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KENT'ST. " " " my ; 5% “““w prosperous NewY.ear OIOUGHUN ”(“1ka i FURS EA Goodfleigfgl Wishing all :1 Pleasant Christmas. and a very happy and Men’s Furnishings PRESENTS FOR WOMAN Vol I ll “av, trimmed. Neckwear in the most up-to-date patterns, and finest materials, Fancy Suspenders, Mufflers, Gloves in Kid Mocha, Nappabuck in unlined, fleece-lined and silk-lined from 50: to' $2. if you are in doubt what to buy “him” for Xmas, buy aneckfie. No matter how many ties a manhas, one more is always welcome. Mufflers in reversible Oxfords and folded shawl varieties, all prices. _Gi_ft Ur;bre_llas,38 incl) size,unior_1 sill: covers, paragon Nothing is so well liked by the average women as a stylish piece of Fur. We have a yvast quantity of inexpensive pieces such as arfs, Boas, Muffs etc. Great display of ' Ties, Fancy Collars, Waist Bags, Chatelaines, Rain Coats Gift Umbrellas, Women’s 23 inch Umbrella covered with Gloria Silk, steel rods, stylish“ handles in Pearl and Bone with Sterling Silver Mountings, Nicely Boxed Handkerchiefs. The assortments are so graded and the range of prices so varied that no matter what your wants are you will be able to supply them here. Prices from $14 to $3. Pure Linen Damask Table Linen, T able Napkins, Embroidery. Hemstitched and drawn worked Linens in Shams, Centre Pieces, Tray Cloths, cIéoyles, Tea Cloths. etc., Scarfs, Towels, Counterpanes, Lace urtains. L_i_st 0f Suggestionsi steel rods; ‘han'dles of both, natural wood; blah? or memmmaee milk to the patrons per cwt. was $74.38. The increase over last Sea- son’s make was in cheese, 12 tons: in grass value, $3,169.32; in not value. $2,702.78 ; in price per cwt.. $7.58.“ A full attendance is desired :6 the next meeting a; very impar- tnnt mm is to, be aimed. Dr. Cornwall is able to be up again. Also Mr. Thos. Stephenson, sr., who was-laid up with a. bad cold. The annual meeting of the Omemee cheese factory was held on Dec. 4th. Owing-to other events on the same day many were unable to attend, so another meeting will be held in the near future. During the year 1, 415- 948 pounds of milk were received. and 133, 094 pounds or 66¢} tons of cheese were made. The gross value of the cheese was $18,199.61. The patrons paid ' $14.70 expensm and their net value of the cheese was $10, 532. 70. The number of pounds of milk required to make 3 “(9116mm of cheese was 10.6, nhdflio price or] i Amongst the visitors 'home from TManitoba' after an absence of years are ThOmas Lowes, Robt. Lgtle, Wm Race, Geo. Matchett, Ed. Tully and Bert, Ford. all of whom have done well and the last two came back to secure Ontario holpmatlés, which they apwmplished. The village is free of contagious disease. Our doctors are watching very closely against any diseases of contagious nature. Visitors to Lindsay last. week weak very highly of the fine show of Christmas goods and novelties and the low prices askcd. There has been a lot of fine stock shipped from this station lately. A large number of holiday visitors and students from Toronto and other places have already arrived. The Presbyterian tea and concert New Years night promises to be a most sociable affair, and aflords a nice opportunity for sleighing parties from Lindsay and other outside places to resume old friendship. There will be ample accommodation for all. Miss Gioss, vocalist, of Lindsay, is one of the expected stars. ‘ ‘ _ Theâ€"Elvosing exercises of our high school 'were very interesting and profitable on las_t Friday._ Consistâ€" ~The services on Sunday were bright and cheerful, and the music and addresses appropriate for the occasiOn. ing of music, debates, dialogues and recitations, reflecting great credit 0n the participants. The sudden and unexpected death of Mrs. Boatw, wife ofVIlobt. Boa-tes, reeve of Emily, east quite a gloom over the township. The funeral was very largely attended on Saturday last, by many sorrow ng friends, who were intimate with the deceased. She Was a daughter of D. McQuay's. and was held in high esteem by all. James Nugent, who lives one mile west of the village, was suddenly ‘called away on Thursday last at the advanced age of 83. He lived with his son. and was scarcely over a. day sick up to his death. The deceased was aremarkably quiet, inon‘ensive man, a liberal in politics. and a consistent life-lung member of the Methodist church. The funeral took place last Saturday to Bethany cemetery. _A _ The health of 2,322. ‘Iihdc'g lent; no contagious diseases s. 5. N02 5 FENELON School report for Dec. Names arranged in order of merit: Class5â€" Florrie Haynes. Class 4â€" John Murchison. Sr. 3rd classâ€"Herbie Worsley, May Murchison, Sidney Moynes, Willie McNiven. Cressie Moy- ‘nes, Leta Cooper. Jr. 3rd clamâ€" Florrie McNivan, Ethel McGregor. Sr. 2nd class-Willie Moynes. Mor- ley Moynes, Walter Candy. Jr. 2nd classâ€"Daisy Pearson, Stanley Mc- Nevan, Carl Worsley.~ Sr. pt. 2ndâ€" RoIlie Moy'nes, Wilbert. Worsloy. Jr. part 2ndâ€"Zella MtNevan, Gortrude Moynes, Mildred Pearson, El Wor- sley. ; way in which he conducted the sale and the price realized. ~ CAMERAY The trustees of the Methodist 'church, having recently purchased the late Mrs. Berkley’s fine n-afidencc for a parsonage, disposed of the old parsonage on Monday evening last, by public auction. Quite a number were present, and the bidding was quite lively. Mr. F. Chambers Was the purchasers at 8505. Ila-T. R. James officiated as auctioneer, and the trustees were delighted with the COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE AflAPPY NEW YEAR E. GREGOREL LINDSAY, THURSDAY. JANUARY lst. I903. Wishing you one and all every pros- perity and happiness, We thank our many customers for their liberal patronage of the past yw. We are, Your’s to command Comer Drug Store. Lindsay OMEMEE We are paying a commissioner large wages. Tom OzNeil was foreman in years past, we had no commissioner then. He made better roads than we have had since. Why 7‘ Because Tom was the best man in the county at road-making. Why pay large' wages to an outsider when you can get a man in our own town at ordinary wages ? If necessary to have a. comâ€"I missioner get a homebred one. Wei have commissioners ad museum, po- lice, waterworks, Board of Trade. Health. and how many more I don't know, all of whom are dictating to the caunéfl and ranting lots of tom: Again a bylaw is submitted to the Lindsay, Dec. 26th. people for $40,000 for the purpose of ._.___....._+____.... mending and making the leading mLERsmTHâ€"NORTH EMILY roads. Where are the leading roads? The home of Mr. J. F. Kennedy In the “feat 1508'.“ is one; in Lhc‘ was gladdened on Saturday, 13th .mz‘spksrdgszszrxzzzgse2:532: . m by the gum or their Mat- , . , i thew from e. western provinces. Egg“? Indus: roads whichhwxll cost 1 Mat, hps been aWay from home far .0005 mu 800d “:1 ms. C0“? '3‘ over sax years and returns .hale and Egopwymtghtillf 3;“ geopsltefioeftbtse _ hearty. He is welcome by his many mdsa. : » frie ds. town living on other streets may put. 0: Friday last a Very pleasant up With mud "‘1 infinitum. M“ Ed“ evening was spent at the residence of itor, I and others think if the (mun-4S Mrs. Kennedy. A few of the parents ‘C‘1 was to submit a money by‘lawqwere invite in for an oyster supper, for “t least 3109000 to make 309‘! iafter which there was a gathering of {If 35%: 3'11; 8:633:11“ Erwin?“ ;' young people followed by a few hours ’t egt' th 9", ‘ y 3, great merry-making. At an early ””5 :1 c2)“, 3: £328 I“): mg 3 hour in the morning n11 separated for 3"” ance ymen ' their mapecti homes leased w'th "g“:d Emma" ”Prom?“ 0' the § the night's oneting and pg'ratcfhl lto woe wn, endorsed y'n m39'llr.sndlbs.Kenned frtheirver majority vote. but as it is the “"th hospitality. ‘ y o y ciphers willbedetentedorlunal â€"-â€"â€"câ€"â€"â€" mseprophet. ,,. ‘ ,, VWA _ Again the council is forced to ask us to vote $2000 for the purpose of purchasing a lot on which to erect a. magnificent building as a public li- brary. What do we want of any better library than we have got ? The library at present is not a workingmnn's library ; it is dirOCt- ed and supported {or a certain class. namely school teachers and swell young women and men who can a!- {ond to spend time reading science and fictionâ€"particularly the latter. The poor man or his family cannot aflord time, nor do they use the li- brary although its support part1)" comes from their taxes. This $2000 scheme will be voted down with a vengeance. Sinâ€"Having tailed this season to induce the council or commissioner to build nsidenlk on Wet; Jack Frost came along and kindly volunteered to males one tree of cost. working A wuld induce the Commis- sioner to induce the man with the sndw plow to keep it free of snow. It: is funny how the allairs of the town are run. The G. T. R. catches. as it were. the aldermen by the throat, and demands of them to close three streets and also to give them half of another. Well, gentlemen, close these streets and we poor propertyâ€" owners and tenants are enclosed like rats in a trap. What of that ? We are only workmen, sons of the toil,‘ white trash made- to be kicked about at the pleasure of rich men and Sunday-breaking railroad com- panies. They may boldly say “What is your inconvenienCe to us? You may go round by Lindsay street, run the risk if being dOWned by the ever- pussing train or blockaded by a shunting train and bombarded by coal smoke and ashes." Well, we will, have something to say anent this on election day. Editor Watchman-Warden Theme is no evidence or admis- sion wore me that the town commissioner intended to in any way wrong the town or make more than a. reasonable profit out of said contract if it had been entered into with Mr. Coombs. but it is a proceeding so mani- festly unptoper that no court could allow it to stand. The town commissioner wisely resign- ed, and i! he had not done so I should have felt it my duty to case Mr. Coombs secured the Conâ€" tract. join him in carrying out the said contract, and would be his partner in the same. and had also arranged with Mr. Coombs that he would, after such con- tract was duly signed and execu- ted. resign his allies of town oom- missioner before they, Jointly en- ta‘ed upon the work of, carrying out such contract . The nudin‘olnhnonor Judge DnnontheGhaImu-ucuemread o missiona- prqaared fluctuations tor the build“; of granolithic walks ; that the council advert- ised {or tenders for building a number of such walks next sum- mer under said specifications. and . that a Mr. Coombs and another each tendered for" the building 0! the same ; that the Board of Works referred said tenders to said town commissioner for his report. and that he examined them and reported to the council that Mr. Coombs tender was the lower; that before the said tenders were put in. the town commis- with said Mr. Coombs that he, Bionor had arranged and agreed the said commissioner, would. in Sole Town flatten Dhclssed The Text of His flooor’s Report to Council, as it Refers the Street Commissioner JUDGE DEAN’S REPORT ON THE CHALMERS CASE VALENTIA *A’ pleasant home wedding took I place of. the residenod of Robt. Tayé Iorlor of Elder mils. York county. [when his daughter Florence wasunit- ed in marriage to Mr. James N. Moflatt of Duluth' a former resident; of Valentin. The Rev. Mr. McKin- non pedormed the ceremony. The happy couple left for. a short. visit with Mrs. Moflatt's parent's, Mr. and lira. John Hofiatt of Valentin. 1‘hcy‘ lift on Satin-day last {or Vafioouva,j Mr Thou. Kennedy of Manitoba is the guest of his many relations and Hands in this section. He hubeen in the went for nearly twanty years and speaks in the highest terms of flu m prom B. 0.. where they will reside ‘n the flitting. ‘ , young people followed by a few hours real, merry-making. At an early hour in the morning all separated for their respective homes pleased with the night's outing and grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy for their very kind hospitality. j In conclusion let me tell you of a itown in Yankcedom, no matter where. lTheir council ran the town into debt until bankruptcy stared it in the face. What did my crude Yankee do? Just turned mayor and council ' out and tailed to elect others. repudiated their debt and allowed the creditors to take action. When they did so their was no omcial to receive the writ. Then they ran the town on a local plan. Whenever repairs were necessary a subscription was taken in the locality. If this plan is carried out in our town. why I'll just get my sidewalk next spring as I will hve to build at my own cost. Yours truly. ROBT. HUDSON. Lindsay, Dec. 26th. proper or fit councillors, and the sooner they are replaced by better men the better If we can t. p10- cure good men and true, let us, as a, final resort, return a council of wo- men, who I am Certain won 't be dic- tated to by outsiders. A change will soon have to take place, else this otherwise weaperous town will be- come bankrupt. Now a council of a small town ought to be capable of doing the work themselves, with the assistance of clerks. If not, they are not proper or fit councillors, and the when we are supposed to have seven ablementownthetown? I tell you. air, that: are nut two good men out of the seven and one of them is a young man forsooth, and his name is J an]: O'Reilly who has proved him- self a good councillor, honest and square. Jack. we will support you in our section and you will go in sure. The other is a doctor whom the council is down on and won't permit him to bring in a motion ; he will get a chance to physic them yet. town solicitor who makes laws and lots of town money-none of them are commissionersfl-"v tor pleasure. We have 11 tom: doctor-who can be 35.!er aflolished. as we have a. hospi- tal. Why all those commissioners 4. It was asserted. but not proved by the said evidence and admissions, that the said cc m- mlssioner had been engaged in outside contracts with other par- ties. I! he had been engaged in such contracts without the ex- plicit permission of the council, it would have been a grave breach of duty. 8. As to the charges that said commissioner had not given his whole time and attention to the service of the town. I do not find that this is established by the evidence and admissions before me. he only instance attempt- ed to be so established was in the matter of superintending the hospital grounds. which he did by permission of the council. At this point in the investiga- tion. counsel for the town com- missioner said, "If there is any property of the town that he ( the commissioner) has used we want to know it. and we want to have it. investigated, because that, is a charge that goes to his character of honesty." No other charge of that naxune was made by any one. 2. It. appeared that two barrels of cement, such as is used in mak- in‘ @0101“.th walks, had been impropa-iy charged to the town; that the town commissioner had certified to the mat and the town had paid it, but after a. careful and thorough uaxutnntion it was proven that this error was caused by inadverteuce or mis- take on the part of a. clerk in the omce of the firm from whom the cement. was got. and that the commissioner had done nothing wrong in this particular. 75 Cents a Year in Advance; $1.00 if Not so Paid recommend his dismmsal by the council. wâ€"A Marconigram sent across the Atlantic to the court of Italy has been received in Cornwall by m tors who know nothing of the 4 . ” language. which shows the “ with which messages mayday mitted. " 4 â€"â€"â€"Tho,v have named a Cape locomo- tive after De Wet. but. it is ta be hoped the engine doesn’t emulatejta namesake’s feats in the train-vied:- ing line. ” ' " , â€"A deputation is to be sent ‘t'o America shortly by the London County Council to: investigate the building arrangements of the larger cities with a View to changing Lon- don's building methods. â€"In consequence of the fall”: A of the baking film of J and I. W Pease of Darlington, whose liabilitied are estimated at £500 000,31: country'estam will be sold at auc». tion on Friday. V â€"The British Admiralty 1 ed to introduce radical chm: training and cducuti ma! 3; the navy, wliimgbv «mire ~r. will be instituted for cadets â€"Somc ingenuous individual haw ing invented a patent control for balky horses, we are induced to won- der why some genius doesn't devise some effective snafle bit [or unwel- some municipal candidates. -â€"The northern part of England has been swept by a severe gale causing considerable damage to shipping and waterfront property on the Clyde and Tyne. -â€"Sir William ‘H‘. Preece. an eminent EnglOish engineer, has added his opinion to the ot-repoatcd beli'. {that wireless telegraph will not. supplant cables. "“â€"John Oliver, a, prosperous En- glish ironmaster, who won a capital prize of $30,000 in a. Madrid lottery} distributed the mancy among his employees. -'I‘he crew of the-schooner Chary‘b- dis, which bombarded Puerto Caballo Veneuela. includes eighty men of the Newfoundland Naval Reserve. â€"Italian warships will assist diocmbarkation in Italian Somal of British troops who are to on against, the Mad Mullah. â€"Two schooners and fourteen are missing at! the coast of foundland as a. result of the 1 sales. -â€"In a. head-on collision at 1' speed near Battle Creek, Mich. Christmas night on the Gran-:1 'I‘ru Railway, Engineer James Ker“ and fireman Theodore Schluhmis train No. 1122 were instantly Rifle and Engineer Brown and Fix-um; Burkhardt of train No. 911 worn. fr ally injured. -â€"William Waldorf Astor gave 32; 000 to a children's hospital in L0 don. â€"-“Let not thy right hand know what they left hand doeth." used to be good enough advice, but nowadays even that won't keep a. secret. Some of the other bands are sure to get on to it. D. Rockefeller will have $300,000,000 is being formed to buy out the gas companies in the lending cities of Europe. â€"A Chicago story says that : Billion-510)]? company. in which J -â€"The H. C. hick Coke company} one oi the branches of the United States Steel CorpomtiOn. has raised its sdarg and pay nous alum-Ling 20,000 men and adding $1,600,000 a iear to its pay sheets. -'1'ne announcement was made at' Philadelphia that the directors of the Consolidated Lake Superior CompanyI had arranged a. loan of 835000.000.- -Fillpinos are raising a fund to help the prosecution of the American soldiers who killed Father Anglistin. )n priest, by the “flute:- cure." â€"-Willis Stdgman, aged 18, and William Schopper, aged 15, Were kilâ€" led at a railroad crossing near East Aurora, N. Y., their carriage being struck by an engine. .. â€"A Chicago policeman, Patrick Ma- honey, has been found guilty of as- sisting burglars to steal $10,000 worth of jewelry from a. shop, by standing guard to sa-een them. â€"After all why all this interest, in the circumstame that two men walk. ed across the bay on the ice this week. Now if they had walked acrosq the water ! â€"Great quantities of coal that sunk into the lake atvDuluth by collapse of a wharf are being rt -Mrs. Louisa. Gmschow, ug years died at Lyons. N, Y., th. 0! a cat. bite whiCh was reach months um. The Emir o't Kano has beu {eating an unfriendly disposim an expedition will be sent 1 him. This, of course. will ma feel friendly at once. â€"-The first attempt to lynch a ne-. gro murderer at Pittsburg, Kan, having failed. the mob cut his throat and then hanged him. â€"New York customs oflicials found $10,000 worth of smuggled tobaooq hidden in the coal bunkers of 'a; steamer from Antwerp. Throw physic to the dogs sail Shakespeare. but. your modem burg. lur knows better. He throws the IQ of a turkey and plunder-s the place in: safety. â€"-Two firemen were killed in a. fin which destroyed the cooperage plans: at Artuckle, New York, on Christmg morning. (The humorous items in th; umn are from the Toronto Sta News "of the World; Condensed Into Brief Paragraphs ‘ TWICE mm TALES Admiralty has radical changes 11“ at bat! I'MOV' unst