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B flat is now running full Llold custcsners are hear' new their: business rule “6"", vi, ibis season of the year. V 08" mmameu; U|llnw\|I-‘ v. :2th practical business Assn hue hold of wermblishment with the km of giving (the public thorough tion in all respectf‘si.‘ va XIIâ€"g {36.9. blunt A.- -.-- '“‘l" v V the beat grades-of Flour, Mead and will be keptin stock and may be any time. ‘ , 7 L--- khan vmwrm Flour Mill a important .dbmges haze been .ndthe system nun employeé will, 1k. give satfiacsionzto all. nets and, m whether .old lets or new, m‘depend on reseiv- abest attention. hear. prices paid for all . kiqu of W... -- A Fiour at wholesale price in «8!- for grain. lly give us a call. ~524, 00100011000 81 G0. Veterinary Surgeon. rcmm. 01 :1» 0mm Yam-aw ,003 Haber Ontario mam-I “min": 500“! 05cc: Axevdoonlonthot Hon 3'“ {0; night. a-n- prompfly “M to P“ Gxuau. of Rename Acne-r I of Music - Yorunto College 0! Musk, would like Main» take lemon-tn mic to I “filth n w u come-ion}. n. “‘9‘ m :94 W~-¢-"- Bmdordgned, East Bl." Lo‘ 3. Con. 7, Flu. on or mus NW and, roux “ti-"Es. three rod and on: guy. JAIES “an: Horeb P.0.-49 4. WAIN, .YEDâ€"From 1th; pgerpiscf ,TED. â€"’reachef ‘9‘ $°h°°l hon, No.8. Baily. ii, to BURTON N PROPERTY FOR r _, -aâ€"Mmd R: win be sold“: summing-00. , Avnly to anss\ LLB JACKSON, MEDâ€"From P}: ring in can. COM ’3. Cmbny P.0.-â€"53-3. management consisting of tr, 8.3. No .THREE YEABLING white and the other _-_:A.6- dPh I"‘i;uoxw..." may ; Omemoo mu“ ”faxed to his intention to retire, but at $0ng p.333? the mint request of his friends he had 3mm YEARLING consented to offer himself a a cmdidete mite “d ."W “‘3“ for the second deputy reeveehip. 99mmmm° “m Mr. Kylie mnounced that he was no ” recently ‘x-yson ume again My invited have been ONT MUWAL NOMINATIONS- F. C. TAYLOR, ESQ., MAYOR FOR - =THE YEAR 1898. Jul.- ‘u’ 1V8 o h be cast Mohday'n‘e; ‘that would tell the l tale. He was very sorry to say that he I quently 1n Lindsay men were nOminstedy The municipal nominations on Monday .ast created very little excitement. Szeps were taken-by a few leading citizens to bring outcapable pen, and it is a plea- l and elected for a joke. in .Peterbero ligand? :éhagevignuai: 2:35 Tc”. lab“? they ran the best men they could find, ' e e “no“ (' ‘and the result was that they had azpros- Mayor F. 70. Taylor we can boast of a first officer who possesses courtesy and ability porous town. He could not understand how men could be found ready to nomin- 31:15:51 willing: thoritfilil: 1lirnotxyleoge (if ate any man for a. joke when they “(091d pa ers w a a 1m a va ' consider every point In-their-own business . \. ‘ ‘ . . . . . ‘ usole acquisition to our council board. dealing. h:t mm conmderfora moment ;Then ex-Mayor Smyth as second deputy- reeve is a popular move that will stregthen the civic body. ~~We are also pleased to chronicle the election of the members for the north ward without a contest. It is a tribute to their. worth as citizens. For the reeve andfirstdeputy-reeveship there is a lively contest, as is also the case in the south and east wards. We hope that the citizens of - .Lindsay will hear our remarks in mind and consider the capa- bilities of each candidate before n'aiking their ballot. Mayorâ€"F C3 Taylor, by acclamation. Reeveâ€"TheesBrady and R Touchburn lst deputy-reeveâ€"James Keith and John Wilscn. that they are one of acompsnyof thir- teen to expend say 840900 of their own capital. Would they act in this way? No, they would want time to consider each point. He was not a candidate for the mayoralty but was among the listot nominees for the south ward and perhaps he might be there. Mr. F. C. Taylor, the new mayor, on coming forward stated that he felt grate- ful to the previous speakers for tbekmdly allusions to himself, and he hoped he would merit their expectations. He could at least assure them that he would do all in his power to add to the general prosperity of the town. He felt that at did not fullv realize as citizens eimnn wn Lively antest in Town and County. 2nd dgputy-reeveâ€"Robert Smyth. by ncclamnion. North Wardâ€"J :rD Graham»? Alex. Hr m. J ohqfi plagwgod, Eyfcqlamatign. “ South Ward-HR Baldwin, 1’ P Burrows, John Duke, E P Gillogly, Jae MgGibbona, J HNSootheran. East Wardâ€"Samuel Buillck, Fremont Crandell, Geo Crandcll, W B Fee. James Gr): den, J on Killaby, A D Manon, J R Thomas Walters. William McWatters, Thomas Ellis. The small attendance of interested ratepayers at the publicmeet'mg held on Monday evening for the purpose of die- cussing municipal matters, to say the least, was discouraging to the men who are willing to place their names before the ML_ OLU ...... "H .v r_~ people as municipal candidates. The meeting was called for 17.30. p.m., but it was after eight before anything like a gathering was present. andaeven then it mas hardly in keeping zwithrthe import- ance of the occasion. . Col. Deacon was the duly appointed chairman, and after opening the meeting inhis fluent manner and wishng all his old friends and neighbors the compliments pfgthe season. invited hhenoniineee to‘ take seats on the platform, whererMarket‘ Ola-k Callaghan, with an eye to the beau- tiful, had rearranged the sceneryon the stage, and everything presented a very attractive appearance. Umthe platform were MayorrSmyth, F. C. Taylor, Reeve Touchburn, Dep - reeveifiillogly. Messrs. R. Kylie, Thos. BradynJ. McGill, J. H. Sootheran and Dr. Burrows. The chairman, after speci- fying that each speaker should be allowed fifteen minutes. exnreeecd the hope that good order wonld prevail. , AL... “.11."! nmn in ”Neill. gUUu vn-uu- .. v.._ ,, MayonSmyth was then called upon to addressflaa meeting and thankedihemte- papers for the honor they had conferrcd upon him. While he aid not expect. to be the tint ,ppeaxer called upon, It was ,__ -_ -AII “nun ‘n‘nn In UO \uv us-..- pry-.. quite proper tor them to call upon him to give an account of his stewardship. He took up theafinances of the town. At the} oommenoemest of last year they had a surplus of 82900, but there was an unpron year 1897 they had a surplus of $400,? ‘but as there were some $400 of out- standing payments this surplus would be Ereduced to about $2000. During the year they had purchased some additional land for a wharf, and put in an electric fire alarm. The gstetn had been sub- [.170 anally. atuv V.--â€" l mitted to a great flea ot criticism, but he informed them that while it was not the wish the council to go to this expense they were attfiply forced «to do so by the demands of the Undernriters’ Association, otherwise the insurance of the whole .-__ -mm hnvn been greatly increased. otherwise the insurance of the wnme town would have been greatly increased. He .could not see any way by which municipalities could override the demands of thefnderwriteu' unless they were to combine and do their owuinsurance. In fact he..could assure them that the muni- ctpal connection which he attended with Coun. Sootheran, were considering this plan. Hebriefly alluded to the erection d the band stand and the urchase of road roller. which combine with the other expenditures totalled up to some $240.). and which should be added to the Capital account. At one time .it was hoped that they would be able to ban reduced the raten‘o 23 mills on the dollar, ‘but Conn. Sootheran, following a plan . that he believed Mr. Taylor had endorsed 3 when chairman of finance, thought it was better to have little too much than not enough. A: to the plans wherein they had failed he might mention the sewerage scheme. It was hoped that they wouldl have been able to do something along this line and it was intended to ut the sewer pipe down into the bed of t river, but after investigating the matter it was found that there was a great deal of 118095" nary plumbing to be done and traps to be put in before it would be safe to house- holderr He eXplalned how they had ado ted a plan recommended by the board of th, and expected the property holder! to petition for newer: on the frontage plan. He had personally waited on the property holders on Kent-It. and found them ready to sign apetltion to yet the work underway. The cost would be about 81 per foot on the frontage plan. He referred to the purchase of the roller and the good roads movement, which was , _. LA! .h-- M. The Public JUIeeting. SCHOCE. . TRUSTEES. (~0‘InSCH-LORS. a candidste for the mayomlby amteven if he was he would be only too Iready'to stand aside for Mr. Taylor. whu =he~con4 eidered was a better man for the posztiun.’ After looking over the list of nomineeshe was satisfied that they had material from which to select- a good council to assist Mr. Taylor. It was the votes thatwould be cast. Mohday next that. would tell the itale. He was very sorry to say that fre- iquently 1n Lindsay men were nOminated and elected for a jvkt‘. 1n .Petorboro Mr. F. C. Taylor, the new mayor, on coming forward stated that he felt grate- ful to the previous speakers for thekindly allusions to himself, and he hoped he would merit their expectations. He could at least assure them that he would do all in his power to add to the general prosperity of the town. He felt that at times we did not fully realize as citizens how good a town we had. During the long years of depression there was ,not a l town in Canada that had held its own as well as the town of Lindsay, which had continued to prosper through it all, as was plainly manifested by the number of good c‘ buildings that had been erected. We are l" in the centre of a fine agricultural dis- trict, and Lindsay should be a good town for the manufacturer. as well as a good town to live in. He wished here to thank: his mover and ssconder, as well as those- who signed the petition. for placing his name in nomination He had felt some- what timid in offering himself for the mayoralty as he he felt that he might be. intruding upon other worthy men. He had when he first came to Lindsay enter-z , ed the council and had served five yearsâ€"; ‘ three as mayorâ€"of the busiest time of his" , life and when he could least afford it. He , was pleased to hear Mayor Smyth’s excel-Z , lent statement of the finances and he was , pleased to know that that gentleman was 3 gotng to remain in the council. He urged. the ratepayers to accept Mr. Kylie’s , advice and place good men in the council t the incoming year. The question of good - roads was an important one, and he felt that whatever work was undertaken a should be undertaken with a View to making a permanent roadway. He referred to the proposed extension of the Victoria. railway to Mattawa. which should receive every encouragement from the town and council. He (Mr. Taylor) then surprised the audience by stating that he J hoped to see a hospital moved for the? y sick before the end of the year. A num- ber of gentlemen had been working quietly along this line and he was pleased to say that he believed it would be a .. reality, and at very little cost to the town. Id In conclusion, he thanked the ratepayers , tor the confidence bestowed upon him, .d and while he recreated the criticism that had been heaped upon the old council he felt that they had carefully looked after to the finances of the town and he only :e- hoped the incoming council would do .4 even betas, ' -_-_~A~mmflafifc â€"s new name for itâ€"I was the most important whole council, as it 9: money. Lindsay never“ town, as Mr. Brady [1 give, you 51;; Si {ac-as in: if he don’t. do ev ing that the ntepeyem ah he will be 1- ed ." He condemned the spirit thnt elicited more for memben when the Mann p1 of any committee was assailed. It was easy for citizens to lodge oompldnte when I. Thus. “ Brady qmdidate for the 3.0L) RE WWEGHMAN. UNDSAY. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 30TH.1897 against. Mr. Brady. He was not going ‘30 make any promises, as he comd not see how he could do any‘hing dlfi'sreut than he had done and as he beheVed m the interests of the town. In couc‘usion, he thanked the ratepayers to: the confidence placed in him in the past, and wished them a hapnyrnew year. 1 I C_J L2, ‘MVW .“ "“rv'J â€"' ' a ~ Mt. McGlll was surprised to find his name among the list of nominees; as it was placed there without his knowledge. He was phased to see that ; Ayul' Snyth was a candidate fur second deputy and he would do all in his power to elect: him if he was oppoaefl. .1“; L- LA; uv uuu VI’V""“ -Coun. Soother-an stated that he had‘ very little to say to them. His careerl‘ .was well known to all of them and what '3‘ the reporters had not given them the 3‘ anonymous correspondents had. He “ then explained how the salary grab Question had came about. The council with two exceptions favored payment for theirservices and he was authorized to consult the town solicitor. This being done at the next meeting of committee he had requested Mr. Walker to leave the room. when he read the opinion from ;Mr. -Hopkins. which stated that they could not vote themselves a salary. He then told them in the way of a joke that there was another Way in which they could do it by granting the mayor $800. but .it .was only meant as a ioke. He knew of Va.way in which they could have been paid and that was by voting them- selves a sum for services rendered on committee. but he did not dare, to men» tion it because they would have jumped at it. Dr. Burrows stated that the Lindsay council was peculiar in that there were no rimzs and therefore there was no co- hesion. He then read eXtracts from the press reports to show that he was not responsible for all the beer garden 5 episodes in connection was the council â€" g as on two occasions at least he was not I present. He also .read the passage at A __ J 13...... mnnn‘n. [180 500 IV lVbo .. .. ---,, gather satisfactory until they had secured an electric striker on'the towu bell. He had done all he could to make the fire brigade effective. He had failed to have the town hall remodelled into civic offices. He hoped to see a new inovmion in the system of making rcads by the use of only good, honest, broken stone. He also hoped to see a sec'ion of artificial stone sidewalk laid this year when he felt the ntepsyerl would not want to go back to the plank. He was sorry to say that he had failed in his attempt to give every â€"â€"â€"7.A--.Ifln [18 um luucu u. ..... .--_--_T v poor man his full share of corpomtion work at what. he was worth, but he had tried to do away with the nepotism and favoritism and the practice of build- Ing extra walks opposite the residences of councillors like Reeve Touchburn had done. ‘ '9 ALâ€" ”HIâ€"IL. Coun. Deacon enquired u we Puuuu school sinking fund was all paid up. Coun. Soot-heran explained that the two last] councils had paid their way as well as paying up a certain proportion of the sinking fund that had not been pro vided for by previous councils. Col. Deacon refutedvtbe statement of a surplus. , Mayor Smyth took a bend and pointed out that. the council had not the power to take the money contributed by Roman Catholics to pay otf the Protestant school debts. - .u . AL- JALnnoe‘o-n “The colonel stated that the a would have toAbe paid_ some day. to make a mum. “pun-mun -- _ m1 Wm Hothorington.‘ Conn- Reeve, 13c deputy-move. McIndoo . barman. John Lewis, J humans. Mr Kinhde (by acclamation). H Bender: and Mr 2nd deputy, Mr Stanton and Township Nominations, Deacon enquiregi- if .tpe public Lll lU': nuuvr-v' - v 120 he had prepared and since the dissolu- old board of works he had he reports of. thsb committee old band of works committee dismissed on acoouutrof their n... ma it was almost im- stated that th_e debenture J; Muzak-e. Councillors, Barincut, Hicksou and McGill. ' CAKDES. I Reeve, J Alton and Abraham Jacob.- Couucillors, John M Chrysier, Danie“ Day, M Beaiy, John J Irwin, D McPhail. Jas McKay. P Moran, T Scrachan. MARIPOSA ‘ Reeve, E-lwinrMark (by acclamation).‘ First dep.-reeve, John Smcey. P S Mark. choud depu'y, \V Gammon Li Rich. Counciliura, N (Lilies, A McKmnou. M Mcl’hadden. W Suggm. EMILY.- Reeve. W Adam and J R Boate. For deputy-reeve, J J Mitchell and W S Graham. Councillors. D Kennedy, D bcully, Isaac Fee, W Brown. BEXLEY. Reeve, R L Leroy, (by acclama- mation) ; councillors, Wm Peel, J Black, Edward Lytle, Alex. Hume, Peter Cuneron, Robert Ferguson. The members elect (by acclamation) are: For reeva, James Robermon; deputy-reeve, J T Curriua; counciliors, J H Hopkins, Daniel O’Connell, Thomas Hicksoxf. ELDON . Reeve, Donakl Jackson, Archibal MoFarlane ; deputy-mete, Colin N McDonald. Neil McMillan ; councillors] Donald McPherson. Runald McFadyen, James Vanatone. Charles E R053, R J McEmhern. -â€"For fine furniture at low prices go to the New Furniture Store. Johnston 8:. Sisson’s old stand, next Daly Houseâ€"51. Portraits. Crayon portraits in a beautiful frame, 911 complete, 1mm $3 up from our agents only. Order now. FOWLER 8: Co., photographers, Lindsay.â€" 52-2. NOMINATION â€"-On Monday the annual nomination of Council and School board was held. On that: fore- noon when going down town. your scribe noticed a. small boy looking eagerly and steadfastlyâ€"if, the term Al A_- anv "J “"“ v may be usedâ€"into the window of One of the grocery stores. Asked what was the attraction the diminutive re- ‘ plied, half breathless and in tones of suppressed expectation, “Apples.” At first the expressxon had no meaning but suddenly it flashed across our ‘mind that nominations had some connectiOn with elections, and that [elections and apples have an exceeding- FENELON FALLS Special to the Watchmm. ly strong and interesting connection in the mind of the young boy, especially a boy raised in Fenelon Falls Robins maybe a. token of spring,a circle around the moon may be warning of a coming storm, but the real, genuine election prophet, give us the small boy gazing into the windowafterCln istmas. Follow- ing were the nominations, Reeve, R. M. Mason. V. 5.; Councillors, Thos Rob- ison, Thos. Austin, Wm. McKeown, H. Austin, Wm Dvymin. A. Clark jr. Geo. Martin and Henry Pearce. School Trustees, Dr. Wilson. Dr. Graham, J. J. Nevison, and three others whose names we cannot at present learn. SKATING AND HOCKEY.â€"â€"The rink‘ opened on Thursday evening last, and has since been open for skating at the hours prescribed by the directors “Are we going to have as many skaters this year as we had last i” seems to he one of the questions of the day ...... The hockey boys started their practice on Monday night. They have alonger practice this year and should get down to good form. AIL- _____ ‘- Univâ€".‘ ' I," 7 ‘4 MODELITES.â€"â€"AS usual at the recent model exams, Fenelon Falls made a good rec rd. The three modelites and three renewals passed the exams. and have now their professional thirds. In former years it was not an unusual thing for school trustees to be search- ing ~for teachers, now the teachers must search, and diligently, for schools. Some person has to get the blame or a good many persons will go with minds chuck" full «f “give it to him.” I would suggest blaming it on Hon. G.W. Ross. He» seems to be coming‘ ‘ 8n for a considerable amount of blame in this district now, so one fault more or less will make very little differ- ence, and after all, those grocery store meetings dOu’t seem to improve the standard of education to any appreci- able extent. ‘ ‘_L DUI» Unityâ€"v. CHRISTMAS â€"â€"Two weeks ago almost any eight. year old boy in town could he heard giving his opinion of Santa‘ Claus. In ninety per cent of the cases: he would be skeptical. Santa Claus! Why, there was no such person. How could one man go allover the world in one night? Saturday morning between seven and eight o’clock the same boy might be seen in his shirt sleeves and {perhaps with only one boot on, searching in the snow for the cracks of the reindeer.. Such is life! The New Furnituze Store. Insurance R. G. GORNEIL ...Fire... a WILLIAM-ST. More beautiful than ever are the offerings of this store for those in search of HOLIDAY COLLECTIONS, for both friends and relatives. The two powerful influences combine . . . . HOLIDAY . DRESS GOODS. HOUSE- , HOLD LINENS. HANDKBR- CHIEF SPECIALS. 40KENT STREET, LINDSAY, ONT. Marvelous Assortment, Economical Prices. We are Off hr the Lovely Boucle Effects, regular vaiue 70c“ Holidgy price, 509. ' 75651-536660! SEfges, fegular vaiue 45:, for 30¢ Choice value in Tray Cloths. Scarfa, Doylios, Napkins and Table Cloths. "Ourr Holiday Napkin, ; size, at $1.00 a doz. is a trade winner. u out Leader" cutting saw 111N59- uw in the what. In these useful and popular gifts we are showing a great range from the lowest price printed Lawn to the finest Hand Embroidered Irish Linen and Pure White Silk with hem- s:itched borders. See them. Snow II 00m: 192 "‘3? “JESS 07/le Ho/zkz’czy S/ZOW A Big Snap in Axes. Christmas Greetings . . To All . . Housefurnishing Emporium, 52 Kent-st. Nowfi In grout “flew from 50° up. gun as a Wonderful Wu” groan-cut, the fastest Takes the lead of any Stand Lindsav - AT MEN’S NECK‘VEA R. IAN D CIOTIIING. In Derby’s, Lombarde, Knob. Flowing Ends. Puffs and Bows. Hominy prices 12$ to 50¢. A very appropriate gift. HenE! Boy- and airb- Bxxomu's in the place to buy spring sud Hockey Skates. We have nomothlng thst will make your eye- (hnoo. Christ- mas is drawing nut: and you want your Ihteo ready. Westlll ttkotha lad inOOAL OIL. Onrfignllonomlfillodwith 5 zillion-of A1 01110: $1.25. We guarantee our cunt toboldfigtllonl. If you wish to. enjoy the comforts of this cold climate present yourself with one of our Storm Proof Elston. We have them from $3.95 to $11. Men's Beaver Overcoats Single or Double-Breasted at $5, $6, $7.50. $8.25 and $10.00. A good line of Boys’ commencing at $2. If you wish to look your best “ I all should at. this particular season" bedeck yourself with one of our perfect fitting suite. The cosh will he light. Good Suits from 35 to $12.50. What About Skates. '5“ page. pad for my qur mo Riv Fun.