hetherington Jr., George Brooks and Robt. Mitchell were elected councillors by acclamation. last named wore members of last year's council. again. There had been some trouble with the working.' of the light they had blamed the water wheel ; but when Mr. Aitkins, an expert, was here, he found the cause was in faulty setting up of the generator and switchboard Changes were made with Wilson, The only dispute candidates, including all four members of last. year’s council; connections. satisfactory results. still unsettled was concerning the claims for expenses made by the Jeuks people. A proposition had been sent them, but no reply had regretted that all lights had to be left burning all day in order to supply cus- tomers who needed light in cellar-, but this had been unavoidable. After care- ful consideration, it had been decided to put in a separate system, with are lights for the streets. have a sample of the light before nomi- nation duy,_but had beenyprevented by delays in arrival of supplies. comparing the amount the council of 1905 had and the council of 1906 will have to commence business with ; and the expenditures of 1904 and 1905.» The sum of $1200 more taxes was re- quired this school purposes,and $625 that had been raised last year from property sold. The other 3200 came from the L. H. & P. Co, but was eaten up in law costs. The new council will have $700 more than the old one to start business with. This can be and probably will be used to commence building cement walks. as lumber is now a’high price. walks $517 less had been spent than in 1904 ; $165 leas, and arias had been increased $58.50 House of Refuge tax of$97 was respons- ible for the rise in the county rate. had not made up his mind whether to be a candidate or not. and in the m-zan- time had nothing very particular to say, and would not take up time of others. board, on rising to speak, said it would perhaps there had been some charges made against the board, as then there would have been something The board had not done all that might have been done. pointed out defects. Ventilators "and heating arrangements were unsatisfac- tory, and the yards were a great deal too small ; but these were hard matters to remedy. _, spent, but it had been well spent. get capable teachers, salaries had to he raised. as there was. in the country, and the teachers were not being paid too much quiet now, and not say much. .thized with workingmen. other than other towns to offer inducements ‘ Martin, Slater. Sims, Northey, Deyman . test for the oflices of trustees and com- ~ m-iusione‘rs, as only the required number are floor. _ .-'-rd-.- â€" . » wvâ€"vâ€"r â€"~--y-Q .r .... .. He had no complaints to make. plant for which yet been received. He They had hoped to â€"â€" Dr. Sims then gave a brief statement, year than lustâ€" $375 for 0.: side- misce-llancous accounts printing $35 less. were Sal- The L Dcyman was next called upon. He F..\IcDougall, chairman of the school have been a little better if to talk about. The Inspector had More money had been To They had now as good a staff Pupils going‘ to Lindsay. were farther advanced than- pupils there,,and were highly complimented. Fuel had been higher in price on account of snow blockades, which accounted for some of the extra expense. Geo. Martin, when called upon, said he had made 0 much money while in ofiice, getting $10 each for poles and two or three prices for teaming, that he thought perhaps be had better keep very He had made such a pile that he could afford to stand aside and give someone else a chance. John'Slater announced that he was in the field. He liked to see the village prosper. The Sandford factory paid $36,000 last year in wages, and this was a good thing for the town. He worked as long hours as anybody. and sympa- Tho acquisi- tion of the water power was a benefit to the village. He had made mistakes in the past, but was ready to admit it. F. A. McDiarmid, Secretary of the Board of Commissioners, on being: asked to speak, stated that the Falls was get. ting its electric light cheaper than any place in the Province of which he had any knowledge, and in proof quoted rates paid in other towns. The service could be made still cheaper and im- proved if residents would take more lights. If the electric light were more generally used, the price could be put down to where it would compete with coal oil. The town is in better shape to industries wanting power. The resignations placed in the hands of Clark Junkitt make Mr. McFarland Reeve for 1906, and leave six in the contest for council, namely :- Messrs. and Littleton. There will be no can- were nominated. vnannau. In this township the only contest is r the reeveshi‘p. for which ‘ I John Devitt and MrEmcrsor" for: are pursued, left the “ rig . _ yard and took to the woods. walking between forty and fifty miles to Cobw- conk,‘which they reached on the 13th, they hired a cutter and. pair of horses from Mr. T. A. Carl’s livery stable, and drove away, but failed to return. On the 19th Constable Brock, of the FnlLs. got a telegram from Coboconk and immediately started in pursuit of the thieves, whom be traced to No. 3 camp in Longford. that they'had passed through Brace- bridge on Sunday, the 'l'Zth inst, and sent telecrnmsto _ that and other places, and the thieves were captured about ten miles east of Huntsville by two consta- bles from that village. Charles Wilds, Who had a pair ‘of re- volvers. gave his captors the slip and made for the woods, pursued by one of the constables, who was armed with a rifle, and shots were exchanged, but neither of the men was hurt and the fu- gitive escaped. ’Qn ‘the 23rd Constable Brock wont to Huntsville and took Nor. man Wilds to the county jail at Lind- say, where he will be tried by Magis- trate McSweyn next Monday. While at Orillia. Mr. Brock heard something; a- bout the theft at Goldwater, and got the particulars from his prisoner en the way to Lindsay. , fur over-coat, a pair of fur mitts, a belt, two hatchcts and a large knife, supposed to have been stolen, were taken from Norman Wilds. and are now held by Constable Brock, from whom the owner or owners can obtain them. ‘ Mr. Carl wont to Huntsville and got his horses, but his cutter was smashed to'pieccs. .,Mr.- Messrs. Dthd‘MuFar-V All but the SOMERVILLE. . For reeve, Rtbt. A. Cullen and Just. For councillors there are 12 .BOBOAYG EON. Reeve,-Gco. C. Byng, (acclamation.) For Councillors; Andrew Bradiu, W. A. Davis, D. Hetherinzton, H. Mark, A. McIntyre. . FENELON. Last year's rcevc and council were re-clected by acelamation. We...“ A Horse Thief Captured. On the 11th inst. Charles Wilds and Norman Wilds two brothers, from Vic- toria Harbor, stole a a buggy at Goldwater, and, when ten miles north of Orillia, finding they were pair of horses and H in a, farmer's He there learned By Some means A Winchester rifle. a m...” verulatn Council. Council met at Bobcaygcon on Dec. 15th; all the members present. Mr. S. Thurston was appointed D. R. O. at Dunsford poll, which is to be-‘ held in the Methodist church hall. The clerk was ordered to communi- cate with Mr. Courtney re his claim for work done on Emily boundary, asking for further explanation. v ' ' A resolution re railway crossing at- ' Lindsay was signed by the reeve and: clerk. M. Sutton was allowed $12.66, two- thirds value of sheep killed by dogs. ' M r. W. J. Finley appeared re arrears- on lot 18, con. 8, and statute labor. rc- bate. It was arranged that'hctakc- $4.22 and pay arrears. Wm. Jackson was allowed the priva. ilegc of cutting small second-growth: trees along' his fence. The collector presented a statement showing all taxes paid except 837.24: returned to the county, and the roll was accepted. W. H. Bowhcy’s offer to. open quarter line between lots 20 and 21, con. 2. for :55 was accepted, subject to inspection. by commissioner. No action was taken regarding appli~ cation to have James White made an. inmate of the House of Refuge, 7 , v Forty six accounts, totalling 8885 98,. were passed, after which the councils adjourned. W AOOIDENT.â€"O‘n Wednesday of last week Mr. J. T. Thompson Jér.,. while at Work in the Sandford factory, stepped on a- nail in a piece of board; The nail.- penetratod his foot near the toes, makâ€" inga painful wound, which laid. Mr... Thompson up for several days. CHRISTMAS ’l‘anns.-â€"-'l‘ho Christmas: trees in connection with the Presby- terian, Methodist. Anglican and. Salve.- vation Army Sunday Schools during the past few days were very enjoyable. events to teachers. pupil's, parents and others who. took part in them. The? singing of Christmas hymns and enroll, recitation: and some very pretty drills by the children. were pleasing features ’of the gatherings. The hearty thanks: of those who had charge are extended to all who so generously helped, with contributions and. otherwise.