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ification 'its, sand’ SEEN. ierers. D0 an R3083, Matchless 5'! mbez‘ 30 1,3 *0 be 100. GUM in the line of Summer Goods .3- sold at Great. Sacrifice. LINDSAY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7th x890 The regular meeting of the Town Coun- cil took place on Monday evenina. Pres- ent the Mayor, Reeve W illiams: Deputy Reeves Flsher and Lennon, and councill- ors Brown, Bryans. Lack, Parsons, Cahlll, Grendel], Dr. Herriman. ‘l ' . Tue mmutes of last meetmq were read ; and approved. mcu refe tlon. Ml' purpose mittee. IIILLUVV. A petitioxfifrom M. Murta cind others! asking for a. sidewalk. Referred to the ‘ Street and Bridge committee. From T. Fee, offering his lot on the corner of Peel Street and Victoria Avenue to the council as a test ground for flowing well, and binding himself to sell the same ‘ for $900. Referred to the Fire and Water committee. ' A report from the Fire Warden was read , . 1, “21.13.“..- lamina orpnfed bV Uquuuvqu. A report from the Fire W :irden was read in reference to buildings being erected by J. C. Armetrona and other matters. Re- ferred to the The report of the chief constable was read and referred to the Police committee. ‘ Mr. Fisher read the report of the Street ‘ and Bridge committee. Mr. Crandell drew attention to the fact that the report did not deal with the com- plaint of Mr. Brooks with respect to the nuisance on simcoc street. Mr. Williams presented the re the Fire and W ater committee. reconnnended as follows: Your committee haVe duly considered the offer made by Messrs. John Galt of Toronto and S. J”. Parker of Owen Sound .. ‘17 . ‘Xrnm1ynnfi Hm port of The re- port COMMUNICATIONS. From R. Spier. Sec. Board of Educatinn eluding a. resolution of the Board, in ference to [Sizcreased school accommoda- 3n. and askjng a grant of Q3000 for that 1. [JUL]. 1 UUv-n---â€"--â€"V. - ,, Your committee have duly considered the offer made by Messrs. John Galt of Toronto and S. J'. Parker of Owen Sound to put in a system of Water Works on the franchise plan. Also an offer from F \V. Date, on behalf of Messrs \Yollman, Keith 5; Co... New York, making an offer to con- ‘ struct a system, and in the opinion of vour committee, the offer of the latter Co. is the most favorable for the town. Your \ committee would therefore recommend that the town solicitor be instructed to re an agreement in accordance with prepn ~ mun hammfinm: of their offer to be L’LUVW; v u-- “a- the genera conditions of their offer to be no Dunn.“ submitted to a special meeting of this startled by council to be called at the discretion of the port-1v the Mayor. , Dr. Herriman strongly advocated the How Rev. report and stated that he had a. conversa- _) ‘ tion on the subject with Mr. Date, and LOWMA‘ stated that this company was thoroughly rence of I reliable. gt.» wfular P * - A: mm W 0 W91? Mr. Willi-53$ read the re Finance committee which was Capt. Crandell objected to of Sadler, Dundas 00., for in connection 'with the water iug Saturday night and till Mon- day morning, so as to be in a position to work the pumps in case of fire. After a characteristic display on the part of the which seemed to amuse part of the Capt, report was adopted. the audience, the Mr. Fisher read the report of the spec- ference to the town ial committee in re clock. The report recommended the pur- chase and repairs of the clock. On motion of Mr. Fisher, seconded by Dr. Herriman, the culvert near Messrs. Sylvester’s works was ordered to be repair- ed instead of building a new one. ""“° -AAAnAoA Dylvvuyv- _ , ed instead of building a new one. On motion of Mr. Williams, seconded by Mr. Brown, By-laws to appoint Police commissioners and to raise a. sum ot money fer the current expenses of the town, and also a By-law to re-arrange the sub-divi- sions of the South Ward were introduced and read a first time, and the council went into committee of the whole thereon, Mr. Fisher in the chair. ,_ Inu- +nmn TOWN COUNCIL. skzinu aar? nt 0: awuu Réferred to the Final; NIAGARA. Ont, Aug. 1.â€"â€"Two ladies e drowned yesterday in the river at Youngstown, N. Y.. Mrs; Reesor, her sis- ter Miss Anderson and Mr. Reesor. were bathing, and the two ladies got beyond their depth and lost their lives. Mr. Reesor is a} school teacher near Woodstock Om. Theywere visiting Mrs. Reesor's father at; Youngstown. Two Ladies Drowned. Capt. Crandell, seconded the street and bridge com- rnnfnd to take some action sing money for town Another railway accident occurred yes- range the sub-d1v1- tel-day morning, resulting in the e read a third Grand Trunk Brakeman Lawrence rd wer About 5 o’clock ‘ the Brock street cross- Lennon, seconded by couphng cars “331 . mg when a companion named Andy Gar- He rush-‘ angineer be instruct- _ . hell repaired atgonce, land saw hnn drop his lantern. ed over Just 111 time to see the poor fellow xceed $35. . . Crandell. seconded caught 1n the brake rod and whirled round ”ire and Water com- until his back was broken: Garland was a e d to submit amend- unable to say howr the accident had occur- red, but on examination the only external aw at an earl date. y _ mark found on lnm was - , __:L:n“ “you founded meer be mstruct- mg ire aired atgonce, Ian mndell. seconded car : and Water com- un' to submit amend- at an eariy date. , to the notice of on rility of procuring th and read extracts br .nncd other towns se‘ es when they were R m ed with Mr. Lennon J 1 ".6 action should be b1 and proper sites e1 0: Crandell, seconded 1V eat and bridge com- C to take some action V E: ce CORI- ILLD " I 11111 Nonwoov, Ont. Aug. 1.â€"- A young‘ gentleman of Toronto, named Bothwell, was drowned at Stony Lake today while bathing. He had ben swimming around, carrying his little sister on his back, when I‘m ladies it is supposed, he took cramps and sank t0 5 river at the bottom and did not rise agam. His or, her 813' mother, who was a short distance away, :esor. were heard the little girl scream and hurried to ued her as she was 10‘? beyg‘ild *her assistance and resc V95. 1 1" oing down for the third time. The "water , “fight-0‘03 wasahout‘ZO feet deep where Bothwell’s ~ n..na\ Q 1 " M- .. ~ Fu-mfl. In}; an hour after- “Ullgmuc ‘JL 1 , u...“ ....-_v I, , the report w:=.s heard. ering mass a terr f ,vhich shook the ship. The monster berg 5. suddenly broke in three pieces, each piece h} or going under water with a roar and crash like thunder. The steamer shot on the 0‘ bottom of the third piece, which tipped h over, holding her for a while clear out of h the water. For: a time it looked to all ,‘j on board as though sudden death was in- I evitahle, but in a moment the sea, which P had hitherto been as placid as a mill pond, n suddenly became a surging mass. This a driving sea rushed down upon the Portia '] and lifted her off the me into the water. 1021 examining the ship‘ it was found that E the stanchions in the saloon had been dis- placed and bent and the under girders of the dining tables smashed. Captain Ash was at his post on the bridge at the time of the accident. After the report he saw a third of the berg tip over and a. portion of it slowly rise from the water. The engines were stopped. Had this order not been promptly executed the steamer would have gone down when lifted from the ice by the seas. The excitement among . the passengers was intense. The captain _ and chief oflicers shouted to the passen- - gers to keep cool. The terrified passengers grew calmer, and almost immediately 1 after the Portia was in clear water and f out of danger. The bow of the ship was 1 damaged by ice, and a portion of the forâ€" e ward apartment was flooded. The passen- . gers speak in high terms 'of the judgment h and coolness displayed by Captain Ash. ,- This presence of mind during danger is 1‘ what would naturally be expected from a 7 u- “.4. “nvo- {n v RQCSUI S ‘3“1’U‘v“ «11; (’4. ”is! THEuss. LII» vvv-J D' townloses one of its be: young wife, to Whom be September last, has the ‘ of the community in her . l ble bereavement. PORTIA’S ESCAPE. A Brakeman Killed. Centé per Year in Advance Henry Mather, a Sup-posed uorpse, : Springs a surprise or. His watchers. CHICAGO. Aug. 2.â€"Henry Mather, of Evanston, read his own obituary notice in a Chicago paper of Tuekvr‘a"; : MATHERâ€"At tbs laidace of Mr. Brown, Evanston, Heurv Tfiu‘her, aged 50 years- ‘ ‘Funeral notice later. " Just at the sane imrr Hm supposed corpse created a 131(;‘(;d-~~~-~f:‘=~~ md hair- raisinz sensation :12: 1M ‘ “f John Brown, in quiet Evans: :1, '* : 'x‘ix‘ing from J -__A. 3 his couch on which he 'h casting to one side ' covered him, and. deck» " 1;: f": had been made. ’Mr. ' he had been laid on a ' :z? and put in the hot back r2 'He insisted on an explanu presence of crepe on the flow not understand why th» 3 11“- ‘and dressed in the middle ‘ The terrorized eople all-g. in ting up” With t e alleged 70 broke the sad news of his (z Mather. He had her earley in the evening The doctor had said so, v.11,” ances the doctor was 0 ~ - had been ordered. Tla-A been selected notices had i: ‘ papers. Everybody though . was deadfexcept Mr. Maths he was really dead, then ti 1 u .5 L V‘k . r . thing Wnlflhcy 11v“. u “no- - - , a. cigar. “What’s the matter?” he asked: “Ain’t you dead?” asked Morgan. “ Why. certainly not, my dear buy. If you had given me this whiskey I Would have been all right long ago.” The h'v-‘sv deceased and resurrected Mr. Mater up at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin new on a. pleasure excursion. He has been improving some since Tuesday. This weird but truthful account of how he failed u- die is publish- ed at his own request. Special to the WATCHMAN. We had another heavy storm on Sun- day evening, thunder lightningr and rain. The rain came down in torrents for a. while, causing large floods of water to run on the roads cutting them up badly in places. The grain is ripening in 172:2 Nearly all the farmers around hm- *- :‘re getting binders. Crops look gr-a 2‘. principally wheat, oats and pease. £123 barley will be generally light in 5th.“? Rut the grain * vv..- W a Mr. Leonard Myres, an old resident of Manvers. died on Wednesday. It is nearly forty years since he landed from Ireland; he tollowed blw; ‘4"'¢Ei7?zing for a number of years in Ballydufi‘ and Lotus. He was nearly eighty years old and was the most part of that time an {Mange-man. The funeral, which was :1 312:. one, took place on Friday to St. Mary's burying ground. The family have Nae sympathy of the community at large. AS A SECOND TIME 0‘: EARTH. Mr. John Hodgson is recovermg, n15 shoulder is about all right. Mr. B. Boybon has been out and is coking well, although his leg is still weak. ‘ ".1 Mr. J. Syred is about m 1.43:1; a. house ; thls fall. Mr. D. Chambers i the efi'ects ot his fall 1 loft. Last Sunday was the ‘.‘v-‘-?'°est day this summer. Binding gloves. ‘35 . 350. and 50 0133.. 3 boxes matches 25 cts., su ,.:r. 15 pounds for $1 at E. Woods. The little boy who got scalded two weeks since is improving. He suffered considerably. Two American steamships have just ar- rived at Liverpool with swine on board, some of which were afi‘ectv"! with swine film-r. She animals were shwghwred as awn as {Lu-dad. side the s?! decla it}: 9:: . 1‘11‘. :L'leLJ‘C on a 3: rd. >t bac" 18L: an explgmm FLEETWOOD. BURNT RiVER. up posed Corpse. ged remains finally his (mm death to :4. rose since 3: :1 mans a fact, ), :vns’a to 3‘31 appear- :« -~ 2C! ~. The coffin '1! rawâ€"bearers had had been sent the though: Mr. Mather Ma then himself. If he; tncre is such a 2.‘ the supposed ~‘zsd lair- of John '1. T “- rising from é~ "£aid011t,” r."3::-ud which 1‘” 17:. r '1 mistake Int-1m asked why HI‘J. hard board v“; to sleep. :hnation for the door. and could 3116-le were up (is: of :he night- [,;, 21:15. been “sit. mnbers is recucering from his fall through the stable is recovering, his b3ttest day this